This is actually a pretty solid little drive-in filler, that is better than it really ought to be.
The only real problem that I have with the film is that I find the three main protagonists(Acid, Daisey and Dum-dum) to be three of the most loathsome individuals in the annals of exploitation movies. The cold-blooded manner in which they strangle, harpoon, humiliate, rape and especially shoot people(mostly innocents) is pretty difficult to take over the 90 minutes and can make the movie a pretty nihilistic experience. However, all of this does mean that when they are eventually killed themselves, it's almost a blessed release.
The film's plus-points are that it is pretty well acted, although the actor playing the perpetually stoned Acid does obviously have to ham it up a bit in order to appear out of it. The film also has a pretty good psychedelic acid-drenched guitar score. Also, when Acid is gunned down and killed, the psychedelic trip he experiences in his death throes is one of the best, and most convincing, ever filmed.
Not a classic of the genre, but well worth catching.
The only real problem that I have with the film is that I find the three main protagonists(Acid, Daisey and Dum-dum) to be three of the most loathsome individuals in the annals of exploitation movies. The cold-blooded manner in which they strangle, harpoon, humiliate, rape and especially shoot people(mostly innocents) is pretty difficult to take over the 90 minutes and can make the movie a pretty nihilistic experience. However, all of this does mean that when they are eventually killed themselves, it's almost a blessed release.
The film's plus-points are that it is pretty well acted, although the actor playing the perpetually stoned Acid does obviously have to ham it up a bit in order to appear out of it. The film also has a pretty good psychedelic acid-drenched guitar score. Also, when Acid is gunned down and killed, the psychedelic trip he experiences in his death throes is one of the best, and most convincing, ever filmed.
Not a classic of the genre, but well worth catching.