Recently as part of my research for the Jekyll and Hyde book, I read Marked Woman: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema by Russell Campbell (there are a lot of sex workers in Jekyll and Hyde films). In the course of reading the book, I came across 1966’s Hip, Hot and 21.
The filmmaker’s synopsis: “Nick brings his naive country bride to live in an apartment where she is seduced, under the influence of alcohol, by their neighbor Marla, a bisexual, narcotics-dealing prostitute.” Am I the only one who thinks that sounds ludicriously, laughably over the top?
I would love if the movie turned out to be one of those so-bad-it’s-good laugh fests, but – despite the promise suggested by a screenwriter named Big Daddy Epstein III – I’m pretty sure it would end up being disappointing.
I missed the name! I’m sure you’re right, and I doubt the rape scene has aged well.