Celebrating A True Cult Movie Queen!
My “2021 Sex Kitten Countdown” has been looking at the careers of some of our great Cult Movie Queens…even those who never became so-called “Superstars”…
Andrea Allen is an Actress who appeared in a number of classic cult films, but if you don’t know her, you’re not alone: I only came across her because of this classic Grindhouse poster:
Yes, the “it’s only a movie” ad was knocked off a lot during this time…it originated in this classic shocker:
So how did Andrea Allan end up in a “house that vanished?” Let’s take a look!
Andrea was born in 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland. She ultimately had more than 20 screen credits, beginning with this slice of “euro-sleaze”:
Der Porno-Graf von Schweden (1969)
This German version of Pete Walker’s “For Men Only” had extra footage added for more “relaxed” countries, and they were directed by Günter Hendel.
These films were routinely renamed, reduced and released all around the world…it was this one, however, that made me discover Allen:
“The House That Vanished!”
This was also known as “Scream… and Die!”
Allan stars as a young model who, along with her petty thief boyfriend, find their way through the English fog to a backwoods manor in hopes of looting it. What they find instead is murder!
The 1973 film’s trailer does the exact same thing the poster does – tie this to the company that made “The Last House On The Left” the year before…check it out:
Allan had a great role in the film, which looks like a nice gritty little thriller:
Her co-star int he film was Judy Matheson, who I interviewed for Grindhouse Purgatory magazine:
She appeared in some great British shockers of the 70’s as well, and you can see them all here:
Next up for Allen was this parody of the “Dracula” story:
“Old Dracula” in 1974 was also called “Vampira”.
In order to revive his long hibernating bride Vampira, Count Dracula takes blood samples from several beautiful models, but during the transfusion, Vampira’s race turns from white to black!
Linda Hayden also appears in this film:
Posed for French Playboy December 1975
Posed for Penthouse magazine August 1975 (v10 n5)
Allan also appeared with Naiduska in the British sex comedy “Spanish Fly!”
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Allan is one of many Cult Movie Queen of that era, like Barbara Bouchet:
She posed for Playboy and starred din some terrific movies like “Cry Of A Prostitute!”
Click here to see more of her provocative career:
After appearing regularly on the British comedy “The Benny Hills Show” in 1977, Allen took a decade-long break before coming back for two more TV roles, but that was it!
Bravo to her for a great career!
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JR-Sploitation! 
So have you or have you not seen HOUSE THAT VANISHED? I’ve been looking for that one–and its poster–for a long time. I’ve heard mixed reviews, mostly not good.
CRY OF A PROSTITUTE was good? I think I have it on DVD, but haven’t seen it yet. I remember when it came out here when I was a kid. It debuted in our town at a drive in and was called CRY OF A HOOKER (which I like better). I looked for that title for YEARS and never found it, only discovering later that it was really called CRY OF A PROSTITUTE.
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I have NOT seen “house that vanished”, but loved the poster knockoff…I own “Cry” and it has NOTHING to do with a Prostitute…it’s a rural Italy crime drama…I’d give it a B-…fun to watch but strange plot to be sure – it has Barbara Bouchet so there’s that!
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That was a cheeky tie-in with ‘Last House On The Left’ indeed. Most of the Benny Hill girls didn’t get credited, or become well-known in their own right, save for a few regulars who managed to do other stuff.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That’s true of the cult film world of the late 60’s and early 70’s here in the US as well, Pete…which is what I keep discovering with these stories…so many “uncredited” parts, usually one of th enude girls at an orgy!
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OLD DRACULA is a better flick than one would think.
And, I think, one of the few decent travelogues of Disco London!
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OK, I think it’s on Amazon Prime so I’m going to give it another shot – thanks for commenting!
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