'Don't you like my little maggots?'
Welcome back to my Dark Corner of this Sick World
'This should give you the willies'
What's the worst thing you can say before kissing a woman?
'I'll be glad when this ugly business is over'
Flesh Feast is a 1970 schlock horror, and was the last film of Veronica Lake.
'How much do they know about me?
'Lake became a star in the 1940s, teaming up with Alan Ladd to form a sort of second tier Bogart and Bacall
in films like The Blue Dahlia and This Gun for Hire
'Yes that's right, yes'
Films that make you ask; why aren't stars that cool today.
'You wouldn't be trying to lead me astray would you?'
Unlike Flesh Feast...
'Get me the rubber gloves please Christine.'
which makes you ask; how long can you watch a person putting on a pair of gloves.
Take your time.
'So warm today, my hands are so sticky.'
Compelling cinema.
'I've got a tremendous story and very little time'
I don't want to jump the gun on the conclusion but... you don't.
'It's terrible.'
Lake plays Dr Elaine Fredericks
'Do you remember a female doctor?'
Of course, you don't forget a thing like that.
'I know it seems crazy but so does this whole case'
She's doing secret experiments on dead bodies
'It looks like a clean cut'
As you'd expect using a precision instrument like that one.
'I don't like this'
The test subjects are procured by a nurse who just stick a pair of shades on a corpse.
'Oh her glasses are falling offf.'
'Never mind'
The nurse is actually an undercover reporter poking around Fredericks' mysterious operation.
'Things are starting to get interesting around here'
Here she is sneaking into the secret lab.
No, wait, I'm wrong, that's one of the other nurses,
in a scene in which I can almost hear the voice of the director.
Okay you don't notice the decomposing body parts swinging in the middle of the room just yet.
Not yet.
Did I mention your character has no peripheral vision? Doesn't come up much in the story.
Not yet...
Okay now.
'ARRRRGH!'
Back to the reporter, who's now pumping a guard for information.
'I don't even know what I'm talking about but I wish I did'
'Alright, I'll tell you then'
That was easy.
'Not too far from here. there's a ship loaded with guns and ammunition waiting for us'
'That's enough, I just wanted to see if you trusted me'
Wait, I'm wrong again, that's just another nurse.
'Damn, damn, damn'
Of the three nurses involved, the undercover reporter discovers least about the operation.
'Do you know what this is leading to?'
Dr Fredericks has perfected a rejuvenation process in which maggots basically eat the old age off your face.
'I'm putting myself in your hand Carl.'
Although in that case I'd say they'd eaten the make up.
'It looks like the operation is a sort of a fountain of youth, a face lift, but why all the secrecy?'
Good question, I mean it's gross but still, why anyone would keep this extraordinary medical advancement to themselves?
'This whole thing is bizarre'
It's been developed for a very specific purpose, at which the film has been hinting throughout.
'My commander is on his way here'
Yes, a group of south American neo-nazis are trying to rejuvenate Hitler so he can lead their revolution.
'I know I'm seeing it, but it's impossible to believe'
But they have reckoned without Dr Fredericks, whose mother has a history with the 3rd Reich.
'As a guinea pig for this treatment'
The problem with reviewing this film is; it actually adds up.
'It all ties in'
Elaine Fredericks wants to take revenge on Hitler but how do you get close to him?
'I haven't got time to explain it to you all now.'
You exploit his fear of death by perfecting the age defeating technique that killed your mother.
'Now you're going to get what you gave'
Elaine probably killed many people in her own researches -
ignoring their deaths in her single-minded pursuit of a fitting vengeance.
'Remember this is all in the interest of medical science.'
None of which is in the film.
The film is about a standard mad scientist whose backstory becomes interesting five minutes before the end.
'I don't have complete details on the plot'
An end which also makes a nonsense of an earlier plot point, when they test the process.
'Oh Carl, it's hopeless'
and things go wrong with Hitler only hours away.
'It's too soon yet to tell if his face will hold or not'
Oh no, the rejuvenation might not work long-term,
that would be such a big deal if you weren't planning to kill him.
'Well that's disappointing'
Thanks for watching this film was recommended to us by patreon shadow Chris Hewson, so thanks Chris
Can you think of any other B movies in which all the interesting stuff happened before the film?
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