The album is the follow up to his highly successful debut album hellbilly deluxe, released in 1998. A flunky for a porno movie ring starts murdering the smut films. Unfortunately, the only copy of the movie ive been able to find so far is this version from some show called science fiction theater or something like that, which features a couple of idiots talking during the whole movie and blocking the bottom of the picture with their simulated movie seats and heads. The album was released by geffen records on november, 2001, more than three years after the release of his first album. Wood jr with kenne duncan, duke moore, jean fontaine, carl anthony. The sinister urge woods campy expose of the smut picture tacket reeks of his usual warped, twisted, inept genius. Zombies second album the sinister urge would continue in the footsteps of the previous zombie albums. The sinister urge 1960 letterboxd your life in film. Both films were about sexually motivated psychopaths, and reid and wood likely aimed to capitalize on the similarity of their concepts. If you watch this, you will see how great his other films were. The film was featured in episode 6 of the cult television show, mystery science theater 3000. The sinister urge is a 1961 crime drama film that was written and directed by edward d.
The sinister urge, movie with 1960 chrysler imperial. Show me a crime and i can show you a picture that caused it, barks lt. The sinister urge 1960 is a crime, drama movie starring kenne duncan and duke moore. Three plumpish dirtymovie models are found murdered. The sinister urge film pour les articles homonymes, voir the sinister urge. Im not a big fan of picking on ed wood, to be honest, but this is proof along with the many other films of his that arent widely known that wood is an astoundingly incompetent director. Written and directed by the master himself, the sinister urge 1960 explores the smut racket with the same amateurish incompetence as the violent years. The album title was borrowed from the ed wood movie of the same name released in 1961 although only one single was released demon speeding tracks from the album would appear on soundtracks for mission. The film was featured in season 6, episode of the cult television show mystery science theater 3000 after the short educational film keeping clean and neat. Night of the ghouls 1959 was already a disappointment, but in the sinister urge wood shows no creativity at all.
The album was named after the 1961 ed wood film the sinister urge. The sinister urge is a 1960 crime drama film that was written and directed by ed wood. It is outright stated that dirks impulsive murders are a direct result of viewing pornographic pictures and films. The sinister urge is the second solo studio album from former white zombie frontman rob zombie. It is also the last time he worked with his longtime cinematographer william c.
If you manage to caffeinate yourself sufficiently ahead of time, the lead characters foreign roommate is. The scene shifts to following the path of one aspiring actress mary jeanne willardson who is rejected by film studios and talent agents before offered work by johnny ryde. The sinister urge movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Police try to track down a sex killer and put an end to the smut picture business that inspired his hedous crime. The sinister urge features the same horror movie based lyrics that zombie has managed to make a career using, except this time the music is not as heavy as his self. The film was influenced as influenced by a box office hit of the time, psycho june 1960 by alfred hitchcock. The sinister urge is one of the most boring, plodding, miserable excuses for a film in all of cinema. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the sinister urge near you.
The only thing of note about the sinister urge aka hellborn, aka the young and the immoral is that it was written and directed by ed wood, notorious for being one of the worst filmmakers in history. A flunky for a porno movie ring starts murdering the smut films lead actresses. Before they started releasing all these great sixth season mst3ks on dvd, i remember picking this movie. The sinister urge 1961 ed wood jr the film revolves around a series of murders of young women. The sinister urge often feels like a couple different movies randomly stitched together, something that the guys on mystery science theatre 3000 were happy to point out. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Wood jr a flunky for a porno movie ring starts murdering the smut films lead actresses. It is the last of his bigger movies and appears in the filmography of the weird director as nothing but an awkward side note. Learn more about the sinister urge and releases of this film on dvd, bluray, vhs and more on filmogs. The sinister urge ed woodomanes will probably get their kicks from this 1961 exploitationer, the plan 9 maestros last film, based on a lately resurgent axiom. Rob zombies second solo album the sinister urge was released three years after his debut solo effort hellbilly deluxe. The sinister urge is another ed wood exploitation piece from 1961. The film was featured in season 6, episode of the cult television show. A movie about the porn industry that doesnt seem to know what porn is.
Overview of the sinister urge, 1961, directed by edward davis wood jr. Hitting the screen in 1960, the sinister urge is a much more cynical, badtempered film, filled with sex killers and pornographers whom wood condemns even as he exploits them. Actually, a good chunk of the film had already been made back in 1956, when ed did one days worth of shooting on a rockmusicthemed juvenile delinquent picture to be called hellborn. The film was featured in episode 6 of the cult television show mystery science theater 3000. The cold open starts with a girl being chased in the park, and reaching a phone booth to call for the police before being murdered. There are a few woodian touches in this dreary expose, but its a roughgoing 71 minutes. This starts off as a murder mystery, then forgets its a murder mystery, then remembers again for the end. T hose, my dear readers, are the circumstances under which ed wood directed his socalled last feature film, the sinister urge 1960, and theyre not especially pretty. The sinister urge is the end of the classic ed wood era.
The sinister urge is a film directed by ed wood with kenne duncan, duke moore, jean fontaine, carl anthony, year. Devil bat movie poster x 19 digital art by falstafftrading the devil bat poster, 3 of 11 highresolution movie posters in this group. The result was the sinister urge, which was filmed primarily in july 1960. Listen free to rob zombie the sinister urge sinners inc. In the police station, carson and stone start discussing the fates of the women victimized by pornography. Eds last mainstream release before his sad descent into sleaze fiction. Only woods worst movie because the story is horrible. The sinister urge 1960 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The sinister urge the young and the immoral hellborn. It is the last time he directs regulars like carl anthony and kenne duncan although duke moore would return one last time for take it out in trade. The sinister urge is proof if any was ever needed that ed wood was a completely and utterly inept writer and director. Kenne duncan, duke moore, jean fontaine most of you will probably know this movie from an episode of mystery science theater 3000 where they riffed on it. Ed wood, reputedly the worst director who ever lived, rips the lid off the pornography racket and comes up with what must be the least erotic sexploitation film of all time.
Police suspect its related to the smut picture racket, and begin leaning on gloria henderson, a smut front woman for the mob. Much like his previous effort, the sinister urge features elements of horror film and suspense in both its lyrical content and its music. The sinister urge is the second solo studio album excluding the remix album american made music to strip by by the former white zombie singer rob zombie, released in 2001. The film was featured in episode 6 of the cult television show mystery.