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Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen Era

A Scream Come True
May 5, 2011 · 1h 3m
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Three girls living in Los Angeles, CA in the 1980s found cult fame when they "accidentally" transitioned from models to B-movie actresses, coinciding with the major direct-to-video horror film boom of the era. Known as "The Terrifying Trio," Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead), Brinke Stevens (The Slumber Party Massacre) and Michelle Bauer (The Tomb), headlined upwards of ten films per year, fending off men in rubber monster suits, pubescent teenage boys, and deadly showers. They joined together in campy cult films like Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-a-Rama (1988) and Nightmare Sisters (1987). They traveled all over the world, met President Reagan, and built mini-empires of trading cards, comic books, and model kits. Then it all came crashing down. This documentary remembers these actresses - and their most common collaborators - on how smart they were to play stupid

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CAST

Linnea Quigley
Herself
Fred Olen Ray
Himself
Brinke Stevens
Herself
Michelle Bauer
Herself
David DeCoteau
Himself
Kenneth J. Hall
Himself
John Henry Richardson
Himself
Richard Gabai
Himself
Directed by Jason Paul Collum

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
$50,000
Country
US

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