SOMETIMES AUNT MARTHA DOES DREADFUL THINGS

Showings

Ped Mall -Scene 1 Wed, Jan 11, 2017 10:00 PM
Series Info
Series:Late Shift at the Grindhouse
Film Info
Rating:R
Runtime:95 mins.
Director:Thomas Casey
Year Released:1971
Production Country:USA
Language:English
Website:www.facebook.com/ICgrindhouse
Trailer:https://youtu.be/2T21jSI0ifE

Description

Late Shift at the Grindhouse - Wednesdays get weird when Late Shift hosts Ross Meyer, Joe Derderian and Aaron Holmgren dig up low-budget b-movies, horror and gore-fests, and camp classics for your viewing pleasure. Buy your ticket and take a ride in our Time Machine! Punch in and earn a bonus! $3 Pabst Blue Ribbon tallboys and $2 small popcorn! PLUS-- special custom trashy trailer reel curated by Ross with cheap swag and prize giveaways!

 

Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things

 

From the American Genre Film Archive... A twisted mind snaps and a wave of terror begins.

 

"Aunt Martha is one of the most bizarre concepts ever presented by a narrative exploitation picture. It feels like Glen Or Glenda under the guise of Andy Milligan." - Joseph A. Ziemba, BleedingSkull.com, Alamo Drafthouse

"The Odd Couple reinvented as a low budget crime film combining the bitchiest elements of Andy Milligan’s output with the low rent Florida charm of The Guy From Harlem, but with way more homoeroticism." - Ian Jane, RockShockPop.com


"This delightfully deviant odyssey into Florida-based cinematic obscurity is incredibly ‘out there’, man." - Carroll Jenkins, 10KBullets.com

 

While on the run from the law, two criminals decide to hide out in a small Florida town.  The ringleader, Paul, concocts a plan to pretend to be his child-like accomplice Stanley's estranged Aunt Martha.  Taking over a large old house, Paul and Stanley attempt to lay low, but trouble soon arises when a local girl takes a liking to Stanley and invites him out with her friends.  Paul, becoming increasingly paranoid, decides that the only way they can maintain their cover is by murdering everyone who has even the slightest suspicion of what's really going on, but Stanley isn't so sure he wants to keep on hiding...

 

This bizarre, Florida shot regional film made by one-time director Thomas Casey is less a horror movie than a hybrid of crime thriller and vaguely homoerotic relationship drama, with some bloody death scenes and moments of T&A thrown in for good measure.