The opening number, “Follow the Rabbit,” sounds like a rejected Carpenters B-side played through a broken speaker. The Tweedle brothers’ ode to swinging, “Two Is Company (But Three Is a Party),” has a genuine country twang that feels wholly out of place in a psychedelic dreamscape. The true showstopper, however, is the Queen of Hearts’ power ballad, “Croquet,” in which she belts: “With a swing and a smack / I’ll never look back / My rules are the only ones true.”
Hosts of a tea party that quickly devolves into an uninhibited bacchanal. Alice In Wonderland An X Rated Musical Fantasy 1976
Bud Townsend, a journeyman director of exploitation films (including Terror at Red Wolf Inn ), saw an opportunity. He secured a budget of approximately $200,000—a fortune for adult cinema at the time—and assembled a cast of adult film stars (Kristine DeBell, Larry Gelman, Ron Nelson) alongside Playboy centerfolds and legitimate character actors. His pitch was audacious: take the most beloved children’s fantasy in the English language, retain its dreamlike structure and dialogue, but drop Alice into a wonderland of hedonism, nudity, and musical numbers. The opening number, “Follow the Rabbit,” sounds like