Hippies vs. geriatric mad science in the weirdest '70s horror you've never heard of.
Passing through a small town, two young hippie couples stumble upon a town where the old folks all act strange and even stranger things are happening at the local clinic. Filming was completed in 1973 but this original version of the film was barely released two years later under several different titles. It was shot as God Bless Grandpa and Grandma but posters were made for the titles Dr. Shagetz and God Bless Dr. Shagetz, with the "Bless" crossed over and replaced with "Damn."
Acting
Dean Jagger's unhinged Dr. Shagetz commits fully to nonsense.
Production
Three titles, two directors, zero budget—pure cinematic chaos.
Director
Larry Spiegel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film was shot in 1973 but sat unreleased until 1975, with distributors so confused by it that they created competing posters with 'Bless' crossed out and replaced with 'Damn.'
This represents peak 'hippies versus establishment' horror, where the counterculture threat isn't the monster—it's the victims. Dean Jagger, a former Oscar winner, spent his final years in exactly this kind of exploitation fare.
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