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taylor_swift_tasty_feet
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Posted - Aug 14 2010 : 8:13PM
What are the TOP TWENTY CLASSIC X RATED FILMS in your book. Lets say PRE-1983. I want to build my collection of classics and I figured you would be the one to ask.Thank you in advance ! (:
ALSO who do you think is the prettiest porn girl from that period ?
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Posted - Sep 4 2010 : 2:26PM
Whoops! I only just saw this thread. Sorry. I will put my thinking cap on and get back to this. I'm sure others have lots of good suggestions too.
Off the top of my head, I'm gonna say The Ecstasy Girls, Devil in Miss Jones, Opening of Misty Beethoven, and Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann. I love those movies and return to them over and over. I also love Talk Dirty to Me and Nothing to Hide, as a unit.
Will be back with more...
Would love to hear others' thoughts...
taylor_swift_tasty_feet
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Posted - Sep 20 2010 : 11:29AM
Thanx ! :)
saratoga120
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Posted - Sep 20 2010 : 1:03PM
I would have to put "Dracula Exotica" at the very top of the list, as well as another handful of Samantha Fox movies.
But "Dracula Exotica" because of its excellent production values, authentically creepy atmosphere, and, last but not least, the fact that Coppola stole much of the script for "Bram Stoker's Dracula."
There's nothing in the novel about the Count's reincarnation. It all comes from the porn movie.
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Posted - Sep 20 2010 : 2:53PM
Nothing To Hide & Talk Dirty To Me are 1 & 2 with me.
 
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Posted - Sep 20 2010 : 5:54PM
I'm pretty sure those reincarnation/Vlad the Impaler/love story elements come from the short story Stoker wrote (Dracula's Guest), and an alternative chapter that got scrapped. I'm saying this off the top of my head though -- I'll check it and report back.
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Posted - Sep 20 2010 : 8:02PM
^^^^
Thanks for that bit of monkey wrenching!
But it's also true that Coppola showed up at the X-Rated Critics Organization Awards during the early 80s.

Edited by - saratoga120 on 9/20/2010 8:02:57 PM

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Posted - Sep 20 2010 : 8:07PM
Mmmm...the plot thickens. You're giving me a nerd-attack. I'm gonna go find out right now.
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Posted - Sep 20 2010 : 8:16PM
Ok, so according to this essay on film adaptations in the Norton Critical Edition of Stoker's novel, Dracula (Dir. Dan Curtis, 1974, TV) is "[t]he first adaptation to romanticize the character of Dracula, presenting him as a lovesick vampire seeking the reincarnation of his lost, fifteenth-century love. The theme was repeated in Coppola's 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula" (406).
...and Dracula Exotica, we all scream in frustration. I get so sick of the academic/critical dismissal of xxx film.
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Posted - Sep 20 2010 : 8:22PM
Update: apparently Curtis took the reincarnation love story idea from one of his own films, Dark Shadows. It says here:
"The influence of Curtis's Dracula is really an extension of the influence of Curtis's famous gothic soap opera of the 1960s, Dark Shadows. As Curtis says in a DVD interview, he ripped himself off in encouraging Richard Matheson to incorporate a reincarnation angle based on Barnabas Collins's great love for Josette, whom he discovers reborn centuries later as Maggie Evans."
Ok, I'm done, honest.
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Posted - Sep 20 2010 : 8:23PM
Awesome excavation of the historical record!
I guess "Dan Curtis' Dracula" wouldn't have brought as much box office.
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I'm going to take up GG's offer and give my top twenty, in no particular order, off the top of my head:
Nothing to Hide
3AM
Opening of Misty Beethoven
Sex World
Pretty Peaches
Femmes De Sade
The Taking of Christina
Defiance
Waterpower
Affairs of Janice
Anna Obssessed
Talk Dirty to Me
Exposed
F
Ecstasy Girls
Misbehavin'
Roommates
Angela, The Fireworks Woman
The Dancers
Corruption
For me, Leslie Bovee is the sexiest woman of the classic era.
T0MBOne
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Posted - Sep 22 2010 : 11:22AM
My 1 and 2 are Babyface and Taboo 2 then the others tend to change as I discover other titles. I'll alphabetically list a bunch anyway.
Amanda By Night
American Desire
Babylon Pink
Barbara Broadcast
Bella
Debbie Does 'Em All
Devil in Miss Jones (widescreen)
Easy
Ecstacy Girls
Femmes de Sade
Her Name Was Lisa
Little Angel Puss
Nasty Lady
Playing With Fire
Pretty Peaches
Roommates
Second Coming of Eva (Sweden)
Story of Joanna
V-The Hot One
Vista Valley PTA
Also a bunch of French titles would be on this list but I'll just add my fav---Nuits Suedoises aka Peek Freak.
Edited by - T0MBOne on 9/22/2010 11:29:56 PM
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Posted - Sep 22 2010 : 1:36PM
My Top 20 Classic Films
Nothing To Hide
Talk Dirty To Me
Femmes DeSade
Firestorm
Exposed
Neon Nights
Platium Paradise
Dangerous Stuff
The Ectasy Girls
The Other Side Of Julie
Every Woman Has A Fantasy
Baby Face
Pretty Peaches
New Wave Hookers
Jailbait
Bad Girls
Take Off
The Devil In Miss Jones
October Silk
Spitfire
T0MBOne
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Posted - Sep 22 2010 : 2:06PM
Oh yea, I had to think about my favorite porn girl from that period. I decided to choose Samantha Fox, an all-around incredible performer with plenty of titles to choose from---TB
 
