Sweet Kill
| Sweet Kill | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Curtis Hanson |
| Produced by | Tamara Asseyev |
| Written by | Curtis Hanson |
| Starring |
Tab Hunter John Aprea |
| Music by | Charles Bernstein |
| Cinematography | Daniel Lacambre |
Production company |
Curtis Lee Hanson Tamaroc Productions |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
Release dates | January 1973 (USA) |
Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $110,000[1] |
Sweet Kill (aka A Kiss from Eddie aka The Arousers) is a 1973 B-movie written and directed by future Academy Award winner Curtis Hanson. The film was Hanson's directorial debut and was produced by Roger Corman. It starred 1950s heartthrob Tab Hunter and was the last film of actress Isabel Jewell.[2]
Plot
Eddie Collins finds that he is unable to perform sexually with women because of repressed memories of his mother. After accidentally killing a woman while trying to sleep with her, he finds that he is able to get aroused by the dead body. This leads him into a chain of luring women into bed in order to kill them for sexual gratification.
Main cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Tab Hunter | Eddie Collins |
| Cherie Latimer | Lauren |
| Nadyne Turney | Barbara |
| Isabel Jewell | Mrs. Cole |
| Linda Leider | Vickie |
| Roberta Collins | Call Girl |
| John Aprea | Richard |
| Rory Guy | Henry |
| John Pearce | Mr. Howard |
Production
Curtis Hanson got to know Roger Corman while doing re-writes on The Dunwich Horror (1970). When that film was finished, Hanson told Corman he wanted to direct a film he had written and Corman said he would be interested in a motorcycle movie, a women in prison movie or a nurses movie. Hanson was unenthusiastic, so Corman then said he might also be interested in a modern horror film.[1]
Hanson wrote the script originally with the killer as a female. Corman liked it but asked that the killer be made a male.[3]
The producer was Corman's former assistant.[4] The apartment where Tab Hunter's character lived in Venice was owned by Hanson's grandmother.[1]
Re-Release
The film did not do well initially at the box office, so Corman had Hanson film two additional sex scenes to try to increase its appeal and the film was re-released as A Kiss from Eddie and The Arousers.[5] Hanson later described the experience as a "very unhappy" one.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Chris Nashawaty, Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses - Roger Corman: King of the B Movie, Abrams, 2013 p 102
- ↑ "Isabel Jewell – IMDb"
- 1 2 Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 36
- ↑ Ed. J. Philip di Franco, The Movie World of Roger Corman, Chelsea House Publishers, 1979 p 172
- ↑ "Sweet Kill (1973) – Trivia – IMDb"
External links
- Sweet Kill at the Internet Movie Database
- Sweet Kill at AllMovie