Melinda McDowell

THUNDERCRACK [1975] is a movie that is hard to describe to say the least. It's not really a porno, but does have "unsimulated sex". It's kind of like a comedic surreal spoof of horror and film noir, stirred into a pot of "haunted house on a dark and stormy night"at an insane asylum. The film was directed by 30 year old Curt McDowell, a well-known underground film maker in the 1970's San Francisco Film scene. Melinda McDowell was Curt's younger sister (22 at the time), who was not an actress. Melinda enjoyed the experience of starring in Curt's film. One of the most bizarre, and kinky aspects of the film, is that it is big brother Curt filming and directing sister Melinda as she performs real sex on camera. Melinda worked hard to get THUNDERCRACK released on Blu Ray DVD in 2017, and in interviews describes very positively the experience of working in the film with the cast and crew, under her brother Curt.