1983. The film stars pornographic actress Samantha Fox. It was never theatrically released. In these later works, the films take a bloody and grotesque turn, and are sometimes referred to as her cinema of somatic portrayal, due to heavy themes of the body betraying itself. Later life and final films After the failure of A Night to Dismember, Wishman moved to Coral Gables, Florida, in the mid-1980s, where she found work in an adult-novelty store. Interest in her work began to slowly increase due to the home video release of many of her films through Something Weird Video. A cult following started to form and Wishman was honored at the New York Underground Film Festival in 1998 and appeared twice on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, one of which she was interviewed with Roger Ebert. When she returned in 2001 she started work on two projects. One was a sex comedy called Dildo Heaven, released in 2002. The other was Each Time I Kill which had cameos from John Waters, Linnea Quigley, and Fred Schneider, the singer of the B-52s. Death Wishman died on August 10, 2002, in Miami, Florida, shortly after being treated for lymphoma. Legacy Wishman made more films than any other female director of the sound era. Filmmaker John Waters featured a clip from Deadly Weapons in his film Serial Mom. Film critic Joe Bob Briggs described Wishman as "The greatest female exploitation film director in history." She was one of the most active women directors in the world during the 1960s and '70s working in the sexploitation genre. Prior to her death, she received a lifetime achievement award from the Chicago Underground Film Festival, and several of her films were selected for a gala celebrating her work at Los Angeles's Nuart Theatre in 1998, titled "Doris Wishman: Queen of Sexploitation." In 2021, she was the subject of a curated retrospective on the art-house streaming service, the Criterion Channel. Filmography See also Nudity in film References Works cited External links Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database Ironic Mr Fox John Michael McCarthy's memoire of meeting Doris Wishman at the 1998 New York Underground Film Festival featuring original stills. May 30, 2013 1912 births 2002 deaths Film producers from New York (state) American pornographic film directors Screenwriters from New York (state) American women film directors American women screenwriters Deaths from cancer in Florida Deaths from lymphoma Hunter