Sunday, December 29, 2013

Flareup (1969)

MGM
Directed by James Neilson
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

A man shoots his wife in cold blood. He blames her friends, including Vegas go-go dancer Raquel Welch, and vows to kill them as well. Raquel goes on the run to LA where she gets a job at a strip joint called "The Losers". The killer eventually catches up to her, leading to surprisingly violent conclusion. This only works as unintentionally funny high camp: the opening titles which feature a go-go dancer and an awful song by Les Baxter, Raquel's dance routine (why is she the only one not topless?) set to more bad psychedelic music by a live band, her parking lot attendant boyfriend who looks like he'd be better off as an Elvis impersonator, a homosexual junkie named Sailor, Raquel's knee-high socks, car chases in fast motion, bareback horse riding and beach frolicking, well, you get the picture.

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