Something Weird | |
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Directed by | Herschell Gordon Lewis |
Written by | James F. Hurley |
Produced by | James F. Hurley Fred M. Sandy |
Starring | Tony McCabe Elizabeth Lee William Brooker |
Cinematography | Herschell Gordon Lewis Andy Romanoff |
Edited by | Richard Brinkman |
Music by | Edward J. Petan |
Production company | Hur-Lew Productions |
Distributed by | Mayflower Pictures (theatrical) Something Weird Video (home video) |
Release dates | August 1967 (Chicago)
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Running time | 80 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $35,000 (estimated) |
Something Weird is a 1967 American exploitation film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis. It stars, among others, Tony McCabe and Elizabeth Lee and features a paranormal plot involving LSD drug use, a psychic, a hideous witch who morphs into a young woman, a séance, a kung-fu chopping socialite, ghosts, psychopaths and federal agents.
The film played on a double bill with another 1967 film by the same director, The Gruesome Twosome.[1]
The film distributor Something Weird Video, based in Seattle, gets its name from this film. They specialize in obscure and exploitation films, like Something Weird.