Synopsis

The Cramps turn "Ultra Twist" into a lurid rock-and-roll burlesque, with Lux Interior and Poison Ivy performing alongside leather-clad dancers and provocative cabaret imagery. The video favors attitude over a conventional storyline, moving between the band's charged performance and staged scenes built around teasing gestures, exaggerated poses, and retro exploitation-film style. A convertible sequence adds to the decadent road-show atmosphere, while the overall presentation matches the song's collision of garage rock, rockabilly, camp humor, and sexual swagger.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Ultra Twist" was released in 1994 as part of the Cramps' album *Flamejob*. The song was written by Lux Interior and Poison Ivy and produced by the pair.

• The video features burlesque performer Kitten DeVille. She later recalled that Lux asked the performers which heels he should wear for the shoot and whether they would be willing to film an additional scene riding in a convertible with the band.

• Two versions of the video were made: a regular cut and an X-rated version.

• The video was part of a particularly active period for the Cramps. In 1994, the band also made its national U.S. television debut on *Late Night with Conan O'Brien*, performing "Ultra Twist."

• The clip later appeared in the *Beavis and Butt-Head* episode "To the Rescue." The characters mistake the video for an installment of *Tales from the Crypt* and focus on its deliberately lurid imagery.