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Posted - Sep 22 2010 : 2:10PM
You have no idea how long it's taken me to find another devoted fan of Samantha.
Her films consumed me for the better part of three years -- culminating in a quasi romance.
Her acting range was incredible, if you can call it that.
You see, her personality was every bit as varied IRL as it was on film.
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Posted - Sep 22 2010 : 2:51PM
Richard Pacheco,one of my favorite actors mentioned in AVN interview that Samantha Fox was his favorite actress.She was in a lot of great films.
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Posted - Sep 22 2010 : 4:20PM
^ Consider me another Samantha Fox fan! I forgot to add Jack n Jill to my list - I simply adore that movie and everyone in it.
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Posted - Sep 22 2010 : 11:58PM
Samantha Fox is great in a bunch of the above-mentioned films. I want to recommend HERE COMES THE BRIDE not because it's a great classic but because Samantha appears in every scene and carries this comedy all on her shoulders. Too bad the folks at Wicked have so little faith in their contract stars of today---T0M
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Posted - Sep 23 2010 : 12:19AM
I'm also a big fan of Samantha Fox, I forgot about V: The Hot One, a terrific movie. One that is similar in tone and underrated is Reflections.
saratoga120
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Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 2:24PM
If you're interested in seeing the ultimate Samantha Fox star vehicle, you must get your hands on "This Lady Is a Tramp."
Again, she's in every scene and her personality runs the gamut from flirtatious coquette to ball-busting gold digger.
I've often thought that no actress in history has delivered as many lines on film as Samantha -- and I'm not limiting myself to porn.
There are several movies that she just carries every scene from beginning to end. And, of course, these *were* movies.
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Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 3:14PM
^ I listed Spitfire in my top 20 dopey me I didn't read the OP's original request films before 83.Sorry M8 I already deleted such great films and videos to make this list. That being the The Dog Walker,The Catwoman,Fresh Meat 4 (My introduction to Czech Republic Goddess Silvia Saint) and Evil Angel Classics The Fashionistas and Ass Collectors.Now your talking to lad here that based his VHS collection on Hustlers Highest Rating.They had the ultimate critiques in Lonn M.Friend and Doug Oliver.I remember receiving my Hustler Magazine in the mail and reading what the reviewer had to say,just when you thought films were a thing of the past here comes Alex De Renzy with his remake of the classic Baby Face,in Baby Face 2.My point being The Golden Age Porn was from 1970-1985 with a film release coming out here and there up until 1987.Hustler did have to change the way the critiqued with the emergence of shot on video.Now getting back to Spitfire,Samantha Fox was absolutely gorgeous in that Cecil Howard underrated classic.
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Posted - Sep 25 2010 : 12:51AM
I keep hoping someone will release this one again so I can see it, although I doubt it from what I've heard is in it.
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^ I think the issue is less 'what' is in it rather than 'who' is in it.
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Posted - Sep 26 2010 : 1:14PM
Ok, I finally made my list. And thanks mcewan for noting the pre-1983 stipulation. I totally read over that. Boy this list was kinda hard to compile! I've left out the more frivolous films that I love for reasons other than being an all around outstanding film. I fear I may have left a few off the main list too - if so, I will update. I hope you all do too - this thread rocks. I'm already ordering a few I haven't seen. Thanks everyone.
In no particular order:
Through the Looking Glass (1976)
Jack 'n' Jill (1979)
Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann (1974)
The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976)
Amanda By Night (1981)
American Desire (1981)
Sex World (1978)
Talk Dirty to Me (1980)
Nothing to Hide (1981)
Cafe Flesh (1982)
The Devil in Miss Jones (1973)
The Ecstasy Girls (1979)
Taboo II (1982)
Resurrection of Eve (1973)
V: The Hot One (1978)
Wet Rainbow (1974) - the only xxx film that's ever made me cry.
Roommates (1981)
Take Off (1978)
Water Power (1977)
Dracula Exotica (1980)
Also, note that I would replace one of these with Taboo: American Style (the whole series) if it weren't made in 1985. :)
***
Some I left off that are frivolous and (I think) great films in a way that might get lost amongst all the shenanigans/cheapness:
Pizza Girls (1979)
Candy Stripers (1978)
Hot Rackets (1979)
Garage Girls (1982)
Stiff Competition (oh, this one's from 1984...)
 
