Post by: Jimmy on November 01, 2008, 07:36:28 AM
Title : ... Love You to Death (1971)
Overview
A grizzled San Francisco reporter recounts his epic manuscript: the tale of two crime families vying for control of the Bay Area. A peace accord is struck, but when Cozy, the out of control son of the boss, steps up to take control it threatens the whole operation with bloodshed. Enter Irma (Maria Aronoff); a slick hit woman who likes to fuck and suck her victims before finishing them off! But with Cozy in her sights (and between her legs), Irma may just have a change of heart. Will she finish her mission or fall for her target?
My Impression
I've put some adult movies in my marathon and this is one of them. This is one of the few xxx movies with Maria Arnold who is a well known icon of the seventies exploitation cinema. I know the east coast cinema production more than the west coast one, so I don't really know who are the actors behind the alias. In fact with miss Arnold there is only one actor that I recognize but I'm unable to remember his name. Since this is a movie made in the golden age the story is as important than the sex scene. This story is interesting, this is like an old 40's crime movie but the running time of 1h10 is a little bit too short. I like the concept of having a man telling the story to a journalist so we get the "gang war" part as flashback. For my pleasure Maria Arnold is in the majority of the sex scene and one unknown actress wears a pair of glasses in her scene (this is so sexy and unusual). The acting is not so bad. But the cinematography is really weak : image many time not in focus, weird angle and choice of point of view.
The print used is not the best but I've seen worst and to be honest : I don't really care about the image quality for those movies, I'm just happy to be able to watch them.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 02, 2008, 01:10:19 AM
Title : 2LDK (2002)
Overview
A twisted, skillfully paced black comedy, '2LDK' (2-Bedroom, Living Room, Dining Room & Kitchen) packs a startling amount of inventiveness, razor-sharp wit and filmmaking fervor to tell the story of two roommates at odds with the world and each other. Two struggling actresses share a Tokyo apartment. As they compete for the same film role and the same boyfriend, their petty squabbles soon turn into all-out war and when they break out the power tools and electrocution devices, you know these two ladies have forfeited more than their security deposit. Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi, one of the most promising young filmmakers in Japan, pushes his film's premise to the extreme, making for an unforgettable, non-stop barrage of laughs, fights and ultra-violence.
My Impression
I've got this one as a part of a 3 movies boxset and it was unknown to me the first time I've watched it (not this time). I really like this one, I'm familiar with the apartment sharing life with all the good and bad sides. Many little things usually get on our nerves and sometimes we want to react like the girls in this film :laugh:
This is a 2 actresses show and they are quite good and attractive. The director make a good use of the short running time (1h10) and the movie didn't have any dead time. If you think that the Japanese cinema is just about the boring grey little girl ghost try this one, you'll pass a very good time in front of your tv or computer.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 03, 2008, 06:33:30 AM
Title : Abigail Leslie is back in town (1975)
Overview
When seductress Abigail Leslie returns to her old fishing village hometown, it sends a sexual tidal wave through the small community. Abigail is known for her voracious appetite for all things carnal; her homecoming has resparked the passions and lust that smolder beneath the town's façade of propriety; and the men and women of Baypoint are thrilled at the nonstop adulterous fun that's in store. Abigail's longtime girlfriends regret the prodigal daughter's sudden return, especially Priscilla, whose husband Gordon (Jamie Gillis) has had a running affair with her. But quicker than you can say "catch of the day," everyone is knocking on Abigail's door for an unforgettable night, or day, of lesbian eroticism and swinging orgies. Whether it's handyman Chester (Eric Edwards), sexy Aunt Drucilla, tasty young Alice Anne, stud Bo, or lusty pals Tracy and Lila, or any combination thereof, you can bet Abigail will be ready, willing and able to throw in the line and get wet!
My Impression
Excellent movie, but it's not really a surprise since this is a movie directed by Joe Sarno. This one was considered lost for 30 years before it was found found in 2006. As usual with the Sarno's movies this is about the life in a small town and the hidden secret of its residents. A very good cast that proove one time again (not that I really need a proof of that) that the adult performer of the Golden Age were real talented actors. I'm familliar with most of them in there adult and non adult performances and it's always nice to see them. This is an erotic movie (not a xxx) and sadly those movies didn't really have an audience at that time anymore. But give it a chance and I'm sure that you will appreciate the performances of Rebecca Brooke, Sarah Nicholson, Jennifer Welles, Eric Edwards, Jamie Gillis and Sonny Landham. The only deception for me is the fact that Chris Jordan doesn't have a really big role.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 05, 2008, 12:43:30 AM
Title : Confessions of a Young American Housewife (1974)
Overview
Carol (Rebecca Brooke), Anne (Chris Jordan), Eddie and Pete (Eric Edwards) are a swinging suburban quartet. Carol is married to Eddie and Anne to Pete, but that doesn't stop them from swapping partners or initiating hot foursome sex at the drop of their panties. Enter Jennifer Robinson (Jennifer Welles) - Carol's buttoned up mother, in town for a visit. Sporting a voluptuous body and dripping sensuous allure, Jennifer makes an immediate impression upon Pete, Anne and Eddie, who will stop at nothing to have their way with her - individually or in group session. Once Jennifer comes to terms with her daughter's highly sexual lifestyle and lets go of her own inhibitions - look out! - no one will be safe from her erotic charms. Soon it becomes clear that mother and daughter have long-standing issues and an unspoken attraction between one another, which manifest themselves in the most shocking and taboo way. Who will end up with who, and how far will each go to satisfy his or her deepest and wildest sexual urges?
