Bizarre (1969)
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21% want to see it
(1,458 ratings)
Skin, shocks, and suspense are all on the menu in this arty sexploitation opus from Great Britain. A mummy who has risen from the grave (voice of Valentine Dyall) serves as our guide through a series of stories illustrating the ongoing conflict between men and women. A photographer (Dorothy Grumbar)… More Skin, shocks, and suspense are all on the menu in this arty sexploitation opus from Great Britain. A mummy who has risen from the grave (voice of Valentine Dyall) serves as our guide through a series of stories illustrating the ongoing conflict between men and women. A photographer (Dorothy Grumbar) working on a sadomasochistic photo spread goes to special lengths to see that her model (Anthony Rowlands) has just the right look. An elderly man (Kenneth Benda) dating a female scientist (Yvonne Quenet) is in for a surprise when they have a child. A strange young man (Elliott Stein) hires a call girl for the evening, but the lady in question (Sue Bond) objects when he makes a request that seems rather unusual...or is it? Female secret agent Lindy Leigh (Maria Frost) has a hard time keeping her clothes on as she sets out to capture an enemy military attaché. A cat burglar (Cathy Howard) finds an unusual way of avoiding arrest after she's caught in the act by her latest victim (Mike Briton). And an aging woman (Laurelle Streeter) demonstrates how she's kept in touch with her many lovers over the years. Originally released as Secrets of Sex, Bizarre also appeared in edited form as Tales of the Bizarre, with most of the sexual material and nudity removed; the film was also distributed as Secrets of Sex. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Antony Balch
- Written By
- Antony Balch, John Eliot
- Genres
- Horror, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Critic Reviews
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Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed
A worthy experimental horror film with a sense of humor and a demented atmosphere...
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S. James Wegg, JWR
Balch has pulled this collection of strange bedfellows into an intriguing whole. Promoted as 'The film they tried to stop!,' one really has to wonder what all of the fuss was about in 2010.
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Simon Abrams, Slant Magazine
Anyone even mildly interested in it should pick up this disc just to see director Antony Balch and William Burroughs's astonishing avant-garde short The Cut Ups.
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Phil Hall, Film Snobbery
Some people will get a kick from its eccentricities, while others will probably be dismayed by its ADD-style approach to filmmaking.
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Bill Gibron, DVD Verdict
Like listening to an absent-minded blue comedian telling dirty jokes and forgetting the punch lines...
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Cast
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Kenneth Benda
as Sacha Seramona
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Cathy Howard
as Burglar
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Elliott Stein
as Strange Man
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Peter Carlisle
as Colonel X
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George Herbert
as Steward
- Richard Schulman
- Janet Spearman
- Dorothy Grumbar
- Anthony Rowlands
- Norma Eden
- Reid Anderson
- Sylvia Delamere
- Yvonne Quenet