The exploitation film ANGEL from 1984

John Waters is a fan of this film.

It's available for download in the internet....

It was successful enough that there were 2 sequels, "Avenging Angel" and "Angel III: The Final Chapter," neither of which starred Ms. Wilkes. (In fact, the character was played by 3 different actresses in the 3 films.)

I have no desire to see the sequels other than the fact that the hilarious Susan Tyrell is back in part 2! I have googled Donna WIlkes and I guess she had drug problems. I would not be surprised if she died. Come back to us Donna!

Well I guess I am a dildo. I just found a WIkipedia page on her and she is apparently alive and well!

I was also obsessed with this movie, never got to see it as I was a wee gayling of 9 myself. Love, love, loved Donna Wilkes as free-wheelin party girl Jackie from Jaws II and her one season stint on the failed MacLean Stevenson sitcom "Hello Larry". Think she was replaced for Season Two by Kim Richards or maybe Kim played her sister and she was replaced by someone else. Donna Wilkes if you're reading this and I think you are. Your relatively minor oeuvre has impacted my life. Thank you.

Just looked up her imdb page. You're not the dildo, OP, I am. The only thing I remember her from is Hello Larry. (starring McLean Stevenson!)

I loved this film. I found it very smart.

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I loved the fight between the killer and the drag queen. The killer is dressed as a Hari Krishna and the drag queen is in a pale orange chiffon gown which mirrors the Krishna monks robes. The killer rips the wig off the drag queen leaving him in a wig cap; so, the are both apparently "bald" and in similar orange robes.

I also loved when the baby is dropped from the railing and a Cabbage Patch doll was used as the baby's stunt double. For those who don't get it, a cabbage patch doll looks nothing like a real baby.

It was very ahead of its time- TWO main gay supporting characters who despite being eccentric, were very funny and well developed.

It is rare that a film that I coveted as a kid holds up to the mystical fantasies in my head. This one comes close!

It seemed to derail her career. She had only one credit per year for the next few years...

Gene Siskel gave this a thumbs down while Ebert loved it.

I love it too. It used to be on HBO all the time when I was 13/14 and I would watch it every time it was on. Susan Tyrell is great in it too.

Is this the film with a psycho named Ramrod who drove an old Ford Bronco?

"I just put on some sexy clothes and went out to make a living"

No, R13 ... Ramrod was a character in this campy 80's classic which also featured Nina Blackwood. I think Season Hubley, as the hooker, dressed up in a slutty wedding gown and came down the stairs to a room where an old guy was in a casket. He grabbed her or sat up and scared the shit out of her.

Eh, eat my puff will ya!

A box set of the three movies is available on Amazon for under 10 bucks.

I didn't see all of it, just bits and pieces here and there on cable way back when.

The teenage hooker movie I remember most is Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway.

I, too, was obsessed with this movie as a kid. I remember being fixated on the killer, who I thought was hot (loved it when he sucked that egg while bathing nude in a tub in the middle of his living room). I bet if I watched this, a whole flood of memories would come back. Haven't seen it in years.

Lisa Whelchel was on Jenny Jones, saying she was almost Donna Wilkes' replacement on "Hello, Larry." She said the original actress "had a problem with drugs." But Whelchel had to choose between "Hello, Larry" and "The Facts of Life," and we know the outcome. Krista Errickson (from "Little Darlings") ended up replacing Wilkes.

"Hello Larry," thank you!! I was thinking she played the oldest daughter on "Gimme A Break" but I could picture that actress and knew I was wrong.

[quote]"I just put on some sexy clothes and went out to make a living"

This is my new mantra.

Thank you, R15. I saw both of these in college and must have confused details. No wonder. That was 30 years ago.

So Susan Tyrell, who portrayed Solly, is a double amputee due to a rare illness. Or so it says on her IMDB page.

that's so sad, R24. I loved her in CRY BABY, FORBIDDEN ZONE and others. She w

I loved Dick Shawn in this.

[quote]"Hello Larry," thank you!! I was thinking she played the oldest daughter on "Gimme A Break" but I could picture that actress and knew I was wrong.

Coincidentally, Donna did do a guest spot on "Gimme a Break" as the leader of a punk rock band.

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Also featured Cliff Gorman from The Boys in the Band. I always thought he should have had a bigger career.

Donna Wilkes looked like a Cabbage Patch doll.

R13 .... you bat me to it.

"Vice Squad"

That was another hooty classic of that time.

Season Hubley of all people as a hooker. Wings Hauser as the pimp who stalks her after she rats him out for beating up Nina Blackwood (one of the first MTV VJs) with a wire hanger.

And that casket scene with William Hickey... HA

Someone needs to do a gay version of Angel, with a student by day/callboy by night

[Quote] Someone needs to do a gay version of Angel, with a student by day/callboy by night.

I nominate Evan Harman.

She left Hello Larry for this?

Meh, this was alright, but I can't help but feel like they weren't sure if they were trying to make an 80's teen sex / dramedy or an exploitation slasher flick. The movie doesn't really succeed at doing either, but a rather enjoyable balance is met regardless.

Angel is an A student by day, but a hooker by night. When a maniac necrophiliac begins brutally murdering prostitutes, Angel takes it upon herself to seek justice.

In the end not funny enough to be a comedy, not risque enough to be exploitation, to little nudity to fit properly into the teen sex genre, virtually no gore so it's not a horror movie. Really just a bizarre little footnote in the cannon of 80's cheese, but a pretty enjoyable one regardless.

Definitely worth a watch if you want something different, just not as good as I think it could have been . Was definitely expecting a much darker comedy, and much more sleaze.

I was supposed to star in Angel but Steven Spielberg & Barbra Streisand conspired to have me fired!

Avenging Angel was better