| Overview: | You... You... You... Do You Know that Bad Girls Go to Hell?" This is the first of a string of black and white "roughies" from the grand dame of grindhouse, Ms. DORIS WISHMAN.
After working out her sexual frustration with a little semi-nude housework -- a classic Wishman moment of pointless / obsessive detail — horny Chicago housewife Meg (doe-eyed and doughy GIGI DARLEIME from Hot Nights on the Campus and White Slaves of Chinatown) is suddenly accosted by her apartment building's missing-link janitor (who sports buck teeth and a come-and-go Slavic accent). When he threatens to tell her husband, Meg bashes in what little brains he has with a bowl. (We see his p.o.v. of inside the bowl after its killed him!) Not one to think things through, Meg hops on a bus for New York City.
Once there, her semi-lobotomized demeanor practically screams 'Please Molest Me!" to every lunatic she encounters, including a hardcore teetotaler (Wishman regular SAM STEWART, also in My Brother's Wife) who becomes a belt-swinging maniac after a single drop of booze; a predatory lesbian (DARLENE BENNETT from Another Day, Another Man); and a yappy landlady's simian husband, who pounces on Meg seconds after she enters his house.
Finally, Meg finds some stability working for an (endlessly whining) invalid until the invalid's son shows up — a cop investigating the case of a murdered janitor in Chicago! Holy (and wholly) implausible coincidences! Just as the law closes in, Meg wakes up and realizes it's all been a bed dream and, lucky us, we then get to watch the first ten minutes all over again, right up to where she meets that fat bastard of a janitor who promptly jumps on her. Only this time, it ain't a drearn...
Despite its crazed histrionics, there's a genuine subtext lurking deep inside (if you'll pardon the pun) Bad Girls Go to Hell — namely, is Meg a "Bad Girl" because she has an active sex drive, and does she deserve to Go to Hell because of it? But if stuff like that makes your puzzler hurt, you can still enjoy the usual Wishmanisms that run rampant throughout -- the tortured, guilt-ridden characters, the obsessive running-feet shots, and the urban nightmare settings. The perfect cherry-breaker for the Doris Wishman virgin in your life.
- Paul B. Gaita, Video Eyeball / Something Weird Video
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