
Flaming Creatures (1963)
Comedy, Horror, Fantasy
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.
Director: Jack Smith
Writer: Jack Smith
The Cast

Francis Francine
Francis Francine

Sheila Bick
Delicious Dolores

Joel Markman
Our Lady of the Docks

Mario Montez
The Spanish Girl

Arnold Rockwood
Arnold

Judith Malina
The Fascinating Woman

Marian Zazeela
Marian Zazeela

Beverly Grant
Whirling Dervish

Piero Heliczer
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