- Actors: Aldo Ray
- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.66:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Dark Sky Films
- DVD Release Date: 28 April 2009
- Run Time: 93 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B001PMRBN6
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 33,238 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Andrew Prine, who also starred in another obscure gem, simon king of the witches (also released by dark sky) stars as polite but demented psychopath Clement dunne hell-bent on murduring his way from miss january to december in this obscure horror gem directed by John Peyser.The film takes the novel approach of seperating the film into three stories each featuring one of the killers targets, also allowing the audience time to identify with the character before Mr Dunne kills them making the picture more suspensful.
The first victim is Jamie lyn baur from American soap opera days of our lives, who plays a nurse who heads into the countryside to meet her boyfriend she is soon attacked by a bunch of psycho hippies (remember this is post manson family, the lead hippie even refers to the group as the family) and then almost raped by the motel owner who saves her life before meeting the killer. The second story stars Ray danton and francine york as part of a group heading to a remote island to shoot nude centrefold shots. In order to get to his intended target Dunne kills the group off one by one. Finally in the third story former playmate tiffany bolling who also starred in the minor classic The candy snatchers is an air hostess who flees town to escape the demented killer only to find there is nowhere to run!
This, like simon king of the witches, is one of those mid seventies classics I honestly never heard of until dark sky issued it, but apperently was successful on the grind-house circuits and it's not difficult to see why. There is a high bodycount and copious nudity throughout the picture, which is always a seller and as it turns out the film itself is actually pretty darned good! Sure these days it may look tame compared to later gore-fests like friday the 13th but the movie is loads of fun particularly if you like these kind's of film. Prine is as ever an excellent and highly underrated actor who is supurb as the psycopath, and clearly from the making of featurette loves the films and relishes his role.
Dark sky again give us a great disc, the print has damage in places but overall is pretty good considering how obscure and low budget the movie is, and is in the correct widescreen ratio. While not overloade with extras there is the usual trailers and t.v. spots and as I mentioned before the interesting making of featurette. Overall then highly reccomennded to genre fans.
The first victim is Jamie lyn baur from American soap opera days of our lives, who plays a nurse who heads into the countryside to meet her boyfriend she is soon attacked by a bunch of psycho hippies (remember this is post manson family, the lead hippie even refers to the group as the family) and then almost raped by the motel owner who saves her life before meeting the killer. The second story stars Ray danton and francine york as part of a group heading to a remote island to shoot nude centrefold shots. In order to get to his intended target Dunne kills the group off one by one. Finally in the third story former playmate tiffany bolling who also starred in the minor classic The candy snatchers is an air hostess who flees town to escape the demented killer only to find there is nowhere to run!
This, like simon king of the witches, is one of those mid seventies classics I honestly never heard of until dark sky issued it, but apperently was successful on the grind-house circuits and it's not difficult to see why. There is a high bodycount and copious nudity throughout the picture, which is always a seller and as it turns out the film itself is actually pretty darned good! Sure these days it may look tame compared to later gore-fests like friday the 13th but the movie is loads of fun particularly if you like these kind's of film. Prine is as ever an excellent and highly underrated actor who is supurb as the psycopath, and clearly from the making of featurette loves the films and relishes his role.
Dark sky again give us a great disc, the print has damage in places but overall is pretty good considering how obscure and low budget the movie is, and is in the correct widescreen ratio. While not overloade with extras there is the usual trailers and t.v. spots and as I mentioned before the interesting making of featurette. Overall then highly reccomennded to genre fans.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
The Centerfold
21 April 2009
Format:DVD
This is the sort of film that has you wishing you could time-travel back to the heyday of the drive-ins to catch it in its ideal environment. Scary, tight lipped Andrew Prine plays a murderous psychopath working his way through a bunch of pretty girls, whose only 'sin' is to have modelled for a sexy calendar. Well-shot, well-acted, but it's the doom-laden mood and oddball structure that makes Centerfold Girls stand out - three stories about three girls linked only through their encounters with the killer, sort of like Pulp Fiction without the self-congratulation. Should be sought after by anyone who likes the darker, stranger drive-in fare of the 70s.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
1970s Drive In Classic Slasher Flick
7 May 2009
Format:DVD
I'm not sure if I would've been as enthusiastic about this movie if I hadn't just sat through another lame recent "torture porn" movie first. Sure I would've been appreciative of the drive-in flashback feel to THE CENTERFOLD GIRLS but at least this movie delivered what I want from a cheap slasher-type movie: lots of hot chicks who frolic, take showers, sleep in the buff, and have difficulty keeping clothes on.
I bought this DVD because I'm a fan of Tiffany Bolling. The movie is divided into three stories that all share hot chicks and a demented killer who has to murder centerfolds. Tiffany is in the third story but all of the girls are beautiful.
This new DVD includes a brief documentary that chats with a few of the actors (not Tiffany though).
With A-list filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino making movies that shamelessly rip off every aspect of the "grindhouse" movie experience, it's better to have access to the real thing.
I bought this DVD because I'm a fan of Tiffany Bolling. The movie is divided into three stories that all share hot chicks and a demented killer who has to murder centerfolds. Tiffany is in the third story but all of the girls are beautiful.
This new DVD includes a brief documentary that chats with a few of the actors (not Tiffany though).
With A-list filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino making movies that shamelessly rip off every aspect of the "grindhouse" movie experience, it's better to have access to the real thing.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Retro Slasher Jewel
11 July 2009
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Centerfold girls was very progressive for 1974.
the blood letting was plenty and the effects good for such an early entry in the slasher pool.
It had three different stories all with the same killer played to perfection by Andrew Prine.
Each "main" victim had a separate tale.One story in particular was very reminiscent of The Last House on The Left,where a bunch of hippies break into one victims house terrorize and rape her even before she encounters the killer.The last story with Tiffany Bolling was great as well "It was the last story for a reason"..One thing that bugged me was almost every man in the movie was portrayed as a slimy vile creature that just wanted to rape women.I suppose since all the women were naked and victimized they had to defame the men as well.
But it's a great retro slasher,very deserving of any slasher fan's collection.
the blood letting was plenty and the effects good for such an early entry in the slasher pool.
It had three different stories all with the same killer played to perfection by Andrew Prine.
Each "main" victim had a separate tale.One story in particular was very reminiscent of The Last House on The Left,where a bunch of hippies break into one victims house terrorize and rape her even before she encounters the killer.The last story with Tiffany Bolling was great as well "It was the last story for a reason"..One thing that bugged me was almost every man in the movie was portrayed as a slimy vile creature that just wanted to rape women.I suppose since all the women were naked and victimized they had to defame the men as well.
But it's a great retro slasher,very deserving of any slasher fan's collection.
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