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'''''The Weird Ones''''' is a low-budget 1962 sexploitation comedy film directed, written, and produced by Pat Boyette. The 76-minute black and white film was shot in San Antonio, TX, and it was screened for the first time in February 1962. | '''''The Weird Ones''''' is a low-budget 1962 sexploitation comedy film directed, written, and produced by Pat Boyette. The 76-minute black and white film was shot in San Antonio, TX, and it was screened for the first time in February 1962. | ||
The film is reportedly about a couple of press agents (acted by Mike Braden and Rudy Duran) specialized in promoting naked women, who team up to stop the Astronik, a space alien devoted to torture and murder young ladies.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/116229/The-Weird-Ones/overview | The film is reportedly about a couple of press agents (acted by Mike Braden and Rudy Duran) specialized in promoting naked women, who team up to stop the Astronik, a space alien devoted to torture and murder young ladies.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/116229/The-Weird-Ones/overview New York Times review of the film Hal Erickson.] Retrieved 01 Jun '14</ref> In order to lead the Astronik into a trap, the protagonists use an extra-terrestrial "Cosmo-Cutie" as bait, this character serving as a pretext for several softcore erotica scenes. | ||
All negatives, related promotional materials, and copies of ''The Weird Ones'' were, according to Boyette himself, destroyed in a garage fire, with only the theatrical poster surviving.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=tSH25LXGOksC&pg=PA309 A page from Brian Albright's ''Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews'', featuring a short section on the | All negatives, related promotional materials, and copies of ''The Weird Ones'' were, according to Boyette himself, destroyed in a garage fire, with only the theatrical poster surviving.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=tSH25LXGOksC&pg=PA309 A page from Brian Albright's ''Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews'', featuring a short section on the film.] Retrieved 01 Jun '14</ref> Whether or not another copy is held by the theatrical distributor is open to conjecture, as "Crescent International Pictures" has shown no signs of life since 1969, with just a few sexploitation films of questionable quality under their belt. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:16, 29 December 2022
The Weird Ones is a low-budget 1962 sexploitation comedy film directed, written, and produced by Pat Boyette. The 76-minute black and white film was shot in San Antonio, TX, and it was screened for the first time in February 1962.
The film is reportedly about a couple of press agents (acted by Mike Braden and Rudy Duran) specialized in promoting naked women, who team up to stop the Astronik, a space alien devoted to torture and murder young ladies.[1] In order to lead the Astronik into a trap, the protagonists use an extra-terrestrial "Cosmo-Cutie" as bait, this character serving as a pretext for several softcore erotica scenes.
All negatives, related promotional materials, and copies of The Weird Ones were, according to Boyette himself, destroyed in a garage fire, with only the theatrical poster surviving.[2] Whether or not another copy is held by the theatrical distributor is open to conjecture, as "Crescent International Pictures" has shown no signs of life since 1969, with just a few sexploitation films of questionable quality under their belt.
External Link
- IMDb page for the film. Retrieved 01 Jun '14