H.O.T.S.

H.O.T.S
H.O.T.S
Directed by	Gerald Seth Sindell
Written by	W. Terry Davis
Screenplay by	Cheri Caffaro; Joan Buchanan
Story by	W. Terry Davis; Cheri Caffaro; Joan Buchanan
Produced by	W. Terry Davis; Don Schain; Gerald Seth Sindell
Starring	; Susan Kiger
Cinematography	Harvey Genkins
Edited by	Barbara Pokras
Music by	David Davis
Distributed by	Mid-America Releasing; Anchor Bay Entertainment
Release date	July 20, 1979 (USA);
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.4 million

H.O.T.S. is a 1979 sex comedy. The film stars three Playboy Playmates — Susan Kiger (January 1977), Pamela Bryant (April, 1978), and Sandy Johnson (June, 1974), as well as former Miss USA of 1972, Lindsay Bloom, sexploitation actress Angela Aames, and later genre movie veteran in her film debut. Danny Bonaduce appears in a supporting role.^[2]

The cast frequently appears in tight white T-shirts with the H.O.T.S. logo and red-orange shorts. Some reviewers believe this wardrobe inspired the Hooters uniforms.^[3]

Plot[]

Honey Shayne (Kiger) is a freshman at Fairenville University (known, according to a title card, as "Good old F.U."). After unsuccessfully pledging the Pi sorority, and being publicly ridiculed by sorority president Melody Ragmore (Bloom), Honey joins with three other unsuccessful pledges (O'Hara, Terri, and Samantha) to form a new sorority (to be known as H.O.T.S. after their initials ) with the goal of stealing all of the rival sorority's boyfriends.

The movie includes a number of competitions intended to accomplish that goal, including a fundraiser (a kissing booth), a dance, and a climactic game of . Both groups play pranks on the other and attempt to avoid disciplinary actions from the F.U. administration. A subplot deals with the attempts of two bungling gangsters to recover money hidden in the renovated building housing the sorority.

A running gag during the movie is the source of the name "H.O.T.S." While the closing credits reveal that the name is an anagram of the first names of the four founders, other characters in the film believe it to stand for Hands Off Those Suckers and Hold On To Sex. At one point, the girls claim it stands for Help Out The Seals.

Cast[]

Main[]

Susan Kiger as Honey Shayne
as O'Hara
Pamela Jean Bryant as Teri Lynn
Kimberly Cameron as Sam
as Clutz
Angela Aames as Boom-Boom Bangs
as Conchita
as Debbie
as Candi
as Brandy
Lindsay Bloom as Melody Ragmore
as Cynthia
Sandy Johnson as Stephanie
as Jackie

Supporting[]

as Pi Girl
as Pi Girl
as Pi Girl
as Pi Girl
as Pi Girl
Donald Petrie as Doug
as Mad Dog
Dan Reed as Stormin' Normin'
Danny Bonaduce as Richie Walker
David Gibbs as Macho Man
as Big Boy
Steve Bond as John
as Hunk (credited as Talmage Scott)
Ken Olfson as Dean Larry Chase
Richard Bakalyan as Charlie Ingels (credited as Dick Bakalyan)
Louis Guss as Bugs Benny
Dorothy Meyer as Ezzetta
Scott Ellsworth as Professor
Bunny Summers as Opera Singer
Harvey Parry as Officer O'Toole
Ted Grossman as Officer Goldstein
as Patterson Man #1
Dar Robinson as Patterson Man #2
as Patterson Man #3
as Patterson Man #4 (credited as Wayne King)
as Pilot
as Lady with Shopping Cart
Slinky as Himself
Sugar Bear as Honey Bear

References[]

^ Richard Nowell, Blood Money: A History of the First Teen Slasher Film Cycle Continuum, 2011 p 259
^ "H.O.T.S." TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
^ Williams, Freeman (December 20, 2002). "H.O.T.S." The Bad Movie Report. Retrieved September 12, 2018.

External links[]

H.O.T.S. at IMDb
Review at Bad Movies Report

[richard-1] Richard Nowell, Blood Money: A History of the First Teen Slasher Film Cycle Continuum, 2011 p 259

[H.O.T.S.-2] "H.O.T.S." TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 21, 2016.

[3] Williams, Freeman (December 20, 2002). "H.O.T.S." The Bad Movie Report. Retrieved September 12, 2018.

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