THE FLESH EATERS (1964) ¢ ¢
D: Jack Curtis
Martin Kosleck, Byron Sanders, Barbara Wilkin,
Rita Morley, Ray Tudor, Christopher Drake
Five characters stranded on a tiny, remote island battle a flesh-eating parasite in a surprisingly artful drive-in flick. There's the alcoholic actress, the heroic, he-man pilot, the evil Nazi scientist, the crazy beatnik, and the girl who surrenders her blouse when somebody asks for strips of cloth to make bandages - all of them watching the water and hoping to survive without having their bones picked clean. There's some fun in the script and the overdone performances, and Curtis clearly has a sense of what to do behind the camera. The editor was Radley Metzger, who would make his mark with a series of sometimes inventive porno movies.
