What looks like a cross between the films Glen or Glenda and Barbarella - and has the budget of the former and the goofy, psychedelic sci-fi imagination of the latter? Vegas in Space, of course. Starring the lovely Doris Fish, this is the best science-fiction drag movie since The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Vegas in Space is underground moviemaking at its finest. The filmmakers were sharp enough to know that when you're trying to do science fiction on a budget, you can't match the Hollywood special effects boys. So, what do you do? Emphasize the flaws, of course. If your sets are cheap, don't kill yourself trying to make them look like Lucas Film productions - show everyone how cheap they are!
The plot is simple: take a bunch of butch male astronauts, hand them a fistful of sex-change pills, and send them off to infiltrate and knock over Vegas in Space - the headquarters of the überbitch of the universe. The plot hardly matters. What does are the bountiful drag queens, the kitchen-utensil sets, and the props that look like they came straight out of a box of Cap'n Crunch.
Vegas in Space: Available on videocassette. Troma Inc.: +1 (212) 757 4555.
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