Scum of the Earth (1963)

Scum of the Earth: Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. With William Kerwin, Louise Downe, Lawrence J. Aberwood, Sandra Sinclair. A naive and innocent teenage girl is blackmailed into modeling in the nude for a photographer who is in league with a teenage gang whose boss illegally sells photos of teenage girls being abused and degraded.

“Ah, yes, a roughie from master of gore, Herschell Gordan Lewis. I thought the acting of this film was actually fairly decent for a film like this. A naive and innocent teenage girl slowly gets blackmailed by a photographer to do photo shoots in the nude. Yes, there is some bad acting from a few people but the two leads do a decent job. One actor who doesnu0026#39;t come off well is the scummy boss who sells pictures of naked women. However, he is so bad that heu0026#39;s actually pretty memorable with his campy dialog. The way the scene is shot makes it seem like itu0026#39;s a really important scene which makes it even more amusing. I did, however expect this film to get more down and dirty with itu0026#39;s subject matter. Lewis has pushed boundaries with his gore films and should have tried to do the same here. Itu0026#39;s not a terrible film but it does feel like the director pulled a few punches.”