The Centerfold Girls (Special Edition)

Here is another Tiffany Bolling movie. I watched this movie back to back with Bonnies Kids. Centerfold Girls was by far the better in every respect. This movie had way more T & A, way better plot, really kept your attention, not boring at all. This movie was made in 1974 and Bonnies Kids in 1972. Both have alot of older classic cars ( not the restored kind), period clothing and styles, which always bring back memories. Tiffany has good looks and a very good body, but her acting was never top notch. She shows more of her body in Centerfold than in Bonnie, and she was only on screen for around 30 minutes in Centerfold. Anyway, this movie was quick paced and kept you guessing what would happen next. There is violence, some blood, no gore and a rape, and two attempted rapes. Lots of T&A, almost too much to count. There are three different story lines which tend to end abruptly when our religious fanatic (serial killer) finally comes face to face with the centerfolds. Good stuff, especially for 1974. Very enjoyable.

A very 70s ultra-sleazy slice of grindhouse following the back stories of a few pin-up models who are all ill-fated to meet untimely ends at the hands of a nut-job who wants to kill the centerfold modelsDecidedly not a feel good movie.I felt like I needed a shower after watching it to get the grime that the film leaves. I respected it from a historical standpoint and my love of the grindhouse aesthetic, but I can't say that I particularly liked or enjoyed it

This is one of the best suspense films from the 70s. The storyline and drama kept me drawn into the story for the most part. The pace of the movie stalls for a short time, but picks back up and any of slowness of film is made up with the last fifteen minutes of the movie. Tiffany Bolling is highly entertaining, as well as the centerfold girls murderer. The character himself gives us a glimpse into the demented thought process of a truly insane and unstable person. Check out The Centerfold Girls.

As far as exploitation movies go, this one is a blast! It's packed full of nudity, degenerate characters and grotesque situations. The violence is a little on the light side, but the plot doesn't require tons of gore to be engaging. A definite gem of the genre.

Had a lot of potential but is way too slow and boring. Andrew Prine is always good though.

While I am a bit young to be a total 70's guy I do have a love of films made in that era.And not just the French Connection,Jaws.Star Wars epic films either. I have in my own collection a slew of low budget made in the 70's films meant for the Drive-In movies . So I was attracted to 1974's The Centerfold Girls which was a low budget precursor to the 80's slasher films. The cast is very good with a wide variety of second tier and recognizable names .What hurts the film is the general nastiness it displays towards it's female characters. None of the victims are portrayed in a a positive light thus almost making it seem that the producer and director wanted the audience to empathize with the killer Clement Dunne played very creepily by veteran actor Andrew Prine.Mr.Prine who has a wide spanning career arc from older films like The Miracle Worker to what seems like every tv series made in the 70's and 80's. He plays Dunne as a self righteous but self loathing individual.The film is actually 3 stories in one starting with the first story with young nurse Jackie played by veteran tv actress/soap opera icon Jamie Lyn Bauer.The premise of the film is Dunne is obsessed over young nubile females showing skin in nudie calendars .He starts with stalking,harassing and trailing Jackie who is on her way to interview for a camp nurses job. Along the way Jackie picks up young hitchhiker Linda(Janet Wood) who claims to be stranded by her boyfriend. Ms.Wood is notable for also appearing in Russ Myers skinamatic classic Up .It turns out to be a set up and Linda has a commune group following along and they end up forcing their way into Jackie's Aunt's house.Dunne is also lurking around waiting for a chance at Jackie as well.This story here I found downright nasty as Jackie is subjected to assault and humiliation from Linda's boyfriend and crew.She look for help from the people who run the camp and the caretaker played by Aldo Ray tries to rape her.Then to add insult to injury Dunne finally shows up and kills her(spoiler alert) The second story is a modeling shoot set up on a secluded island.Dunne has his sights set upon Charley played by the lovely Jennifer Ashley.Genre fans will likely recall her as one of the Pom-Pom Girls as well as being in such fare as Chained Heat,Phantom of the Paradise and Guyana Cult of the Damned.The shoot is being overseen by strict and possibly lesbian mistress Melissa played by the awesome Francine York.Ms.York has a career as long as Prine's and was recently in the tv series Hot in Cleveland.She also was in the b movie classic The Doll Squad and old tv series like Love American Style and Adam-12.This story is not as nasty as the first and is saved by the good acting jobs from York,Ashley,Prine and Ray Dalton who plays Melissa's assistant that she hates and abuses at every turn. Dunne makes his way unto the island and begins his stalk and kill routine again.The last and best story is the one starring the beautiful Tiffany Bolling as Vera a stewardess (this was the 70's you know)who models also .Dunne has seen Vera's shot for the same calendar that the other 2 girls were in and targets her for his next (last?) victim. Vera is the only model that gets to put up a fight and even she gets raped by 2 horny sailors who pick her up when her car breaks down. Not sure why they felt compelled to have Vera be assaulted prior to her encounter with Dunne much like Jackie was in the 1st story? Anyhow the grand finale shot in a recently charred and burnt forest in scenic California is a sight to behold.The atmosphere is almost alien like. I liked Tiffany Bolling from her other films Bonnie's Kids and The Candy Snatchers and she does a fine job here as well. Since the source material is about nude models you can imagine that there's a lot of female nudity in this film as well some gratuitous some not. Plus young women in the 70's tended to have natural bodies ( i.e. no boob jobs) which I much prefer to the material out there nowadays. I recommend this film to those who like decent acting in low budget films as well as horror film fans and 70's exploitation fans.

