Black Hooker/Jive Turkey

A few weeks ago I had the chance to start watching some exploitation films that were categorized as blaxploitation since most of the actors and stories depicted black people.

The first one I watched had this very catchy title Black Hooker which made me think it would be a sex movie with black girls all over the place, and in a way my thoughts were kinda right.

Movie poster.

Black Hooker is a film about the life of a blonde bastard who's being taken care of by her christian grandparents in a very poor house in the countryside. The movie is set apparently on the late 30's to 40's (Dresses and cars gave me that feeling)

The story at first looks quite promising with the background music and the high class movie titles it really feels as a good film until of course you realize it's a B-movie and one  of the worst B-Movies I have ever seen.

Why? oh well, there are thousands of answers but I'll settle for the big ones.

First, actors can't act! with the exception of bastard's grandma and that's it. Second, the drama storyline makes no sense most of the times, little blonde bastard going to the city to make a living, looking for her hooker mom and crap! the ending is quite bizarre.

Third, there are some exploitation scenes, but they don't look interesting at all. Black hooker says this funny line in one of her sex job scenes: "behold my black magnifiscence" or something like that.

Fourth, the original title was Street Sisters, and we see no sisters in the film at all!

The only good scene with lots of drama is when Grandpa has sex on the barnyard with blonde bastard's fiancee, and not because of the sex but because of the dialogue in which grandpa says how capable he is of letting her know Jesus and all of his life through a mere sexual act. Something that for today's standards feels quite real considering the high amounts of scandals the Catholic church is facing around the globe.

I rate this movie 0 stars out of 5 stars. Thank god it came as part of a 50 movies pack or else I would have regreted buying this crap for the rest of my life.

Here are some minutes from the beginning of the film since I found no trailer on the web:

Movie number 2 I watched was way more promising since it was about the everlasting battle for owning the streets of Harlem. A giant battle between black mobsters and italian mobsters known as Jive Turkey (haha funny)

Bad motherfucka.

Movie poster.

Basically a film about mobsters fighting for their who's your daddy status all the time. It has plenty of action, some shagging (even a Priest gets some haha) and plenty of blood as well.

In addition to all the modern cars on the street, everyone in the movie keeps making declarative statements that it is 1956, as in "You know, this is 1956!" Also, all the white men have 70s haircuts and sideburns. The mayor would have been considered a bum, a beatnik or a surfer in 1956. Perhaps a missing subplot about a time machine wasn't fully explored. I don't know why they just didn't make it take place in present day except that the film is supposed to be based on a true story--In 1956!

If you are into blaxploitation, it's not a bad story--the main characters do their best considering the mangled plot, but Serene's secret wasn't much of a secret--if you can't figure it out right away you aren't paying attention even though it's 1956. 

Tranny Fattale.

The other odd thing (among many odd things) is how this movie ends. It's a real WTF moment. Saying there are loose ends would be an understatement--Especially for 1956.

It's available on the "50 Drive-In Movie Classics" collection. At about 50 cents a movie, I can't complain. It's low budget but has some nudity and some cartoon-like violence. This also appears to be the only movie in this pack that takes place in 1956. 

Here's a movie excerpt for your taste

See you some time soon with hopefully greater movies and greater driven-by reviews.