RAT PFINK A BOO BOO
Dir. Ray Dennis Steckler, 1966
United States. 72 min.
In English.

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Cee Bee Beaumont (Carolyn Brandt), the girlfriend of rock-n’-roll superstar Lonnie Lord (Ron Haydock), becomes the latest target of the notorious “Chain Gang”: A group of goons that spends their days stalking, tormenting, and murdering young women whose names they randomly pick out of the phone book. When Cee Bee is kidnapped by the Gang, Lonnie and his best friend Titus team up to save her in this gripping crime drama th— This looks like a job for Rat Pfink & Boo Boo! dedicated defenders of truth, justice, and freedom-loving people of the world!

If abrupt transitions are your thing, boy do we have one for you. B-movie maven and Spectacle mainstay Ray Dennis Steckler helms this dirt cheap, rockabilly-tinged homage to the campy tights-n’-fights fare of the 1960s. Originally intended as a straightforward stalker thriller— based in part on star (and Steckler’s ex-wife) Brandt’s own experiences as a victim of obscene phone calls— the story goes that Steckler got bored with the idea part way through filming and abruptly decided to turn it into a superhero comedy, parodying the stylized camp and tongue-in-cheek absurdity of William Dozier’s popular BATMAN television series.

The result is a mind-boggling jumble of ideas crammed into 72 minutes. Everything from silly superhero antics and beach party sing-a-longs to chilling home invasions and escaped ape fights, as only a talent like Steckler could envision.