The Kiss of Her Flesh (1968)

Director:

Michael Findlay

Writers:

Michael Findlay (writer)
Roberta Findlay (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The story of hot-blooded Maria... who always gets her man, after man, after man!

Plot:

A weapons expert who murdered his unfaithful stripper wife and her lover goes on a killing spree, bumping off exotic dancers and hookers, while plotting the demise of his wife's swinging bisexual sister and her kinky boyfriend. |

Plot Keywords:

Disturbing | Lesbian Sex | Misogynist | Third Part | Nude Woman Murdered

Cast

Uta Erickson	...	Maria (as Dyana Alicia)
Janet Banzet	...	Mona (as Marie Brent)
Michael Findlay	...	Richard Jennings (as Robert West)
Donna Stone	...	Cleo (as Diane Stein)
Rita Vance	...	Hitchhiker (as Rita Green)
Suzzan Landau	...	Doris (as Alice Grant)
Earl Hindman	...	Don (as Leo Heinz)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roberta Findlay	...	Narrator (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Findlay		(as Julian Marsh)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michael Findlay		writer (as Julian Marsh)
Roberta Findlay		writer (as Anna Riva)

Produced by
Michael Findlay	....	producer (as Julian Marsh)
Roberta Findlay	....	producer (as Anna Riva)

Original Music by
Robin Aden

Cinematography by
Roberta Findlay		(as Anna Riva)

Film Editing by
Michael Findlay		(as Julian Marsh)

Camera and Electrical Department
Chico Buck	....	grip
Robert Marx	....	lighting technician
Welchie	....	still photographer

Distributors

• American Film Distributing Corporation (AFDC) (1968) (USA) (theatrical)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2003) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)

Also Known As:

The Kiss of Her (USA) (bowdlerized title)

Runtime:

USA:75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Trivia:

This film was considered lost for many years until “Something Weird Video” unearthed the original negative and released it to video.

Movie Connections:

Follows The Touch of Her Flesh (1967)

Most warped one of the trilogy!

This is the third and final entry in the Findlay's "..of Her Flesh" trilogy ("The Curse of Her Flesh", "The Touch of Her Flesh") and is the most twisted one of the bunch. Just like the previous two, the action centers around the main character who thinks all women are evil whores and devises many a clever way to kill them.

And that's where all the laughs (albeit uncomfortable laughs) come in. He kills women with lobster claws, poisonous semen, car cigarette lighters, acid douche treatments, and etc. The nudity and sex scenes are relatively graphic for 1968 and the bongo beatnik soundtrack is great. Of course the acting is awful and the directing is bare-boned, but that's to be expected.

Not for everyone, for certain, but among the most depraved in exploitation cinema, this one is a classic in that regard.