Movies

The Woman Eater (1958) British-made shocker in which a mad scientist seeks a serum to bring the dead back to life, using the fluids of a carnivorous plant (a big hairy heap with three pairs of waving arms) which feeds on attractive young women. You'd think with a premise like that you could get some sort of thrills out of it, but sadly no. 3/10

En Effuillant la Marguerite a.k.a. Mademoiselle Striptease (1956) Crude "comedy" of errors in which teenage Brigitte Bardot must secretly win a striptease contest. This is one of the lousiest French movies I have ever seen; as bad as an American movie, but with naked women. They did have a brief scene in a newspaper composing room with numerous linotypes, and I liked that, but you need more than linotypes and naked women to make a good movie. You can quote me on that. I have seen a half dozen Bardot movies from throughout her career but have never appreciated her appeal. She was a star, but never an actress, and she was wise to get out of the business. 2/10