My Impression
Another excellent Joe Sarno's movie that was for unknown reasons unwatched since I've bought it in may. My comments are the same than the one for Abigail Leslie, but for my great pleasure Chris Jordan had a real role in this. She is not the most gorgeous or glamorous looking girl of this period, but I really like the "girl next door" look. Since a picture is better this is a screen capture of her (she is in the middle between David Hausman and Jennifer Welles).
(http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/3/11/4/f_Clipboard01m_ea0a207.jpg)
Like all the Joe Sarno's movies this one is highly recommanded. As a bonus you got a complete CD with the music of those three movies : Confessions of a Young American Housewife, Abigail Lesley Is Back in Town and Misty.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 06, 2008, 03:01:33 AM
Title : Drop-Out Wife (1972)
Overview
Sexually stunted Peggy walks out on her abusive marriage and into a seedy swinger's life where anything goes! Her sexual appetite seems limitless, until she's asked to perform the unspeakable by a couple of rough club goers.
My Impression
The comment that I can make about this one is that for a R-rated movie there is a lot of thing that will not pass today. There are a lot of nudity (pretty usual in my movie), but you got a lot (and I really means a lot) of frontal nudity both woman and man (a big no no). So how is the movie? Not to bad... The acting is so-so with only Angela Carnon as an exception, but if you really want to see her in a better movie I really recommand Booby Trap (http://aesppres.com/phpdvdprofiler/index.php?mediaid=014381181821&action=show). By the way miss Carnon is a Canadian actress. Another thing regarding the cast there are a lot of alias users and uncredited in the cast, knowing the uncredited girls (Rene Bond, Candy Samples) is normal but when you do the same for the guys (Ric Lutz, Johnny Yukon) maybe you've seen to many movies. The story is pretty standard for a sexploitation movie, but one weird thing and I don't really like that his a scene where Peggy lost her unborn child after she was beaten by her husband. Not the kind of depressing thing I want to see in this genre of film.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 06, 2008, 06:16:54 AM
Title : Emanuelle in America (1976)
Overview
The stunning Laura Gemser stars as Emanuelle, the fearless fashion photographer and investigative photojournalist whose thirst for adventure is matched only by her insatiable erotic hunger. But when Emanuelle uncovers shocking evidence of an international snuff film conspiracy, she is plunged into an odyssey of forbidden passion, depraved desires and unspeakable human brutality. From the lust-filled streets of New York City to the corrupt corridors of Washington D.C. and beyond, one of the most controversial sex and gore epics in exploitation history has finally come home: This is Emanuelle in America!
My Impression
I've always prefered the Laura Gemser's Emanuelle films over the Sylvia Kristell's ones that I've seen over and over on tv (remember Bleu Nuit at TQS Sebastien). This one was made by Joe D'Amato (remember him from my review of Porno Holocaust) and this is a really good movie with an interesting story, a nice cinematography, a good mix of softcore and hardcore sex scenes and some unusual idea for a film like this. For the story you get a journalist investigation that will bring you from a rich man girls harem to Venice (one of the most beautifull city in the world) to the Caribbean to Washington. The sex is more erotic than graphic, except for 3 or 4 harcore scenes that are really fast. But, remember that I've said that this movie had some unusual thing, a particullar moment had a good chance to shock the majority here : I will just say that it involves a woman and a horse who looks really happy (personally that doesn't really disturb me, I've seen worst than that). In the movie you have the most realist fake snuff footages that I've seen in my life.
This is a great movie but because of the horse scene I'm not sure if I can recommand it or not.
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edit : In one of the scene Emanuelle is on an island that is a market where the rich women can buy some young men to please them. I find this degrading and not correct to show those men like they were just some sexual object :redcard:
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Post by: RossRoy on November 06, 2008, 03:27:49 PM
(remember Bleu Nuit at TQS Sebastien)
Oh I remember it too well... How many nights of late sleep because of it when I was younger :whistle:
Post by: Jimmy on November 07, 2008, 04:46:14 AM
Title : Fantasm (1976)
Overview
Group sex, religion, role reversal, lesbianism...FANTASM is a sexy, sin-sational comedy spoof of classroom sex education films. Join Professor Jurgen Notafreud as he takes you on an erotic visual tour of the top ten most erotic female fantasies.
My Impression
We start with a little trivia : The movie Phantasm is known with the title "The Never Dead" in Australia because of this movie. But the comparaison between those 2 movies stop there. This film is an Australian take at the movies made in the fifties and the sixties using a doctor to give them an educational value to pass the censorship board. The doctor who made the link between each short stories is a well known British actor : John Bluthal. His interventions present the case and give some psychiatric explications (don't take them seriously since it's as credible than the doctor intervention in Dammaged Goods). The cast is what make this movie great, this is a dream cast (at least for me) : Rene Bond, Uschi Digard, Mary Gavin, Serena, Maria Arnold (my love for her had started with this movie), Gretchen Rudolph and Roxanne Brewer. The only other movie that I own with an even better cast is A Touch Of Sweden that I've already reviewed here. Some segments are particullary good : Card Game, Wearing the Pants (that deal with my own fantasm) and Mother's Darling. In fact the only segment that I don't like is Black Velvet, because it's not original and the girl is really ugly (she looks like a transgender and not even a beautifull one like the Thai one).
