The Centerfold Girls

Director: John Peyser John Peyser

Overview

A psychopathic killer administers a series of death sentences to various pornographic models.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/28/2009
UPC:	0030306815794
Original Release:	1974
Rating:	R
Source:	MPI HOME VIDEO
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:33:00
Sales rank:	35,475

Special Features

Making the Cut: a Look Back at the Centerfold Girls"; Trailers; TV & radio spots; Select music cues

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Andrew Prine	Actor
Tiffany Bolling	Vera
Ray Danton	Actor
Jaime Lyn Bauer	Actor,Actor
Mike Mazurki	Actor
Aldo Ray	Actor
Dan Seymour	Actor
Jeremy Slate	Actor
Francine York	Actor
Jennifer Ashley	Charly
Teda Bracci	Rita
Kitty Carl	Sandi
Mark Wolin	Composer

Technical Credits

Arthur Marks

Bob Peete

John Peyser	Director
Arthur Marks	Screenwriter
Bob Peete	Screenwriter
Chuck Stroud	Producer

Editorial Reviews

The Centerfold Girls thoroughly lives up to the lurid come-on of its premise. The script delivers plenty of skin and slash in a short running time and director John Peyser happily lingers upon every bloody or sexy tableau in true exploitation film style. Unfortunately, the film never manages to be as fun as the other exploitation classics of the early 1970's because it lacks inspiration and energy. The script relies on its heroines to do dumb things to endanger themselves and is frequently cruel to them, to boot. Peyser's direction is professional but indifferent, giving the viewer no reason to get invested in what's going on. The best element of The Centerfold Girls is its cast but even that resource is sometimes misused: Ray Danton and Francine York get memorable character turns as magazine-business types with barbed tongues and big egos but Aldo Ray is wasted in a badly-written bit role. Of the heroines, the best performance comes from Tiffany Bolling, who invests her embattled heroine role with plenty of conviction. That said, it's Andrew Prine who dominates the film as its murderous villain: despite a thin characterization, he manipulates his appearance to chilling effect and makes his character scary without ever overplaying the role. Ultimately, The Centerfold Girls is a footnote in exploitation film history, delivering the goods but still managing to lifeless and uninspired.