First up, “The Violent Years” AKA “Girl Gang Terrorists” AKA “Teenage Girl Gang” AKA “Female” (1956) (https://youtu.be/fN0dYEa6lWk?si=EepEqzjJerVoU1rF) directed by z-film auteur Ed Wood
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Joanne Cangi, Gloria Farr, Theresa Hancock, and Barbara Weeks in “The Violent Years” (1956)
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“The Violent Years” (1956) was filmed over the course of 3 whole weeks and cost a bank breaking $38,000 in mid-1950s money. Despite everything about this film, it’s considered to be Ed Wood’s most initially financially successful film
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The industrial metal band Ministry used samples of dialogue form “The Violent Years’ (1956) in their song "So What?" (https://youtu.be/85cTaoohLtY?si=Y0YMTYEE9TdkDfdP) from their 1989 album The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nZTw4YoFnaX11TmmCsCQLkzfMl3N_TRCA&si=NPDFeMLNYv08NNUy)
#SatMat #TheViolentYears #Ministry #metal #EdWood
@analgesicsleep incredible tidbit i learned in the course of monsterdon is that the guy who wrote the lyrics for “let's all go to the lobby” is also credited as the composer on alligator ii: the mutation (1991)
@ryan and they say that lighting rarely strikes twice!