| Gums | |
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| Directed by | Robert J. Kaplan |
| Starring | Theodore Gottlieb |
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Running time | 70 mins |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.2 million [1] |
Gums is a 1976 American softcore pornographic film. It was a send up of Jaws and received a relatively wide theatrical release as a midnight movie.
A killer mermaid is loose in a small town.
It was filmed in New York and Florida. [2]
The movie was released in the cinemas. It made rentals in the US and Canada of $1.2 million. [1]
The Palm Beach Post said it was an "embarassingly poor sexploitation parody... horrendous." [3] DVD Talk said, "Other than sporting a decent conceit, there's little else to recommend this movie." [4] Psychotronic Video called it "a senseless, tastless, crude porno parody of Jaws with terrible dubbing, but Theodore as “Captain Carl Clitoris”, the Quint character gets to dress like a Nazi and rant uncontrolably... Unappealing hardcore scenes last only a few seconds." [2] Shock Cinema said "During its first release, this no-budget softcore-version of Jaws played midnight shows forever. But even if it sounds like a porno relic that might well be left forgotten, you’ll be shocked to discover just how watchably dopey it is, thanks to some savvy casting." [5]