The Big Cube (1969)

A famous stage actress (Lana Turner) retires to marry a wealthy man (Dan O'Herlihy) who has a daughter (Karin Mossberg) who resents her terribly. When her husband dies in an accident shortly after their honeymoon, the daughter and her lover (George Chakiris) concoct a plot to drive her insane or possibly even kill her. Directed by Tito Davison, this is a very silly exploitation movie. Two years earlier, Roger Corman's THE TRIP had successfully mined the counterculture and the use of LSD in a serious film. This is one is dreadful but enjoyable in the way bad movies can frequently be. The screenplay is ludicrous and the acting terrible (especially Mossberg). The film's creative highpoints are the hallucination scenes which show some imagination. But it's no fun to see some of the actors humiliate themselves. I felt bad for George Chakiris crawling on all fours and talking to an ant. Has an Oscar winner ever sunk lower? Quite probably but I can't think of one off the top of my head. For Lana Turner fans and connoisseurs of crappy movies only. With Richard Egan and Pamela Rodgers.