You are the fly in her web of desire
1968, USA, Colour, 76 minutes
Directed by Bam Bamley. Written by Horatio Priese
Starring Lorna McGeist, Solomon Yurl, Gertrude Partridge
This forgotten drive-in film is a surprisingly sensitive tale of a repressed young woman who is cursed by her strict Catholic mother to turn into a tarantula whenever she’s sexually aroused. Unfortunately for the town of Spokane, the young woman has clinical nymphomania. Plenty of nudity, unfortunately not all of it is desirable; one scene shows us former silent film star Gertrude Partridge (playing the mother) in an latex nun costume. And that’s why drive-ins died.
Watch out for – The trip to the Doctor, where our hero is diagnosed with “Hysterical Wantonalism”.
Quote – “Hey baby, you need to shave those legs…all EIGHT OF THEM. Blargh.”
Reviewed by R.P. Thunderdunk
