Sex workers with a side hustle in (chainsaw) surgery.
With such a great title I really wanted to love this movie and while Fred Olen Ray’s Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers unapologetically delivers what it says on the box, I was still left wanting more.
Gumshoe Jack Chandler (John Henry Richardson) hits the LA pavement in search of runaway Samantha (Linnea Quigley) who has fallen in with a cult of chainsaw worshipping sex workers, lead by a mysterious stranger (Gunnar Hansen) and his crazed sidekick Mercedes (Michelle Bauer)
While the Texas Chainsaw Massacre reference is obvious, particularly in the casting of Gunnar Hansen, the Egyptian death cult vibes feel more like a tribute to the Herschel Gordon Lewis gore fests of the 60s, and this is even pieced together with the same minimum level of competence.
Richardson is a sub-Frank Drebin, mugging when he should be dead-pan, Quigley is a certified cutie buuuut lacks comedic timing and it is obvious why Gunnar Hansen is most famous for wearing a skin mask and having minimal dialogue. Michelle Bauer is the saving grace, hamming it up with glee as Mercedes (and she looks pretty fucking fantastic while topless and wielding a chainsaw).
Sex workers with a side hustle in (chainsaw) surgery.
With such a great title I really wanted to love this movie and while Fred Olen Ray’s Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers unapologetically delivers what it says on the box, I was still left wanting more.
Gumshoe Jack Chandler (John Henry Richardson) hits the LA pavement in search of runaway Samantha (Linnea Quigley) who has fallen in with a cult of chainsaw worshipping sex workers, lead by a mysterious stranger (Gunnar Hansen) and his crazed sidekick Mercedes (Michelle Bauer)
While the Texas Chainsaw Massacre reference is obvious, particularly in the casting of Gunnar Hansen, the Egyptian death cult vibes feel more like a tribute to the Herschel Gordon Lewis gore fests of the 60s, and this is even pieced together with the same minimum level of competence.
Richardson is a sub-Frank Drebin, mugging when he should be dead-pan, Quigley is a certified cutie buuuut lacks comedic timing and it is obvious why Gunnar Hansen is most famous for wearing a skin mask and having minimal dialogue. Michelle Bauer is the saving grace, hamming it up with glee as Mercedes (and she looks pretty fucking fantastic while topless and wielding a chainsaw).