Mystery Movie Solved! FARMGIRL FANTASIES (1980)

Back in April of 2010 we posted about an unknown Troma release titled FARMGIRL FANTASIES that had received an R rating in September 1980 but contained a lot of bogus credits in its advertising, including "Music by The Fertilizers" and "Photographed in Farm-O-Vision."

It took us almost 11 years, but we finally tracked down a pressbook with a plot synopsis...

...which enabled us to identify FARMGIRL FANTASIES as an R-rated cut of Mac Ahlberg's JUSTINE AND JULIETTE (1975), which had been released in a hardcore version as SWEDISH MINX by Cambist Films in 1977.

After 15 years of running Cambist, president and co-founder Lee Hessel closed the company in 1978 and brought SWEDISH MINX and CRY UNCLE! to Troma, where he also was an associate producer on their R-rated hit comedy WAITRESS!

Movie Ad of the Week: PLAY DEAD w/ SPLATTER UNIVERSITY (1986)

The three-screen Sunset Drive-in theater in Colchester, VT ran a double bill of Troma horror films on May 16, 1986. PLAY DEAD, shot in 1981, stars Yvonne De Carlo as a wealthy woman with supernatural powers who uses her pet rottweiler Greta to kill off her family members over a past misdeed. The second feature, Richard W. Haines' SPLATTER UNIVERSITY (1984), was filmed around the New York tri-state area mostly in 1981, with some additional scenes shot in 1982 to expand the film to feature length.

Movie Ad of the Week: GRINGO (1985) a.k.a. STORY OF A JUNKIE (1987)

GRINGO, Lech Kowalski's grim documentary about one-eyed East Village smack addict John Spaceley, opened at the Waverly Twin (now the IFC Center) on November 22, 1985.

The release expanded to three outer borough theaters in the RKO chain on April 25, 1986.

Troma acquired the film, changed the title to STORY OF A JUNKIE, and opened it at the 42nd Street Liberty on April 10, 1987, on a triple bill with FAT GUY GOES NUTZOID and THE TOXIC AVENGER. The DVD from Troma contains a Lech Kowalski audio commentary and an interview with producer Ann S. Barish.

Mystery Movie: FARMGIRL FANTASIES (1980)

FARMGIRL FANTASIES (1980)

MPAA rating: R
Distributor: Troma, Inc.

Starring
Mary Lynn
Cheryl Day
Ellen Taranad

Music by The Fertilizers
Filmed in Farm-O-Vision
Released by Melody Films (Troma)

One-Sheet of the Week: MALIBU HOT SUMMER (1982)

MALIBU SUMMER (1979)

Released in 1982 as MALIBU HOT SUMMER

Re-released by Troma in 1986 as SIZZLE BEACH U.S.A.

Lloyd Kaufman presents... Porn!

During the 1970s, before he became known as the producer of THE TOXIC AVENGER, TROMEO AND JULIET and CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH, Troma president and co-founder Lloyd Kaufman dabbled in the New York porno scene. You'll have to hunt around for the following titles -- and others like THE SECRET DREAMS OF MONA Q., MY SEX-RATED WIFE and THE FUR TRAP -- because they're certainly not available through the Troma website!