Mantis In Lace - 1968 - 3/10
AKA - Lila
So ... while watching German “comedy”
Lila Lila, my brain started hearing the old song, “Lila.”
Bad tune, from a bad movie, that I have viewed several times. Feeble mind.
Topless dancer Lila shimmies at da club, gyrating to her signature “Lila” song.
Guys pick her up and she hauls them to her nest.
Abandoned warehouse, stained mattress, candles in Mateus bottles.
Lila drops LSD, drops her dress, and before she can cry, “Oh my God!”
Her acid trip goes haywire and she starts killin’. Repeat - repeat - repeat.
No one watches this for acclaimed acting or nuanced script.
Nope, the allure is vast stretches of nudity punctuated with gruesome deaths.
Warning to current era viewers. All females are from the bush era.
If your preference is Barbie’s waxed sheen, you will likely hurl your nachos.
Afterthought - The DVD has lots of extras, including a couple “dangers of drugs” docs,
and over 100 minutes of deleted scenes and outtakes. More dancers, tons more flesh.
One dancer I recognized from Russ Meyer’s
Mondo Topless. Err, her assets ... I mean.