31 Horror Films To Watch This October

The first portmanteau softcore slasher movie, The Centerfold Girls exists because of a questionnaire sent to Drive-in operators that enquired about their willingness to show a picture with nudity and horror. “They responded enthusiastically,” says director John Peyser. “So we made the picture.”

Comprising of three segments linked only by a killer (Andrew Prine) who stalks the eponymous starlets, The Centerfold Girls kicks off with Prine’s pursuit of nurse Jackie (Jaime Lynn Bauer), whose home is invaded by a sinister hippy and her druggy friends. Jackie escapes and seeks help at a nearby hotel, but not only is the owner a scumbag (he’s played by Aldo Ray, after all), Prine just happens to be his latest guest, showing up when all seems safe.

Peyser whisks us to a deserted island for the second section, where a trio of models, a male actor, a female agent and (of course) a sleazy photographer gather for a shoot. This results in the movie’s highest body count when black-garbed Prine appears, razor in hand, to spoil their good time. Whether making unwanted advances or spiking a girl’s drink, the menfolk don’t come off too well here, so come the third story it’s time for Prine to come unstuck courtesy of real-life Playmate Tiffany Bolling.