Just Screenshots: She Mob (1968)

She Mob (1968)

"She-Mob" is one of the most entertainingly bad movies ever made. Sure, its incompetently made, but it has that special and rare sort of ineptitude that crosses the line over into surrealism. Like the works of Ed Wood or Phil Tucker, when one watches this you must wonder how it could've possibly been made by a sane mind. Its so filled with a lack of continuity, utterly unappealing nudity, and an overall lack of intelligence that I'd be surprised if even drive-in audiences at the time took it remotely seriously. However, it remains immortal as a trash classic, a film which screams for a bigger cult following than it has at the moment.

The plot revolves around Big Shim, a vicious metal-bra wearing butch, who escapes from prison with her gang of female cohorts. To get some cash, they kidnap a gigolo who's currently shacked up with a wealthy socialite. They subject him to brutal torture such as having to make love to them all. The socialite gets wind of all this, but instead of giving into the She-Mob, she hires a female private eye named Sweety East, a cross between Honey West and Brigitte Bardot with some overpowering Divine-style eyelashes. Eventually the gigolo escapes with Big Shim's female toy, but finds he's only beginning to endure the wrath of the She-Mob. (IMDB TheMarquisDeSuave)

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