I HATE YOUR GUTS!

Finally got a chance to see the 1961 Roger Corman classic THE INTRUDER (aka I HATE YOUR GUTS!), written by Charles Beaumont (THE TWILIGHT ZONE) and starring William Shatner (Captain Kirk himself!) as scenery-chewing racist Adam Cramer. Cramer, on behalf of his white supremacist group "The Patrick Henry Society", comes to the small town of Caxton to incite the locals to stop the forced integration of public schools... but like Dr. Frankenstein, Cramer finds he's created a monster he cannot control in the raving mob of drooling rednecks. This was a powerful little movie, one of Corman's best, featuring what may very well be Shatner's finest performance.

The DVD features a recent interview between director Corman and Shatner and the original theatrical trailer, where Corman reveals that THE INTRUDER was the only film he ever lost money on in its initial release. Trivia: William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, co-authors of the '70s sci-fi classic LOGAN'S RUN, have bit parts in THE INTRUDER.

I'm a sucker for evil redneck movies! If you are, too, be sure to check out DELIVERANCE and NIGHTMARE IN BADHAM COUNTY.