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Who else loves Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and who is your favorite character?
26-30, F
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Sunchild777 · 26-30, F
@pone22 How could they? BVD was made 6 years before Rocky Horror and was written and directed by different people. Though both films share camp nature, BVD was more about satirizing preachy nature of The Valley of The Dolls while Rocky Horror is about embracing sexuality, no matter how bizarre. That being said, Rocky Horror came out when it was supposed to.
And about Z-man, he has his creepy moments but with good reason. He was modeled after Phil Spector who was know for being violent, abusive, and later actually killed a woman in his own house by shooting her in the mouth (this incident happened [i]years after[/i] BVD was released...life imitating art?). So whether the writer and director meant for that Z-man to be that creepy or not, the character was bound to have that same level of creepiness.
You wanna know something creepy? The woman who was killed by Phil Spector was an actress who starred in the Deathstalker movie series...John Lazar (the guy who played Z-man) also starred in that series in the 80s. Just a weird connection I made after some digging.
And about Z-man, he has his creepy moments but with good reason. He was modeled after Phil Spector who was know for being violent, abusive, and later actually killed a woman in his own house by shooting her in the mouth (this incident happened [i]years after[/i] BVD was released...life imitating art?). So whether the writer and director meant for that Z-man to be that creepy or not, the character was bound to have that same level of creepiness.
You wanna know something creepy? The woman who was killed by Phil Spector was an actress who starred in the Deathstalker movie series...John Lazar (the guy who played Z-man) also starred in that series in the 80s. Just a weird connection I made after some digging.