Very good movie, not perfect but a nice way to pass 1h30.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 09, 2008, 01:05:07 AM
Title : Gymkata (1985)
Overview
Race through swamps. Climb a burning rope. Dangle above raging rapids. Brave fierce hand-to-hand smackdowns. And always be wary of the hurled spears and plunging blades of attacking ninjas. Survive the unsurvivable: It's part of The Game.
My Impression
Remember 1985? It was the year when Women Against Pornography claimed that the Huggies Diapers publicity were pornographic ( ::)), it was the year of the first Wrestlemania, it was the year the Parents Music Resource Center was formed (you know the crazy group who think that Judas Priest, Twisted Sisters and AC/DC were Satan himself), it was the year of Live Aid, it was the year of the New Coke disaster, it was the year the first Blockbuster Video had opened and it was the year were the First Early Warning Earth Station was placed in Parmistan for the U.S. Star Wars Defense Program. I think that we can all agree that the eighties decade was a weird one. The music was bizarre, the clothes were ugly and the north american cinema was mostly a propaganda instrument. But it was the decade of Reagan so there are no surprise there.
The link is there : this film is a no brainer entertaintment like all the Chuck Norris or Sylvester Stallone ones made in those years. So don't expect a challenging script here :whistle:
I like this one even if : the acting is bad (Kurt Thomas the hero isn't an actor but a gymnast), the story is really stupid, the game is really lame (really no one win it in 900 years :hmmmm:), the fighting scenes aren't that great (even for an art martials movie) and you can hear the screams "USA, USA We are the best" in your head. But how you can not like the fact that some random gymnastic devices appear to help the fight (why do you think the title starts with the letters "gym"), the fact that Buck Kartalian is the Kan (even if he really overact), the karate fighting sound effect (close your eyes and you will think that you are watching a Bud Spencer's movie),...
I recommand it. Not because it's a masterpiece, but because it just make no sense to not laugh at it.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 10, 2008, 04:43:11 AM
Title : Horrors of Spider Island (1960)
Overview
Eight sexy showgirls (including Euro bombshell Barbera Valentin) and their macho manager, Gary (Alex D'Arcy), survive a plane crash by taking refuge on a remote tropical island. As the gals adjust to the heat and humidity by removing most of their clothes, they also meet one of their new neigbours: a dead scientist found hanging in a giant web. Ignoring the obvious, testosterone-fueled Gary blithley takes a midnight stroll until he's bitten by an overgrown, crab-like spider and immediately transforms into a clawed, fanged, hairy-faced bogeyman who does exactly what monsters in horror films are supposed to do: chase women.
My Impression
This one is only good for its historical value as an early european sexploitation movie. It was made in 1960 so it is really low on the nudie content, in fact there is only one skinny diping scene and to be honest we don't really see anything. But there are a lot of beautifull German girls in short dress and bikini, Barbara Valentin is particullary beautifull and this is not really surprising that she had a 41 years career. The film itself is silly as an horror film (the monster is not there often and his not really important), but since the title of the print used for the DVD is It's Hot in Paradise I don't see it as an horror picture at all. Last thing, the english dubbing is really bad.
At least the german title "Ein Toter hing im Netz" make sense since they found a dead man (the professor) stuck in a spider web on the island when they arrive there.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 10, 2008, 07:30:19 AM
Title : The Joys of Jezebel (1970)
Overview
Dead for a week, bad girl Jezebel can't enjoy the pleasures of Hell until she first gets revenge on the man who killed her. So she makes a deal with The Devil: he'll let her return topside providing she finds a soul to replace hers. In fact, Lucifer suggests the soul of Rachel (Dixie Donovan), a buxom airhead who happens to be a virgin. Presto-change-o, Jezebel and Rachel swap bodies resulting in Rachel acting like a slut above while Jezebel behaves bashfully below... Full of writhing bodies and sinning souls, THE JOYS OF JEZEBEL is a witty sex fantasy from the creative team of David F. Friedman (The Erotic Adventures of Zorro) and Peter Perry (The Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill). And, hey, who knew Hell was so psychedelic?
My Impression
I was affraid that after two more "mainstream" movies everybody would think that my library of weird film was at an end. Don't worry I've many unknown movies never reviewed here in my collection that just wait to be ;)
This one is a David Friedman production and a part of his costume sexploitation films. Many of them are really good like Trader Hornee, The Erotic Adventures of Zorro and The Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill, but Jezabel is not one of those. Even if Christine Murray is the first bill actress in it :yahoo: she doesn't have a lot of screen time :weep:. In fact the real star in this is Dixie Donovan since they swap their body and, even if miss Donovan is really beautifull and sexy as hell, she can't act (contrary to Christine Murray who is a really good actress). I like how the Hell is represented (if this isn't a false representation, I reserve my place right now :devil:). Many characters from the bible are there and I understand why Eve and Goliath are there, but I have no idea why the King Solomon is there (maybe someone knowing is bible more than me could explain why to me). Another thing there is an error in IMDB the Christopher Stone playing Lucifer isn't the well known Christopher Stone.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 11, 2008, 02:12:49 AM
Title : The Italian Stallion (1970)
Overview
Sly plays the part of "Stud" whose world revolves entirely around sex, sex and more sex, an interest he shares with his way - out friends and his girl Kitty who likes her men mean and muscular!!
