In the awards category of 'most cuckoo killers of all times', this film's anti-hero Bill is a strong contender for the win! Bill, last name unknown, is an artist who needs models to paint a vision that occurred to him in a dream. Finding these models isn't an issue, because for some strange reason gorgeous women throw themselves at Bill's feet, but they are terribly unprofessional and they...won't...sit...still! So Bill goes berserk and butchers them, but luckily he's also creative and persistent enough to find a solution to use their corpses.
"Playgirl Killer" looks and feels a lot like a Hershell Gordon Lewis movie, but without the extreme gore. That's largely because lead actor William Kerwin is a HG. Lewis' regular, but also and simply because it's an absurd and low-keyed B-movie story without continuity or tension, and with a lot of amateurish performances. Plus, it's a typical product of the sixties; meaning there's irritating and useless dancing footage. Perhaps the most remarkable gimmick is that it stars Neil Sedaka in his first and only real acting role. Sedaka is the singer of such crooner hits like "Oh Carol!", "Calendar Girl" and "Breaking up is hard to do". His role here, as Bob, requires him to - surprise - sing a song during a pool party.
"Playgirl Killer" looks and feels a lot like a Hershell Gordon Lewis movie, but without the extreme gore. That's largely because lead actor William Kerwin is a HG. Lewis' regular, but also and simply because it's an absurd and low-keyed B-movie story without continuity or tension, and with a lot of amateurish performances. Plus, it's a typical product of the sixties; meaning there's irritating and useless dancing footage. Perhaps the most remarkable gimmick is that it stars Neil Sedaka in his first and only real acting role. Sedaka is the singer of such crooner hits like "Oh Carol!", "Calendar Girl" and "Breaking up is hard to do". His role here, as Bob, requires him to - surprise - sing a song during a pool party.