Tail from the Crypt: Robert Rusler from “NOES2″, “Vamp” and more
Back in the mid-to-late ’80s you would be hard-pressed to find a hotter horror himbo than Robert Rusler. Possibly best known for his portrayal of best friend/object of repressed gay lust Grady in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Wiener-Popping Hot Tub Party (full review over here), Rusler appeared in a handful of hot teen genre flicks (Vamp, Weird Science) before moving on to mostly television, where he still works today:
Still got it!
Rusler’s “hairless, tan, and cocky” routine was emblematic of the era (and Falcon Studios gay porn) and his death scene in NOES2 actually brought me to tears once as a young’un. (To quote Heathers: “Jesus God in heaven, why’d to have to kill such hot snatch?”)
Hot snatch Case in point:
By all accounts Rusler has matured into quite a hot daddy-type, but we’ll always remember him as the cold-cream material that got pinned to his own bedroom door by his somewhat gayish best friend.
Plenty more snaps of Rusler from NOES2, Vamp, and more, after the jump!
Grady gives Jesse a “bitch, please…”
Oh to be that pleather comforter…
Grady is terrified by either Freddy or the poster of the gay guy from Kajagoogoo
Oh to be those dolphin shorts… (and again: LiMahl? Really?)
“Jesus God in heaven, why’d you have to kill such hot snatch?”
A few stills of Rusler fighting off Grace Jones (and Dedee Pfeiffer) in Vamp
NOES2’s famous de-pantsing scene (with Mark Patton)
And one more, for good measure…
And he’s patriotic, too! (No idea.)
There are 9 Comments to "Tail from the Crypt: Robert Rusler from “NOES2″, “Vamp” and more"
“Still” got it?! Man, I’d say he’s got it now more than EVER, he aged beautifully!
And Vamp is such a total delight, I just watched it again a couple of weekends ago, after many years, and how can you not absolutely LOVE Grace Jones’s pseudo-porno-kabuki onstage?! How about a feature on tha movie?
He kind of reminds me of Richard Burgi from Hostel II and Harper’s Island now, no? In a good way!
I do need to give Vamp some more love around here, don’t I …
He has aged so well!! Dish delish!!
You’re right, he totally resembles Richard Burgi, and yeah, you do need to give Vamp some love around here!
Great post man. NOES 2 and Vamp, both great movies.
I’ll admit it, I whacked off to R.R. in the 80s. Seeing him now, he can whack off on me.
Hey Buzz, completely unrelated topic here but just finished watching The Caretaker – you gotta do a review for the rest of folks in Camp. Andrew St John in gym gear had me in a reaching for the remote reverie and that foxy ol’ Jennifer Tilly proudly sporting a satin draped pot belly was worth the time spent on the rest of the tiresome hijinx.
Sigh…remember when hot jocks used to wear those short shorts? Being an 80’s child I barely do but luckily we have films like this to prove it to me. Now they all wear shorts that look like two giant grocery bags strapped to their waist.
That first photo against the door is amazing, you know, minus all the blood (unless that’s your thing).
Damn! I had the same sheets he had in NOES2! That style was called “Memphis” and came out of Italy. It was EVERYWHERE in the early 80s. I’d forgotten all about it until I saw that still.
PS Agree w/Donny B. above. Really miss those short shorts and that shaggy hair.