My Impression
Sometimes you are "obsessed" by a movie with no logic reasons at all. I own 2 version of this movie (one on a dvd-r that I've bought many years ago for more than 30$ and this version released last year because it had the prologue by Gail Palmer), I've 3 different trailers for it and I have a German import of it on my wishlist at xploited cinema because it countains the hardcore insert add later (for this Hershell Savage plays the "part" of Stallone). But the version that I really dream to own is the original version name The Party at Kitty and Stud's, evidently this is an impossible dream since this movie is lost (the original print was destroyed by Bryanston to make the version that we have now).
First thing first : this is not a pornographic movie at all, this is just a softcore New York exploitation movie like many others in my library. What to say about the story? Not really much since the editing had removed everything that could be a plot. So we can say that Kitty and Stud are obsessed with each others and they have a party with four of their friends where the six of them have an orgy.
The acting is really poor (but Stallone act better in this than in most of his other movies) this is not for nothing if all the other credited member of the cast had made one movie. In fact the only experienced actress in the movie is Marie Brent (I have a lot of movie with her), she is not credited and she play a non important role (at least in this version). The cast is not really good looking too, only Henrietta Holm had a good body on the 4 actresses but she doesn't really have a beautifull face. The dialogue is funny (certainly not intentional) with some gem like "I'll be velvet-mouthed on your shank of love!". The theme song is good too.
Like I've said don't expect too much of this. There are a lot of nudity by not so great looking peoples but if you are a Stallone completist this is a movie that you'll need in your library and, to be honest, he act better in this than he does in Rambo 2 or 3.
I've almost attach some pictures of Stallone for Kathy and Laura, but I've seen the deluge of :yellowcard: :redcard: :yucky: in my head and that made me change my idea :laugh:
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Post by: Jimmy on November 11, 2008, 04:47:15 AM
Title : Kim Comes Home (1972)
Overview
René Bond (billed as Annie Hall) stars as Kim, an art student who returns to her hometown. She crashes at her friend Barbara’s pad. During a heart-to-heart chat, Babs tells her that she is a hooker. ("I’ve studied just about every great whore in history!") Kim is shocked. We see Barbara in action servicing a geek named Charlie. Charlie’s wife doesn’t understand him. ("I’m a sensitive man. Plumbers have feelings too," he sobs.) Babs gobbles his choad, then gives him a nasty testicle hickey. Kim hears them ("Oh, mommy!") and peeks into a hole in the wall. She wants to look away but can’t. Soon her panties are swimming. Her fingers dip down into the wetness. She gives herself an intense orgasm, yelping like a stray dog.
Things heat up fast. Barbara and her boyfriend go to a "Freudian therapy lecture" (!) It makes them hot so they head for Bill’s dorm room. His roommate Gary (who looks 35) is studying. ("This fucking literature!") During their bumping and humping, Gary finds it hard to concentrate. So he jumps in and they show him a better way of "cramming". Back at the house, Kim is alone until Beth comes over with her husband (a long-haired galoot who I think I spotted on America’s Most Wanted). They offer her money for some naked acrobatics. ("Fifty bucks? Wow!") Kim sheds her inhibitions and slides her tongue up and down his whanger. (During the rod-riding, Bond is so turned on she looks like she’s having a heart attack).
Somewhere in this movie, there’s a plot. But I couldn’t find it. Doesn’t matter. Fans of Rene Bond will be groaning their approval.
My Impression
I will be less long than the synopsis with this part. I own this movie for one reason only : René Bond is in it and she's my favourite actress in the exploitation genre (she is the actress with the more film in my collection with a number of 18 movies). The story isn't even good for an adult movie made in the golden age and the acting isn't really good either (except for René Bond). The girl playing Barbara is good looking too, she wears a pair of glasses and this is sexy for me (too bad that she doesn't keep them for her sex scenes). If you are concentrate enough you will heard the director when he gives his direction during the sex scenes :laugh:. Like every movie made at this time this one had a lot of known song that I've recognized : Sound of Silence and El Condor Pasa (If I Could)by Simon and Garfunkel, Hey Jude by everyone except Pete know that :P and some other that I know the french traduction but not the original singer. Of course all those songs are use illegally :whistle:
Not something that I recommand to everyone, but if you share my taste this is something that you could like.
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Post by: Kathy on November 11, 2008, 02:31:58 PM
I've almost attach some pictures of Stallone for Kathy and Laura, but I've seen the deluge of :yellowcard: :redcard: :yucky: in my head and that made me change my idea :laugh:
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See Laura, we're left out once again. :voodoo: :yellowcard: :redcard:
Post by: richierich on November 11, 2008, 03:14:56 PM
I've almost attach some pictures of Stallone for Kathy and Laura, but I've seen the deluge of :yellowcard: :redcard: :yucky: in my head and that made me change my idea :laugh:
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See Laura, we're left out once again. :voodoo: :yellowcard: :redcard:
Don't encourage him Kath, the last time when picture was hidden under spoiler was stomach turning
Post by: Jimmy on November 11, 2008, 04:02:09 PM
See Laura, we're left out once again. :voodoo: :yellowcard: :redcard:What an hard crowd to please :laugh:
OK, you're right we don't post a lot of picture for you. So I have attach 2 screen capture in this message.
