"There's juice freaks, and pill freaks, and then everybody's a freak! What you need is grass or a downer or something."
— Casey
A kinda sequel to Valley Of The Dolls released by 20th Century Fox. Directed by Russ Meyer and co-written by Meyer and movie critic Roger Ebert (who described landing the gig as an example of inmates Running the Asylum at the studio) about a musical quartet of girls who go to Hollywood to live with the lead singer's wealthy swinger aunt.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Provides Examples Of:
Bi the Way: Casey. I think she's converted by the end of the movie.
Bond One-Liner: "You will drink the black sperm of my vengeance."
"You beg for mercy, while the cries of six millions innocents still ring in your ears? They are waiting for you!"
B-Movie: An all-girl band of hippies and their producer head to Hollywood to collect on some old inheritance where they get lucky and make it big before falling in with the wrong crowd and quickly slip into a life of sleaze and decadence. We're talking 2 weeks here.
Busman's Vocabulary: Randy, a boxer, speaks in a whole lot of boxing metaphors. This initially makes him seem philosophical before he's revealed to be a Jerk Ass
Cool Car: A Rolls Royce. Just ask Ashley St. Ives.
Date Rape: Harris has sex with Casey when he was drunk and she was stoned, resulting in her getting pregnant. While Casey gets quite angry at Harris the next morning (something he's confused about), she doesn't seem to think of it as rape per se, although Roxanne (who has ulterior motives), does.
Death by Sex: Casey, Lance, Roxanne, Z-Man. Subverted with Baxter, Emerson, Harris, Kelly, Susan, Pet.
Dolled-Up Installment: Inverted. This was meant to be a true sequel to the original Valley of the Dolls, but the original author wasn't happy about not being involved in its production, thus sued the studio.
Gorn: S&M decapitation, headshots at close range, stabbing a Nazi to death with a sword at the beach.
In Name Only: Has nothing to do with the original Valley of the Dolls novel/film. In fact some have suggested the title of the film should be "Beyond The Valley of the Dolls" - i.e. the film is going beyond the themes and topics of the book and film.
Noodle Incident: at the first of Z-Man's parties we get tiny bits and pieces of several conversations of the guests, many of which are examples of this trope
One Hit Wonder: The girls watch the Strawberry Alarm Clock play their lone hit "Incense and Peppermints."
Phallic Weapon: Z-Man forces a gun in Roxanne's mouth while she's sleeping before shooting her. Enter Sigmund Freud.
Poe's Law: Roger Ebert recorded that he and Meyer were nonplussed when they met the Sex Pistols and Johnny Rotten expressed his admiration for the film because it was so true to life.
Play Boy: Dolly Read (Miss May 1966), Cynthia Myers (Miss December 1968)
Recurring Character: Martin Bormann has appeared in a few of Russ Meyer movies.
Running Gag: After Harris is paralyzed they poke fun at him with unintentionally funny dialogue, showing him struggling to get into a wheelchair during the climactic final battle, and the bizarre river-crossing-on-crutches scene during the ending.
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