This is one of my favorite movies and I finally obtained a DVD from New Concorde. The beautiful Candice Rialson stars as a young woman who travels to California to make it big in Hollywood.
She meets up with a sleazy agent named Walter Paisley (Dick Miller), who, after some mishaps finally lands her a job with a B movie company called Miracle Pictures.
Miracle Pictures is currently being plagued by mysterious deaths, but the director Erich Von Leppe (Paul Bartel) lets nothing stop him from getting his films done.
Paisley tells the young woman to call herself "Candy Wednesday" and much to her surprise the name really sticks and she soon finds herself acting in extremely low budget films such as "Machete Maidens Of Mora Tau".
Who is the mysterious killer? Will Candy become a star? Will Miracle Pictures ever make a great film? The answer to these questions can be found in this spot on look at low budget film making. A lot of the things that happen in this film I have had to deal with first hand in my film making career and this movie always makes me laugh out loud.
The rest of the cast includes Mary Woronov, George Wagner, Jonathan Kaplan, Tara Strohmeierand John Kramer. The widescreen presentation is excellent and if by some chance you haven't seen this little homage to low budgets and stock footage, then I suggest you get a copy quickly and enjoy.
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