They are evidently not safe for work and NFBSK. This is a zip file so no reason for anybody to watch them unless they want to (I have a sentiment that some guys will check anyway, they are too curious :laugh:)
Post by: Kathy on November 11, 2008, 05:05:39 PM
Post by: Jimmy on November 12, 2008, 03:35:57 AM
Title : Last Summer (1969)
Overview
It was a summer of shared friendship... and lost innocence.
My Impression
I've bought this one without knowing anything about it, in fact my reason was that it's one of the first important movie role of Barbara Hershey. You know already that this movie is in my top ten list and this is certainly one of the best three movie I've seen in my life. Of course this movie is the best blind buy I've ever made. The story deal with the relation between 3 New York friends during their summer vacation and a new shy girl from Cleveland who joins the trio. Written like that it looks like a boring Walt Disney familly movie, but you know that if it would be the case this movie would have nothing to do on my list. The film is completly centered around the 4 teenagers (the adult are non entity in this movie, except for a little exception) and how the teenagers are cruel and manipulative with each others (we tend to forgot that fact, but we were like that too at this time). I can't say a lot about what happen in the movie because all the actions explain the end. A very great performance by the 4 young actors : Barbara Hershey, Richard Thomas, Bruce Davison and Catherine Burns (she was nominated for an Oscar). This is really important since bad acting would have harmed strongly the movie.
Now I go on a rant : I find inconceivable that this movie is not available on DVD. It was nominated for an Oscar in 1970, 3 big stars are in it and Evan Hunter had written the novel. I just can't understand why MGM refuse to release it on DVD, when they continue to release unimportant crappy movies. It will be the 40 years birthday of the movie release next years, so maybe there are some hope for a special edition in 2009.
If you find this one buy it immediatly, try to get the original X rated version and not the R rated cut version it's really important for understanding the end.
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Post by: Achim on November 12, 2008, 05:43:07 AM
It does seem to be an interesting film and I would like to see it too. Maybe someone will release it eventually.
Post by: Jimmy on November 12, 2008, 05:56:45 AM
I googled a tiny bit and from what I found it already seems somewhat doubtful they will release it. However, if you indeed mean there is an X-rated version I am at least rather certain that Warner won't release that. Maybe another studio may do so, releasing the Unrated (X) next to the R (like was done with "Thriller: A Cruel Picture"), but Warner releasing hardcore...?The X rating was received because of the subject and not the nudity. In fact there are some breast shown (maybe at 2 or 3 occasions) but no frontal nudity or man nudity and a lot of modern R rated films show more nudity than this one. I know the reason why it was rated this way, this is the end of the films that was disturbing at that time and probably is always today.
It does seem to be an interesting film and I would like to see it too. Maybe someone will release it eventually.
Like I've said this is not a X rated film for the same reasons than Thriller, but most like Midnight Cowboy made the same year.
Post by: Achim on November 12, 2008, 06:06:44 AM
The X rating was received because of the subject and not the nudity. In fact there are some breast shown (maybe at 2 or 3 occasions) but no frontal nudity or man nudity and a lot of modern R rated films show more nudity than this one. I know the reason why it was rated this way, this is the end of the films that was disturbing at that time and probably is always today.
Like I've said this is not a X rated film for the same reasons than Thriller, but most like Midnight Cowboy made the same year.
I get it. Although the one synopsis I found also mentioned a bottomless Bruce Davison (or was Richard Thomas :headscratch:). Bottomless doesn't necessarily mean frontal nudity though... I saw at IMDb that the film was originally rated 16 in Germany, which was later revised to 12. I would assume that that's uncut (as we also have an 18 rating), but can't be sure.
Post by: Jimmy on November 12, 2008, 06:18:13 AM
Title : Maid In Sweden (1971)
Overview
Christina Lindberg (THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE and ANITA) stars in this incredibly sexy US-Swedish co-production. Young Inga (Lindberg), a country milk maid, longs for a trip to Stockholm, the Swedish capital. Leaving her rural home for a weekend in the big city, Inga soon discovers her beauty and (ample assets) gets her into a bit of trouble! Deserting her country life sensibilities for a slice of urban values, Inga’s romantic adventures will shock and entertain! MAID IN SWEDEN is an erotic coming of age story and is one of the very first film roles for cult-film starlet, Christina Lindberg.
My Impression
Achim had just mentions in his previous post Thriller: A Cruel Picture and strangely a Christina Lindberg's movie was the next to be reviewed, Are you spying me in my house? :laugh:
I'm a fan of miss Lindberg since I've watched Thriller: A Cruel Picture, I like the way her eyes always look sad and innocent (ok she had a nice body too :laugh:). This one is her first movie and it was made in english, but Christina Lindberg is dub (kind of sad since she had a wonderfull accent). The story is not that great or original and the acting is not great either, I don't understand why they had decided to made it in english since most of the problem with the movie is because of that decision (sure the acting is weak, the actors don't work in their language. I would be bad too if I had to talk in a foreign language for a film, not that I would be better in french :laugh:). The film is really slow and it takes a long time to have something happening. Not a bad movie, but not my favourite Christina Lindberg's movie (Exposed is my favourite)
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Post by: Jimmy on November 13, 2008, 04:21:30 PM
Title : Nighthawks (1981)
Overview
Sylvester Stallone and Rutger Hauer star in this riveting story of suspense and intrigue that starts in London, continues in Paris and reaches its chilling conclusion on the streets of New York.
When Europe's most feared terrorist (Hauer) explosively announces his presence in Manhattan, two elite undercover cops (Stallone and Billy Dee Williams) are assigned to stop him before he strikes again. But the ruthless terrorist has other plans for the city - and the detectives - in this spellbinding, cat-and-mouse thriller.
