Byron Sanders

Two Philly con men, one black and one white, use their skill and their color to play on people's prejudices and fears.

This 1973 blaxploitation classic based on a book by Iceberg Slim (aka the Double Con) stars Kiel Martin and Mel Stewart as, respectively, White Folks and Blue Howard -- two hucksters with a talent for pulling off complicated scams without a hitch. White Folks is light-skinned enough to pass for Caucasian, a circumstance that he and Blue use to the utmost advantage … until they run afoul of mobsters and cops, who all want a piece of the pie.

"There's something in that water that eats flesh!" A hard-bitten, down-on-his-luck charter pilot (Byron Sanders) is hired by an alcoholic movie actress (Rita Morley) and her nubile personal assistant (Barbara Wilkin) to fly them to Provincetown. But, mechanical problems and an impending storm force them to land on a deserted island habited by a German scientist (Martin Kosleck), harboring secret experiments and an even darker past. Featuring taut direction by Jack Curtis, and punctuated by snappy dialogue from screenwriter Arnold Drake, "The Flesh Eaters" has cemented its cult classic status as being one of the first gore films. Released in various censored incarnations over the years, it is presented here in the original cleavage-baring and gore-drenched theatrical version.

"There's something in that water that eats flesh!" A hard-bitten, down-on-his-luck charter pilot (Byron Sanders) is hired by an alcoholic movie actress (Rita Morley) and her nubile personal assistant (Barbara Wilkin) to fly them to Provincetown. But, mechanical problems and an impending storm force them to land on a deserted island habited by a German scientist (Martin Kosleck), harboring secret experiments and an even darker past. Featuring taut direction by Jack Curtis, and punctuated by snappy dialogue from screenwriter Arnold Drake, "The Flesh Eaters" has cemented its cult classic status as being one of the first gore films. Released in various censored incarnations over the years, it is presented here in the original cleavage-baring and gore-drenched theatrical version.