Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
1988 · Movie · R · 75 min · ★ 5.7 · 50% critics
A down-on-his-luck private investigator in Los Angeles is hired to track down a missing runaway. His search pulls him into a sleazy underworld and a bizarre, chainsaw-obsessed cult tied to ancient mythology, where danger and dark humor collide as he tries to figure out who can be trusted.
Also known as Hollywood Hookers
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Details
- Years
- 1988
- Release date
- 1988-03-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Critic score
- 50/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (117 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a short, sleazy, tongue-in-cheek ’80s horror-comedy packed with nudity, goofy gore, and cult-movie vibes; Not for you if you want smart scares, strong acting, or real suspense like Hatchet II.
Pros: knowingly trashy fun; campy one-liners; nudity and fake blood | Cons: cheap-looking effects; uneven comedy; thin, rambling story
Themes
- ritual
- detective
- cult
- human sacrifice
- chainsaw
- prostitution
- private detective
- dismemberment
- egyptian mythology
Cast & crew
Gunnar Hansen
as The Stranger
Linnea Quigley
as Samantha
John Henry Richardson
as Jack Chandler
Dawn Wildsmith
as Lori
Michelle Bauer
as Mercedes
- DM
Dennis T. Mooney
as Harrison
Fox Harris
as Hermie
Esther Elise
as Lisa
- TB
Tricia Burns
as Ilsa
Jimmy Williams
as Bo Hansen
Directed by Fred Olen Ray