Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls
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Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls (1988) is a gory, low-budget, independent B-movie
B-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....

 made in the classic "sexploitation
Sexploitation
Sexploitation, or "sex-exploitation", describes a class of independently produced, low-budget feature films generally associated with the 1960s and serving largely as a vehicle for the exhibition of non-explicit sexual situations and gratuitous nudity. The genre is a subgenre of exploitation films...

" style. The movie focuses on the efforts of four very different women looking for revenge on men who have mistreated them.

Plot

The entirety of the film is narrated by a detective, Joe Morton, who has "been working for the Greater Plantsville Police Department for 30 years."

We are introduced to the main characters in the film as they prepare for school one morning. Sarah, the leader of the gang, is a Hitler-idolizing, iron cross
Iron Cross
The Iron Cross is a cross symbol typically in black with a white or silver outline that originated after 1219 when the Kingdom of Jerusalem granted the Teutonic Order the right to combine the Teutonic Black Cross placed above a silver Cross of Jerusalem....

 wearing, society- and life-hating Jewish teenager. Rawhide, naïve and innocent, admires John Wayne
John Wayne
Marion Mitchell Morrison , better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and became an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height...

. Fleabrain is a strong and dopey girl. Dorothea is the fourth member.

The girls drink alcohol, briefly visit and then cut from their classes at the St. Jerome's School for Girls, terrorize a series of males in the town, and return to the school for an "afternoon tea dance." The band performing at the dance is David Nudelman and the Wild Breed. At the dance, Dorothea is found collapsed on the floor, and the remaining three girls spend the rest of the film hunting down and enacting their revenge on the perpetrators.

Production

'Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls' was filmed during the 1980s in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, where the Lucases and David Nudelman
David Nudelman
David Nudelman was born in 1981 in Maceio - AL, Brazil, and lived in many different countries including the Brazil, UK, Spain and Canada. He is a widely known IT Pro and was awarded as a Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience.-Career:...

 lived.

The production was plagued with difficulties and debt. Director Meredith Lucas was unable to find distribution for the film and, having no way to reconcile her debts, committed suicide. Her brother, Michael A. Lucas, eventually was able to distribute the film in 1988. He wrote on the back of the box, "This belated release is humbly dedicated to her memory." As of May 2009, only a VHS release of this film has been made. No plans to release it on DVD have been stated.

Soundtrack

An official soundtrack is available on San Francisco record label Planet Pimp Records
Planet Pimp Records
Planet Pimp Records was a San Francisco based record label that featured bands from the local garage band scene. It was owned and represented by Sven-Erik Geddes. The label was dissolved later. Some of the bands on the roster were, The Mummies, The Dukes of Hamburg, The Trashwomen, The Phantom...

. The back cover of the album features a eulogy from Michael A. Lucas to his sister, Meredith.

Note that the contents of the official soundtrack differ greatly from the songs found in the actual film.

Critical reception

One review calls it "relentlessly sardonic" while another rates it as "more serious than its mock title implies." The University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo) includes the film in the movie listing section of its "Women and Society" internet project.
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