A GREAT MOVIE WITH AN INTERESTING STORY. THE KILLER IS AWESOME AND THE WOMEN ARE STUNNING WHAT MORE CAN YOU WANT WITH SOMETHING BEING AN ORIGINAL PIECE OF LET'S SAY HORROR. IT JUST MAKES IT SOUND BETTER HORROR. LOL! WHAT A GREAT MOVIE TO HAVE IN YOUR COLLECTION. MUST HAVE! OH! THE WOMEN MIGHT WANNA RE THINK ABOUT DOING CENTERFOLD BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHO THEY MIGHT UPSET! COOL MOVIE!

What an underrated gem. With all the recent female heroines lately, it's easy to forget that this was from the early 70's, and that strong females have been a part of Hollywood for longer than people generally believe. Tiffany is easily the best actress of this set, and the ending gives us something you don't usually see with 'strong' females---one who finishes the job with gusto.

Clement Dunne (Andrew Prine) is murdering his way through the calender.The Centerfold Girls is an excellent 1974 serial-killer-thriller/proto-slasher with a very interesting structure. The film is split into three separate stories that show how the killer and victim found each other.Andrew Prine came up with a clever idea for Dunne, with his black suite, white room and black and white shoes designed to symbolise an equally monochrome world view. The first story, featuring Aldo Ray owes a debt to The Last House on the Left, the second is a sort of relationship drama and the third, with Tiffany Bolling, has a really atmospheric showdown in a burned out landscape. Director John Peyser delvers a tense bleak looking B-movie. My favourite aspect of the film is the score by "Uncle" Mark Wollin and his band Wheeze, which takes in minimalist funk, blaring horns and a haunting harpsichord motif. Honestly, this is a great soundtrack and should be better known.Dark Sky do a great job with the 1.66 presentation restored from the original 16mm mono print. Extras include a mini documentary "Making The Cut: a look back at the centerfold girls", trailers and music cues. The disc is Region (1)

Andrew Prine plays a serial killer who stalks and slashes his way through centerfold girls of the month. His pet hate is seeing women expose themselves and now their going to get it!This is a classic exploitation horror movie from the 70s and it is done very different from a normal linear movie. After each kill we basically get a different set of characters and story, although Prine plays the same killer in the movie this does have a slight anthology feel to it.The atmosphere is dead on perfect for the times the movie was made in and surprisingly the suppoorting cast act very well. Prine as the killer is excellent and there's quite a groovy soundtrack to boot. Fans of exploitation 70s cinema should love this one.