The first feature film from Blood Feast auteur Herschel Gordon Lewis, Living Venus follows publisher Jack Norwall (Lewis regular Bill Kerwin), an arrogant Hugh Hefner clone whose successful girlie magazine ("Pagan") and roving eye ultimately leads to the suicide of his wife (Danica D'Hondt from the Tony Curtis film Wild and Wonderful) and his own descent into loser's hell. Ken Carter, Jack's jealous in-house photographer, is portrayed by none other than Harvey Korman (Blazing Saddles) prior to his steady job with comedian Carol Burnett. The supporting cast includes mucky-mouthed Lewis regular Lawrence J. Aberwood (Scum of the Earth), John Perak from Coffy, and lovely Linné Ahlstrand (Beast From Haunted Cave). Lewis wrote the script with help from Kerwin and producer David F. Friedman (She Freak). The soundtrack features "Living Venus" as sung by Robert Bell along with the rug-cutting Dixieland jazz of Bob Scobey and His Famous Band.
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