EDITOR’S NOTE: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me was on USA Up All Night on May 111, 1996 and January 31, 1997.
Directed and written by Joel Hershman, this begins with Eli (Max Parrish) taking a shotgun wedding literally when he accidentally shoots his wealthy fiancée, Twinkle (Sean Young) and runs to a trailer park, where he hides out. At the same time, Mr. Jones (Timothy Leary) gives him a new ID.
Everybody wants him for something: Lucille (Diane Ladd) and her mother (Mary Bernadette Ladner, Ladd’s real life mom) want his body; Sabra (Andrea Naschak, who is adult star April Rayne) collects men like Barbie dolls and has a virginal sister named Diana (Adrienne Shelly) and Olga (Ania Suli) is an actress with a son named Lazlo (Bella Lehcozky) who seemingly just need to make him crazy. Eli becomes Ben and ends up in bed with Sabra, but of course, he just wants her sister.
Sean Young worked in props on this, bringing a lot of items to the set. That alone is interesting, as is how much this wants to be a John Waters film. It also has a substantial music budget, featuring songs by The Cramps, King Missile, the Violent Femmes, and the Pixies throughout.
You can watch this on Tubi.