This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
{{Infobox film
| name = This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
| image = This Stuff'll Kill Ya.jpg
| caption =
| director = Herschell Gordon Lewis
| producer = Allison Louise Downe
Herschell Gordon Lewis
| writer = Herschell Gordon Lewis
| starring = Tim Holt
Jeffrey Allen
| music = Herschell Gordon Lewis
| cinematography = Herschell Gordon Lewis
| editing = Alex Ameri
| studio = Ultima
| distributor = Ultima
Something Weird Video
Fright Video
Trans World Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|1971}}
| runtime = 99 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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This Stuff'll Kill Ya! is a 1971 American film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis{{cite web |last1=Harrison |first1=John |title=THIS STUFF'LL KILL YA! |url=https://www.americangenrefilm.com/theatrical-film-catalog/this-stuffll-kill-ya/ |website=AGFA |access-date=11 September 2020}} and starring Tim Holt and Jeffrey Allen. It features Holt's final film appearance.[http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/t-z/thisstuffyearofyahoo7172.htm Review at DVD Drive in] accessed 1 June 2013
Plot
A con artist acts as a preacher to run his moonshine distillery in a small town in the Deep South and clashes with a number of locals and a federal agent bent on shutting his operation down.
Production
This Stuff'll Kill Ya! was filmed in Checotah and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Critical reception
Film Threat described the film as "long, dull and boring" with "stilted dialogue and static direction.";{{cite web |title=THIS STUFF’LL KILL YA / THE YEAR OF THE YAHOO (DVD) |url=https://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/this-stuffll-kill-ya-the-year-of-the-yahoo-dvd/ |website=Film Threat |publisher=Film Threat |access-date=2022-04-12}} critic Jeffrey Kauffman, as an "oddball entry," "patently silly," and "Uneven at best and hilariously inept at worst (in the Lewis tradition).";{{cite web |last1=Kauffman |first1=Jeffrey |title=This Stuff'll Kill Ya Blu-ray |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/This-Stuffll-Kill-Ya-Blu-ray/166831/#Review |website=Blu-ray.com |publisher=Blu-ray.com |access-date=2022-04-12}} and DVD Talk, as "unyielding creepiness,"; the same review stating that "[i]t also doesn't help that Allen's performance - which permeates almost every frame - is grating to no end, while the story absentmindedly stumbles around with no clear focus."{{cite web |last1=Cornelius |first1=David |title=Drive-In Classics Collection |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/38007/drive-in-classics-collection/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=DVD Talk |publisher=DVDTalk.com}}
See also
References
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External list
- {{IMDb title|0067850}}
{{Herschell Gordon Lewis}}
Category:1971 crime drama films
Category:American crime drama films
Category:1970s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis
Category:English-language crime drama films
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