Haughty and arrogant Kashmira, a Bollywood movie actress, travels with her Secretary/Chauffeur, Avinash, through the Indian countryside on a night of heavy rains. Also traveling in the same area is a prostitute by the name of Sonia, who carelessly stops her car in the middle of the road, dropping a knife and a fork. The fork punctures the tire of another passing vehicle consisting of Sukhwinder, his wife, Mitali, and son. When Sukhwinder attempts to fix the tire, Avinash's car comes roaring by, hits Mitali, almost killing her. Avinash stops the car, gets Sukhwinder and his family in with a protesting Kashmira and stops at a motel for help. Once inside, they find out that there is only the Manager, Adi, and no one else, and due to the rains there is no working telephone, Avinash must now drive 20 km to reach a hospital to get help. He picks up Sonia, who car has stalled, and together they make their way to the hospital only to find that they cannot proceed any further due to floods. To make matters worse, their car breaks down, leaving them stranded. Another car driven by Varun, in the company of his wife, Mahek, comes on the scene, and they assist Avinash and Sonia to get back to the Motel. Also stranded at the motel are Senior Inspector Jatin and a murderous convict who is being transported to jail. It is at this motel that all of them will find that one of them is a killer - and the rest - his victims.
There are posters for three other films by director 'Edward D. Wood, Jr.' in Johnny Ride's office: Jail Bait (1954), Bride of the Monster (1955), and The Violent Years (1956).
Ironically, this "pornography expose" was Edward D. Wood Jr.'s last legitimate film before delving into writing softcore pornography himself.
Shot for his friend Edward D. Wood Jr., this was the last feature film for Director of Photography William C. Thompson. The 70 year old Thompson was blind in one eye. His career had started in silent films.
Director Cameo: [Edward D. Wood Jr.] one of the brawling "teenagers" fighting over porn in front of restaurant.
'Conrad Brooks (I)' did the stunt-work for when Dirk jumped out of the moving car and rolled down the hill.
The Pizza Joint sequences were shot in 1956 for the unfinished film Rock and Roll Hell, also known as Hellborn.
Edward D. Wood Jr. planned a sequel to this film titled "The Peeper". But he was never able to get any funding to film it.
The pizza joint fight scene was shot and used for an earlier Edward D. Wood Jr. film, Night of the Ghouls (1959).
His role as Lt. Matt Carson became the final film appearance for Kenne Duncan, ending a career of approximately 250 films stretching back to silent films.
[Mary sees Ed Wood posters on pornographer Johnny Ride's office wall.]
Mary Smith:
Are gangster and horror films all you produce?
Johnny Ryde:
Those are made by friends of mine. I think you'll find my type of picture entirely different.
Continuity: Police leave the police station in a black and white Ford and arrive at the City Park in a black and white Plymouth.
Boom mike visible: In several shots in Lt. Carson's office, a microphone is clearly visible at the top of the frame as it moves back and forth to cover the actor's dialog.
References
Jail Bait (1954)
- Poster seen in Johnny Ride's office
Bride of the Monster (1955)
- Poster seen in Johnny Ride's office
The Violent Years (1956)
- Poster seen in Johnny Ride's office
Featured in
Sleazemania Strikes Back (1985) (V)
Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora (1994) (V)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Sinister Urge (#7.13)" (1994)
- 'The Sinister Urge' is the featured movie in this 'MST3K' episode.