Unholy Rollers

Unholy Rollers

This is Roger Corman's cash in on the whole 70's Roller Derby craze. The story I have heard is Corman heard about a big budget Roller Derby coming out that was starring Raquel Welch. And he quickly started making this film.

Starring the late ,and also gorgeous,Claudia Jennings. Unholy Rollers is the tale of a roller derby team the Avengers. Claudia starts off working at a cat food company. She is working in the canning department. But is tired of being sexually harassed by her Col Sanders looking boss. So one night the harassment gets to be too much and she quits. She goes home and informs her roommate about this. And the next day she goes out trying to find a job. Well she ends up trying out for the local roller derby team. And is one of the three people chosen. The team manager chooses her cause of her good looks plus she seems to have an idea about showmanship. She is sent off to see the derby league doctor. And he is super sleazy. Plus he comes off as a total quack. Well the night of her first game she gets put out on the track to replace an injured player. And she is an instant hit with the fans. The rest of the film deals with her trying to fit in with her teammates. And the trials and tribulations of her life.

Now I saw this film on DVD. But the DVD is a rip of the old VHS release. As far as I know this hasn't been released on a region 1 DVD yet. Maybe Shout Factory,who is currently releasing lots of the Corman stuff,will someday put this under rated film out. Unholy Rollers get a B.