My Impression
One of the last good movie with Stallone before he became an Hollywood star and doesn't care anymore. Before you ask for me his last good movie is First Blood so I don't care for his career since 1982. The problem with this one is the studio interference in the production, this is really evident with the end if you look at Rutger Hauer. Good performance by Stallone, Hauer (always like him, he his a perfect cast choice to play a German terrorist. Ok he's Dutch but the accent doesn't look different to me) and Williams. It was great too to see Joe Spinell and Jamie Gillis in supporting role. Don't get to exited for Lindsay Wagner she really doesn't have a lot of screen time. Good action movie from a time when they were able to do it (no mtv editing, no annoying loud music, no cgi, ...).
The movie price is really low, so it's not a big risk to take.
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Post by: Najemikon on November 13, 2008, 09:08:34 PM
Title : Nighthawks (1981)
One of the last good movie with Stallone before he became an Hollywood star and doesn't care anymore. Before you ask for me his last good movie is First Blood so I don't care for his career since 1982.
I keep meaning to get this. Seen it a couple of times on TV, but never caught it in full.
I know what you mean about Stallone, but with the caveat that I do enjoy some his pure action roles, like Cliffhanger and Demolition Man. He could do so much more though. He always frustrates me as he is a media whore as well and got into a habit of rubbishing his last film to promote his next.
I remember him promoting Judge Dredd. He explained how knew The Specialist was rubbish as soon as he started, but Dredd? Best role he ever did.
Then he promoted Assassins by saying how he knew Dredd would fail from day one because it was based on a comic, but Cannon was making it too violent for the kiddies to watch. But Assassins? Best role he ever did.
I can't agree that Nighthawks was his last decent role. He was fantastic in Copland, not least because he was playing against the stereotype he'd created of himself. But as with everything else, he said how wonderful it was to do a proper role opposite great actors and how he was going to do more like it. So what did he do next?
He voiced an Ant. And then remade Get Carter, before almost disappearing into video hell with Driven. :-X
Post by: Jimmy on November 13, 2008, 11:01:46 PM
After that a lot of bad movie : propaganda fest (Rocky IV/Rambo III), boring (Lock Up/Over the Top) or just stupid (Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot/Rhinestone).
I agree that Copland is ok, but it could have been much more better than that.
Post by: Najemikon on November 14, 2008, 12:53:50 AM
Post by: Jimmy on November 14, 2008, 04:20:47 AM
The Olga's Serie (1964-66)
This serie is the perfect exemple of what was a New York roughies. This genre was the NY answer to the nudie cutie and the nudist colony films and being from NY those movies are really different : they use a lot of violence usually against the women, a lot of nudity and usually they are film without sounds (good way to hide the fact that acting was not the strongest quality of those actresses).The genre will evolve in a more explicit way in the seventies with movies like Forced Entry, Hot Summer in the City or Sex Wish.
Title : White Slaves of Chinatown (1964)
Overview
In the first of the series, Olga uses pot parties and comic-book violence to turn Gigi Darlene and other female captives into her WHITE SLAVES OF CHINATOWN before putting them to work as drug-addicted hookers. But Olga has her tender side too and, in the mood for romance selects an occasional slave for a little lesbian loving: "The disease called Olga cannot be fought!"
My Impression
Now we talk of a film made in 1964, so you have to lower your expectations. This movie was shocking when it was released but not so much 44 years later. It doesn't countain a lot of nudity and the torture scenes are really short (one involving a bench vise and an hand is particullary well done). The movie use 2 narators (Audrey Campbell and Joel Holt) to explain the story and this naration is perfect. Audrey Campbell who plays the title role had a very strong screen presence, this is not a surprise since she is a real actress. Another point of interest : this is one of the few Gigi Darlene's movies available (a very beautifull German actress with a too short 7 years career). Promising start to a good film serie.
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Title : Olga's Girls (1964)
Overview
Headquartered in New York's Chinatown, where Communists provide a steady stream of dangerous drugs from the Orient, sadist Olga Saglo deals in narcotics and white slavery. Her drug-addicted slaves, brutally tortured for the slightest offense, rely on each other for comfort. When Olga suspects there is an informant among them, she stops at nothing to make sure her operation doesn’t fall apart. Donning her evil rubber “Cape of Persuasion”, Olga resorts to chastity belts, blow torches and even electrocution to find the “snitch”. But some of her girls have another plan in mind, a plan of revenge...
My Impression
This one continue in the same vain except that this time it's relatively more violent. The torture scenes are shown, not that they are really graphic but the electrocution scene is interesting to watch and you get a girls fight between Audrey Campbell and Ricky Bell. This one as a story contrary to the other so there are some interesting development and Olga is caught at her game. The cast in this one include Audrey Campbell, Darlene Bennett (one of the most beautifull NY performer of this time) and Alice Denham (Playboy playmate of the month of July 1956). The movie is narrated again by Joel Holt and Audrey Campbell.
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Title : Olga's House of Shame (1964)
Overview
With the help of Nick, her malignant brother and a sweet-faced Elaine, a victim-turned-protégé, Olga runs a crime syndicate while gleefully engaging in such extracurricular activities as bondage, torture, and the always popular "horse discipline."
