{"id":35,"date":"2014-06-17T11:56:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T11:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=35"},"modified":"2025-11-30T18:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T23:51:14","slug":"review-the-gruesome-twosome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"The Gruesome Twosome-1967"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Gruesome Twosome-1967<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director H.G. Lewis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Elizabeth Davis, Gretchen Wells<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/60001958.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-965\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/60001958-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"60001958\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/60001958-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/60001958.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 17, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gruesome Twosome (1967) is an offbeat treat, an extraordinary, super-low-budget horror film from influential director H.G. Lewis.<\/p>\n<p>This film is an enjoyable, campy, midnight-movie type of experience. The acting is completely over-the-top and played for laughs, purposely.<\/p>\n<p>It felt like watching a horror version of a John Waters film, and the atmosphere and acting style undoubtedly influenced Waters.<\/p>\n<p>Shots were added to fill the running time to warrant a film release. KFC and Michelob products are featured, and one favorite scene is a sorority-type slumber party where the girls dance while eating KFC.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-minute intro of the talking foam heads is wonderfully strange and not to be missed.<\/p>\n<p>While campy, there is one intensely gruesome scene towards the beginning of The Gruesome Twosome (1967), and it is a must-see for cult horror and\/or late-night film fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gruesome Twosome-1967 Director H.G. Lewis Starring Elizabeth Davis, Gretchen Wells Scott&#8217;s Review #8 Reviewed June 17, 2014 Grade: B+ The Gruesome Twosome (1967) is an offbeat treat, an extraordinary, super-low-budget horror film from influential director H.G. Lewis. This film is an enjoyable, campy, midnight-movie type of experience. The acting is completely over-the-top and played &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=35\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Gruesome Twosome-1967<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8614,450,8615,722,13,235,246],"tags":[61,8616,451,8617,723,248,236,247],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1967-films","category-elizabeth-davis","category-gore-films","category-gretchen-wells","category-h-g-lewis","category-horror-films","category-campy-horror","category-horror-comedies","tag-1967-movie-reviews","tag-elizabeth-davis","tag-gore-films","tag-gretchen-wells","tag-h-g-lewis","tag-horror-films","tag-campy-horror","tag-horror-comedies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22304,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/22304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}