H.O.T.S.

For the game, see Heroes of the Storm.

H.O.T.S
Directed by	Gerald Seth Sindell
Written by	W. Terry Davis
Screenplay by	Cheri Caffaro Joan Buchanan
Story by	W. Terry Davis Cheri Caffaro Joan Buchanan
Produced by	W. Terry Davis Don Schain Gerald Seth Sindell
Starring	Lisa London Susan Kiger
Cinematography	Harvey Genkins
Edited by	Barbara Pokras
Music by	David Davis
Distributed by	Mid-America Releasing Anchor Bay Entertainment
Release date	July 20, 1979 (1979-07-20) (USA)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
Box office	$1.4 million

H.O.T.S. is a 1979 sex comedy. The film stars three Playboy Playmates — Susan Kiger (January 1977), Pamela Bryant (April, 1978) and Sandy Johnson (June, 1974) — as well as former Miss USA of 1972, Lindsay Bloom, sexploitation actress Angela Aames and B-movie veteran Lisa London. Danny Bonaduce appears in a supporting role.

The cast frequently appear in tight white T-shirts with the H.O.T.S. logo and red-orange shorts. Some reviewers believe this wardrobe inspired the Hooters uniforms.

Plot

Honey Shayne (Kiger) is a freshman at Fairenville University (known, according to a title card, as "Good old F.U."). After unsuccessfully pledging the Pi sorority, and being publicly ridiculed by sorority president Melody Ragmore (Bloom), Honey joins with three other unsuccessful pledges (O'Hara, Terri and Samantha) to form a new sorority (to be known as H.O.T.S. after their initials ) with the goal of stealing all of the rival sorority's boyfriends.

The movie includes a number of competitions intended to accomplish that goal, including a fundraiser (a kissing booth), a dance and a climactic game of strip football. Both groups play pranks on the others and attempt to avoid disciplinary actions from the F.U. administration. A subplot deals with the attempts of two bungling gangsters to recover money hidden in the renovated building housing the sorority.

A running gag during the movie is the source of the name "H.O.T.S." While the closing credits reveal that the name is an anagram of the first names of the four founders, other characters in the film believe it to stand for Hands Off Those Suckers and Hold On To Sex. At one point, the girls claim it stands for Help Out The Seals.

External links

• H.O.T.S. at IMDb
• Review at Bad Movies Report