My Impression
This one was filmed out of New York, a nice change of scenery that gives a lot of good outdoor action. The place is in the forest and that gives a more isolation and helpless feeling. This one is the last one where Olga controls the organization and we see her teaching her method to the next boss (Alice Linville). The focus for the torture this time is on the bondage and the whipping (not too much realist by the way), but we have an electrocution scene. The movie uses one time again the naration mode, but this time the director add live sound too. Not surprisingly most of these actresses can't act, but Audrey Campbell, Alice Linville and W.B. Parker give a good acting performance. Not too much known actresses in this one (even for me) : Ella Daphne (Sin in the Suburbs) and Alice Denham (from the previous one) are the only one that I know with Audrey Campbell and Alice Linville. One of the girl credited as Robin is really cute (she looks a little bit like Jenilee Harrison) and Brenda Denaut the mother of Patricia and Rosanna Arquette is in this.
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Title : Olga's Dance Hall Girls (1966)
Overview
Things take a bizarre turn with the most obscure Olga of them all, OLGA'S DANCE HALL GIRLS, in which a new brat-faced Olga recruits suburban housewives as "hostesses" for a dance hall which is really just a front for - are you ready? - a satanic cult!
My Impression
The first time I've watched this film my reaction was very bad because this movie had nothing to do with the Olga serie. There is no sadism in it, no prostitution ring, no narration and even a fake new Olga. But sometimes with a little time our oppinions can change and this is the case with this one. In fact this is not really a roughies but a little NY nudie and I've decided to accept it as it is. The acting is surprisingly good for this genre of movie, most of the cast member sound natural and credible. Many familliar faces appear in it as well (maybe that's why I like it more) : Linda Boyce (Electronic Lover), Uta Erickson (The Ultimate Degenerate), Larry Hunter (The Amazing Transplant) and the girl who played Olga look familliar but she had no other film credit (this is probably an alias). No sadism but to compensate we got a great underwear fight between Uta Erickson and some other girl. So if you take it as an Olga film this is a piece of crap, but if you take as a stand alone movie this is a perfectly well made NY nudie.
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Olga's Massage Parlor who is the fourth films in this serie is actually lost, but we never know those films sometimes reappear in the weirdest place. I hope that it will be find someday since Alice Linville (Sin in the Suburbs), Jackie Miller (Olga's House of Shame) and W.B. Parker (Sin in the Suburbs) are in this film
Post by: Jimmy on November 18, 2008, 01:44:37 AM
Title : Four Times That Night (1972)
Overview
For his sole foray into the sex comedy genre, Mario Bava delivers a swinging orgy of mod design, leering humor and daring late '60s erotica. American leading man Bret Halsey and former Miss Italy Daniela Giordano star in this Rashomon-inspired tale of a playboy and a virgin's first date that may or may not have included rape, nymphomania, lesbianism, and groovy inflatable furniture.
My Impression
Take 2 (my first one was lost because of a server problem and I've forgot to save it before)
This is my favourite from all the Mario Bava's movies that I've watched. This movie had a naivety that I like, this is a sex comedy but with nothing shocking in it. The movie tell a love date between a man and woman that doesn't end in a perfect way. What make this film special is the way it is tell to the viewer, in fact the night events are told from four differents point of view : the woman, the man, the housing complex janitor and a psychiatrist (the narrator). Of course each versions are different and we never know what had really happen. Well acted, good cinematography (check for the little difference in the decor between the story) and a nice soundtrack. Like I've said this is certainly the most chaste sex comedy that I own, but I really like its charm.
Really recommanded like everything directed by Mario Bava.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 18, 2008, 03:38:38 PM
Title : Country Love (1972)
Overview
Take the last train to Smutville for some down-home Country Love in classic early ’70s softcore style!
Yes, it’s sex, sex, and more sex in the sticks as MARIA ARNOLD and JOHN CAMBRIDGE play a married couple with a bored wanker on their hands. After moving to an isolated cabin in the woods, they soon discover they’ve lost that lovin’ feeling. Actually, he’s the one who lost it as they "haven’t balled in over six months!" Poor Maria is as frustrated and horny as a raccoon in heat. "Why don’t you get free enough to ball me sometime," she complains while strutting about naked and fondling herself in the bathtub.
So she strolls naked down by the river where a group of hippies are skinny-dipping and groping one another in ways that happily leave little to the Deviate imagination. As she fingers herself in the sunshine, a naked black man with a perky pecker lays a heavy rap on her about "hang-ups" (remember them?). Then he de-frustrates her something good.
Meanwhile, John "sees" Maria wherever he goes -- she’s the gum-chewing waitress at a local tavern, and a kinky motorist who asks for directions -- and he fantasizes screwing "her" in each of these incarnations. (Miss Arnold plays these multiple roles with characteristic big-busted elan.)
When Maria returns to the cabin, old friends Pete and Annie are there visiting, straight from a Big Sur commune, and all three of them head back to the river to ball freely in the sunshine. Then Annie decides to "talk to John" whose formerly reluctant wiener instantly responds to her free-love argument. And when Pete and Maria invite some psychedelically painted hippies up to the cabin, a grand old orgy rocks the place...
My Impression
Nothing special with this one. Except for Maria Arnold and the country song nothing had interested me in this film. The acting is really weak, the image quality isn't great (too bright) and the girls (except for miss Arnold) aren't special. Not a recommandation unless you are a Maria Arnold fan like me.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 23, 2008, 07:11:20 AM
Title : Sexual Secrets of Marijuana (1971)
Overview
The wacky REEFER MADNESS in reverse, a.k.a. Aphrodisiac!, extols the benefits of marijuana as a sexual stimulant: "The secret of its sexual power has only been whispered about..till now!" Claiming to be "factual documentary dramatization" (whatever that is), porn stars tell us how marijuana changed their life.
