With a title inspired by the pulp paperbacks of the day, Satan in High Heels (1962) is pure low-budget awesomeness from start to finish. Meg Myles plays Stacey, a bad girl who tries to go legit when she lands a job singing in a New York nightclub. She meets a nice guy and tries to be good, she really does, but it’s just not meant to be.
There’s even something of interest for the LGBT viewers watching! Grayson Hall (TV’s Dark Shadows) is fabulous as Pepe, the world-weary lesbian nightclub owner, and Del Tenny (director of classics like The Horror of Party Beach and The Living Corpse) plays the fastidious Paul, the clubs general manager and the only man immune to Stacey’s considerable charms. Check out this title if you get a chance. Below is the trailer as well as a clip of Myles performing the movies unofficial theme “Deadlier Than the Male”. Though she actually performs the vocals herself, lip-synching said vocals is not exactly her strong suit.
I only found your blog because of this Satan in High Heels review. Glad you enjoyed it! The film is difficult for us to appreciate objectively because Grandpa (Harold Bonnett) wrote it and Dad (Walter Bonnett) is in it. As you might imagine, we’re biased. Both men have passed on, but it’s nice to have this flick to “visit” with them once in a while.
I’m only commenting because your blog impressed me. You’ve got an excellent blog here [even if we leave out the “Satan in High Heels” review]! We run an open-minded shop and I was surprised at how much of your content was familiar and relate-able to me through my inventory. I never imagined I’d find something of personal interest on the same page as a Tom of Finland illustration. Surprise! LOL And, the comic strip about updated classics hadn’t crossed my path yet either. Good stuff!
I hope you won’t mind if I add your link to the sidebar of our blog “Penciled Margins”, in the section “Underlined Passages”. I think some of my readers will find it insightful and interesting, as did I.
If either of you ever find yourselves in Dayton, Ohio’s Oregon Historic & Arts District, I hope you’ll stop in, say hello, and take a look around.
Kevin Bonnett [aka BonK!]