Overview
Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie studio.” Flaming Creatures begins humorously enough with several men and women, mostly of indeterminate gender, vamping it up in front of the camera and participating in a mock advertisement for an indelible, heart-shaped brand of lipstick. However, things take a dark, nightmarish turn when a transvestite chases, catches and begins molesting a woman. Soon, all of the titular “creatures” participate in a (mostly clothed) orgy that causes a massive earthquake. After the creatures are killed in the resulting chaos, a vampire dressed like an old Hollywood starlet rises from her coffin to resurrect the dead. All ends happily enough when the now undead creatures dance with each other, even though another orgy and earthquake loom over the end title card.
Trailer
Top Cast
Francis Francine
Francis Francine
Sheila Bick
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Joel Markman
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Mario Montez
The Spanish Girl
Arnold Rockwood
Arnold
Judith Malina
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Marian Zazeela
Marian Zazeela
Beverly Grant
Whirling Dervish
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Release Date
April 29, 1963
Runtime
0h 42m
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Director