My Impression
With all the bullshit movies made about the danger of the marijuana it's fun to have one that say the contrary, even if it is over the top too. One thing that I regret after watching it is to not have use it before sex while I was an user. It looks so great : one woman had 6 orgasms, love session runing for hours, ... :laugh:
But you know that it's not a real documentary when you see Maria Arnold :drooling:,Sandy Dempsey , Suzanne Fields, Eve Orlon and John Holmes on screen. The fact remains that it's an interesting false documentary with some connection made between the end of the alcool prohibition and the criminalization of the marijuana that look plausible to me.
By the way this is a xxx films, but the movie countains a lot of stock footages on the marijuana in the US in the last century (police raid, old newspaper publicity, officials speech,...).
Finally a picture of a clean cut John Holmes.
(http://img19.picoodle.com/img/img19/3/11/22/f_Clipboard01m_3310263.jpg)
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Post by: Jimmy on November 24, 2008, 02:25:59 AM
Title : Toys are not for Children (1973)
Overview
Miserable with her marriage to a toy-store clerk and obsessed with memories of her long-absent father, child-like Jamie learns that toys are not for children when she turns her life around--by becoming a hooker! Playing "daddy's little girl" with dirty old men, she finds true happiness until a friend arranges a special "date" between Jamie and her whore-hungry dad that, to put it mildly, does not go well. Two toy-friendly sickies definitely not for the kiddies!
My Impression
A good thing with Something Weird Video is the fact that they have many hidden jewels. This movie is a good exemple of this, usually the second movie in a double feature is weaker than the principal but TANFC is much better and original than The Toy Box (itself a good movie, but nothing special). The story is really well construct and the acting is good (I can't understand why Marcia Forbes haven't made anything else), it's easy to see that the director had take this project seriously. If you don't like Hollywood ending movie you won't get one here, this ending is one of the more depressing that I've seen. By the way I really like the song theme of this film (Lonely Am I by T. L. Davis). The only downside is that this movie isn't restore at all : the sound is ok but the picture have many defects.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 24, 2008, 10:06:52 PM
Title : Gestapo's Last Orgy (1977)
Overview
Under the iron-fisted rule of Commandant Starker is a special prison camp for women frequented by pleasure-seeking Nazis on leave. Disechanted with the usual Nazi decadence, the Commendant develops a fatal attraction to a beautiful prisoner, Lise, who seems underterred by the nastiness that surround her. It becomes his goal to break her will by subjecting her to some of the most unspeakable tortures and atrocities ever witnessed, including a banquet scene your mind won't easily erase. Years later, Lise lures the Commandant back to the scene of the hate-crimes for some serious closure. One of the sickest entries of the Naziploitation genre, GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY takes a rather artistic approach to its utterly repellent subject matter.
My Impression
The first naziploitation film was released in 1969 with Love Camp 7 (a movie that I really recommand) and because this movie was a huge success in Canada (mostly here in Quebec), another movie like it was produced by Cinepix (a French Canadian studio) and what is this film? Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (another recommandation)... After it a new genre was borned.
Most of those movies are crap, just watch most of the italian productions of this genre and you will agree with me here. This one even if it have a really big reputation as a really disguting movie isn't a part of this italian crap wagon. Sure it have if part of despicable actions (rape, foetus eating, torture,...) but it have something more to it that made it better. It's a love story (not a boring woman love story movie), it's a revenge flick and it's an artistic film (I find it as good as Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom). Sure those movies aren't for everyone, but if you can forget that the core subject is not pleasant you will like it. Just take those movies like any other WIP film is the perfect way to appreciate them.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 24, 2008, 11:09:21 PM
Title : Vixen (1968)
Overview
"Russ Meyer's Vixen will 'jar your senses'... 'jerk your emotions'... 'straddle your soul'. The mind-boggling 'Erica Gavin'... the standard by which all "'voluptua'" must be measured. 'Vixen...is she woman...or animal?'"
Says Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Sun Times, of Vixen: "'Meyer's best...a merciless put-on...Erica Gavin...electrifying!'"
My Impression
What I've wrote in my last review haven't change, so you can read it here (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,695.msg70930.html#msg70930)
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Post by: Jimmy on November 26, 2008, 04:41:27 PM
I've wrote more review than I was thinking to do at first ;D
As usual it was fun, one thing for sure I was in need to watch sexploitation movie after the last month of horror :devil:
Hope you have enjoy it.
I will not write a lot of review in the next few weeks, since I start my watching of Charmed (seasons 1-8) and I don't really like to write TV review.
Post by: richierich on November 26, 2008, 06:06:47 PM
Congratulations on finishing the mrathon
Post by: Kathy on November 28, 2008, 01:39:43 PM
Just finish my marathon this morning ;D
I've wrote more review than I was thinking to do at first ;D
As usual it was fun, one thing for sure I was in need to watch sexploitation movie after the last month of horror :devil:
Hope you have enjoy it.
I will not write a lot of review in the next few weeks, since I start my watching of Charmed (seasons 1-8) and I don't really like to write TV review.
I'm going to start to watch Charmed this weekend too.