Flaming Creatures (1963)

Flaming Creatures (1963)

1963-04-29 United States of America 42 Min. PG-13
4.6 51 votes

Overview

Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie studio.” Flaming Creatures begins humorously enough with several men and women, mostly of indeterminate gender, vamping it up in front of the camera and participating in a mock advertisement for an indelible, heart-shaped brand of lipstick. However, things take a dark, nightmarish turn when a transvestite chases, catches and begins molesting a woman. Soon, all of the titular “creatures” participate in a (mostly clothed) orgy that causes a massive earthquake. After the creatures are killed in the resulting chaos, a vampire dressed like an old Hollywood starlet rises from her coffin to resurrect the dead. All ends happily enough when the now undead creatures dance with each other, even though another orgy and earthquake loom over the end title card.

Cast

Francis Francine is Francis Francine
Francis Francine
Sheila Bick is Delicious Dolores
Delicious Dolores
Joel Markman is Our Lady of the Docks
Our Lady of the Docks
Mario Montez is The Spanish Girl
The Spanish Girl
Judith Malina is The Fascinating Woman
The Fascinating Woman
Marian Zazeela is Marian Zazeela
Marian Zazeela
Beverly Grant is Whirling Dervish
Whirling Dervish