Gums
Directed byRobert J. Kaplan
StarringTheodore Gottlieb
Release date
November 1976
Running time
70 mins
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.2 million[1]

Gums is a 1976 American softcore pornographic film. It was a send up of Jaws and received a relatively wide theatrical release as a midnight movie.

Premise

A killer mermaid is loose in a small town.

Cast

Production

It was filmed in New York and Florida.[2]

Release

The movie was released in the cinemas. It made rentals in the US and Canada of $1.2 million.[1]

Reception

The Palm Beach Post said it was an "embarassingly poor sexploitation parody... horrendous."[3] DVD Talk said, "Other than sporting a decent conceit, there's little else to recommend this movie."[4] Psychotronic Video called it "a senseless, tastless, crude porno parody of Jaws with terrible dubbing, but Theodore as “Captain Carl Clitoris”, the Quint character gets to dress like a Nazi and rant uncontrolably... Unappealing hardcore scenes last only a few seconds."[2] Shock Cinema said "During its first release, this no-budget softcore-version of Jaws played midnight shows forever. But even if it sounds like a porno relic that might well be left forgotten, you’ll be shocked to discover just how watchably dopey it is, thanks to some savvy casting."[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 302. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  2. 1 2 "Brother Theodore". Psychotronic Video. No. 2. Spring 1989. p. 36.
  3. ↑ "'Gums': Trashy Topic, Treatment". The Palm Beach Post. 4 October 1977. p. 8.
  4. ↑ Dahlke, Kurt. "Gums". DVD Talk. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Gums". Shock Cinema. No. 8. 1996. p. 15.
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