''The Gruesome Twosome'' is a 1967 American
splatter comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...
film, produced and directed by
Herschell Gordon Lewis
Herschell Gordon Lewis (June 15, 1926 – September 26, 2016) was an American filmmaker, best known for creating the " splatter" subgenre of horror films. He is often called the "Godfather of Gore" (a title also given to Lucio Fulci), though hi ...
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Synopsis
Mrs. Pringle (Elizabeth Davis) owns a wig shop in a little town in
Florida
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, but she is a demented woman who lives with her mentally disabled son, Rodney (Chris Martell), in a home where she rents rooms to young co-eds attending the local university. Girls are disappearing; they are killed and scalped by a mysterious murderer. When Kathy, a co-ed attending the university nearby, tries to figure out who is killing her classmates, the police discover the terrible truth about the fate of the young victims. And the truth, of course, involves Mrs. Pringle and her son.
Cast
* Elizabeth Davis as Mrs. Pringle
* Gretchen Wells as Kathy Baker
* Chris Martell as Rodney Pringle
* Rodney Bedell as Dave Hall
* Ronnie Cass as Nancy Harris
* Karl Stoeber as Mr. Spinsen
* Dianne Wilhite as Janet
* Andrea Barr as Susan
* Dianne Raymond as Dawn Farrell
* Sherry Robinson as Lisa
* Barrie Walton as Neighbor Lady
* Marcelle Bichette as Jane
* Tom Brent as Neighbor Man
* Mike Todd as Mike
See also
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List of American films of 1967
External links
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Film4 review
1967 films
1967 horror films
1960s comedy horror films
Films directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis
American splatter films
American comedy horror films
Films set in Florida
1967 comedy films
1960s exploitation films
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
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