''Scream Queen Hot Tub Party'', known in the United Kingdom as ''Hollywood Scream Queen Hot Tub Party'', is a 1991 American

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directed by

Jim Wynorski Jim Wynorski is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is known for making B movies, softcore pornography, and exploitation films, such as '' The Witches of Breastwick''. In 2009, the documentary '' Popatopolis'', directed by C ...

and

Fred Olen Ray Fred Olen Ray (born September 10, 1954) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter of more than 200 low- to medium-quality feature films in many genres, including Horror film, horror, science fiction, action film, action/adventure f ...

. The film stars actual

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, and

Michelle Bauer Michelle Bauer (born October 1, 1958) is an American actress, model, and B movie scream queen. Early life Bauer was born and raised in Simi Valley, California. She is of Mexican heritage on her mother's side and Czechoslovakian heritage on her ...

Premise

Five "

s" gather and exchange about their profession while having a hot bath...

Cast

as Herself *

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as Herself *

as Herself * Roxanne Kernohan as Herself

Production

Ray says the film was shot in one day:

Back in the day, sometimes you wanted to own something. All you did was work for other people, then you'd sit back and watch thousands of units move out and you never got a piece of it. You kept thinking the only difference between you and these guys was you couldn't afford to make a production. At that time, we were dating some of these girls. That's how they became partners in the show. I shot it in my house and we did it very cheaply, but it turned out to be quite successful. We never licensed it. We ran into somebody who had some kind of a connection at a magazine, and they were buying the VHSes and selling them through some ad in a magazine. It came to thousands and thousands of units. We never ever had to license that thing out to anybody. We did a license in the UK but in the United States, we shipped the VHSes ourselves and we never went through another company and it did very well. It was just a little nothing ...
Roger Corman Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he w ...
and everybody gave us permission to use a certain amount of minutes from films we had made for them, so we were able to pad it all out.

Reception

A brief review in ''

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'' said, "Prepare to scream and soak at the same time as a collection of clips from such slasher flicks as ''Sorority House Massacre 2'', '' Tower of Terror'', ''Slumber Party Massacre'', and ''

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers ''Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers'' (also known as simply ''Hollywood Hookers'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1988 American black comedy horror film directed by Fred Olen Ray, and starring Gunnar Hansen, Linnea Quigley, Jay Richardson, and Michelle Bau ...

'' are all combined into one brand-new fright fest that doesn't skimp on the skin. " A retrospective review at the time of the release of a DVD version stated bluntly, "There isn't much to review here. Do you like to see women naked? Do you like seeing clips from old films? Do you like films that don't overstay their welcome? This is the perfect film for you. There is plenty of nudity and the run time is short." This assessment is shared by various reviewers and commentators, including one who comments, "From a critical standpoint there’s really not a lot to say about ''Scream Queen Hot Tub Party''. The title pretty much says it all. There are Scream Queens. They get into a hot tub. And they proceed to party."

References

External links

* {{Jim Wynorski 1991 films 1991 black comedy films 1991 comedy horror films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films Films directed by Fred Olen Ray Films directed by Jim Wynorski American comedy horror films English-language comedy horror films