History Film / TeenAgeStrangler

''Teen-Age Strangler'' is a 1964 independent crime thriller directed by Ben Parker, set and filmed in the city of Huntington, West Virginia.

''Teen-Age Strangler'' is a 1964 horror picture set and filmed in the city of Huntington, West Virginia. There's a mysterious killer targeting young(ish) women by strangling them, leaving their bodies in the open and marking their foreheads with lipstick.

Said killer has also appropriated one of the club jackets from a local drag-racing gang, leading to the protagonist Jimmy being framed for the murders at first. Eventually, suspicion drifts to other members of the gang, until the real killer is found.

The movie is punctuated with a musical number in the middle named "Yipe Stripes."

* ChewingTheScenery: The female protagonist's mother and Mikey are some of the most notable examples of what happens when "community theater goes to the silver screen." After MST3K brought new attention to the film, Mikey's actor actually appeared at a convention for the show and revealed he assumed the lead actress was a pro and so he tried to copy her performance...then found out she was a flight attendant who also had zero acting experience.

* ChewingTheScenery: The female protagonist's mother and Mikey are some of the most notable examples of what happens when "community theater goes to the silver screen."

* FelonyMisdemeanor: Inverted to an almost ''disturbing'' degree. Absolutely '''''nobody''''' in this movie treats the string of ''violent murders'' with the severity that anyone should. Jimmy's parents actually assume that it was him because they think that he once ''stole a bike.'' (Which itself is treated with a much more played-straight example of this trope)

* HonorBeforeReason: Sure, Jimmy could give the cops his alibi, clearing his name of multiple murders and helping the authorities catch the serial killer targeting his peers - but that could get his girlfriend in trouble with her parents for sneaking out, and he just can't do that.

* LargeHam: Mikey, especially his "He didn't steal no bike either!" moment. He's not even the only one in the cast overdoing it.
** HamToHamCombat: He was only following the example of the gal who played Betty, as she was the only one in this film who had any kind of previous acting experience.

'''Teen-age Strangler''' is a 1964 horror picture set and filmed in the city of Huntington, West Virginia. There's a mysterious killer targeting young(ish) women by strangling them, leaving their bodies in the open and marking their foreheads with lipstick.

%%* JerkJock: Curly
** HeelFaceTurn: After [[spoiler:being accused of multiple murders]] and [[spoiler:narrowly surviving a nasty auto accident]], Curly becomes a much kinder and gentler guy.

* ClearMyName
* DancePartyEnding

* GreaserDelinquents

* InspectorJavert: Anderson
* JerkJock: Curly

* MotiveRant

* YouAreGrounded

* NonIndicativeName: There is no teenaged strangler, nor does the strangler kill teenagers exclusively. Likely intentional, not just to cash in on the "Teenage X" genre, but as a RedHerring (Would you look at anyone other than [[spoiler:the janitor]] if you weren't looking specifically for a teenager?)

* NonIndicativeName: There is no teenaged strangler, nor does the strangler kill teenagers. Likely intentional, not just to cash in on the "Teenage X" genre, but as a RedHerring (Would you look at anyone other than [[spoiler:the janitor]] if you weren't looking specifically for a teenager?)

* DullSurprise: A cop tells a woman that her neighbor has been murdered. Her "Oh, no!" is about as flat and lifeless as you possibly can get for ''any'' sort of response, let alone hearing ''your neighbor has been violently murdered''.

!![[{{Teen-AgeStrangler}} Teen-Age Strangler]] contains examples of the following tropes:

* ThereAreNoTherapists: [[{{Justified}} That's okay, though,]] as apparently there's no such thing as grief or psychological trauma, either. Tony's girlfriend is killed, and he just goes to school the next day no problem. Betty is nearly murdered and her attacker is shot dead in front of her, but give her 24 hours and she'll be back at the malt shop shakin' her groove thang to possibly the worst song ever recorded.

The movie is punctuated with a musical number in the middle named "Yipes Stripes."

''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' got ahold of the movie and featured it as episode 514, along with a {{Glurge}}-filled short, ''Is It Love?''

---> '''Crow''' (as dad): Now '''''GIMME A HUG!'''''

-->'''Crow:''' ''(as woman)'' It wasn't ''me'' who was murdered, was it?

-->'''Mike''': It's the '''only''' song!
* YouAreGrounded

!!The MysteryScienceTheater3000 presentation contains examples of these tropes:

* CelebrityResemblance: The guy managing the diner is considered a look-alike of Drew Carey and ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' dad.
** Mikey is also compared to [[Literature/WheresWally Waldo]].
* NotableOriginalMusic: "The Janitor Song."
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[[TheStinger "And he didn't steal no bike, neither! I did!"]]

MysteryScienceTheater3000 got ahold of the movie and featured it as episode 514, along with a {{Glurge}}-filled short, ''Is It Love?''

* CelebrityResemblance: The guy managing the diner is considered a look-alike of Drew Carey and TheFamilyCircus dad.
** Mikey is also compared to [[WheresWaldo Waldo]].

* NonIndicativeName: There is no teenaged strangler, nor does the strangler kill teenagers.