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Posted - Sep 26 2010 : 2:02PM
Unless he has bought the rights, I can't see how that would be an issue. Especially since that's not the only title he appeared in.
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Posted - Sep 27 2010 : 6:52AM
There are other xxx films he appeared in? Do tell?
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Isn't he in It Happened in Hollywood or are we talking about 2 different people.
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Posted - Sep 27 2010 : 11:51PM
That's the one I'm talking about.
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Posted - Sep 28 2010 : 3:25AM
Ah, I didn't realize he was in that as well. Crazy.
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Posted - Oct 3 2010 : 9:32PM
I'm guessing that's the same Wes Craven who directs horror movies. Am I right?
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Yep.
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Posted - Oct 3 2010 : 10:29PM
I didn't know that until now. I just saw his imdb.com page, and those three movies are indeed listed.
 
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Posted - Oct 8 2010 : 3:50PM
In addition to Wes making a cameo / editing / allegedly co-directing the flick, the haunting ballad David Hess composed for Craven's notorious Last House on The Left, 'Now You're On Your Own' gets re-used in a montage sequence in Angela, The Fireworks Woman as well.
When interviewed in Inside Deep Throat, Wes cops to working behind the camera on skin flicks but doesn't volunteer any titles. If he had a hand in Angela.. I think he should be proud of his creative contribution to that excellent title. It's certainly far superior to much of his mainstream fare (Vampire in Brooklyn anybody?) over the years.
Edited by - Helmuth Richler on 10/8/2010 3:56:30 PM
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Posted - Oct 20 2010 : 9:25PM
Thanks GoreGoreGirl! I've been meaning to watch "Talk to Dirty to Me" for almost 3 years. Finally saw it. It was good, but I really liked "Nothing to Hide" better. I guess the whole angle of banging the lonely housewife in 72 hours was lost on me. I preferred the more emotional story told in the sequel.
I didn't grow up on classic porn nor have I watched enough to not trip out when I see someone like Sharon Kane so very very young.
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In an interview I read somewhere Spinelli said he used the success of Talk Dirty to Me to make Nothing to Hide, a film he had wanted to make for a while.
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Posted - Oct 21 2010 : 2:42PM
Very apparent that a lot of heart went into "Nothing to Hide". Cool bit of info. Thanks. :)
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Many of my friends and co-workers came out of 42nd Street, and this list is more of a tribute to them than a scholarly analysis. (I do enough of that on the other site anyway, and the subject header here asked for 20 classics, not "the best 20 of all time.")
Confessions Of A Young American Housewife
Babylon Pink
Snake Eyes
Night Dreams
Cafe Flesh
High Rise
Alice In Wonderland: A Musical Porno
Chatterbox
Hot Honey
The Violation Of Claudia
Firestorm
Together
Anyone But My Husband
Angel on Fire
A Woman's Torment
Every Woman Has A Fantasy
The Devil In Miss Jones
Behind The Green Door
Insatiable
Mystique
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^ If digital beer existed, I would share a couple with you and talk about our thoughts on Angel on Fire.
Thanks for the flicks - yet more titles to add to my neverending "must see!" list (a happily futile struggle).
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Cool. A few of the titles haven't made the leap to DVD yet, and a couple never reached home video in any format, unfortunately.
Trivia - I helped the late great Kiva Art Theatre in Scottsdale, Arizona, make the switch from 16mm to video projection Easter weekend, 1987. Amazingly, they were still able to get film rentals that late in the game. Pretty Peaches II was the last 16mm show to be properly projected there.
I helped with the new installation as part of a bid to buy the old 16mm system and rescue some prints the owners had planned to throw away.
I am *not* a high-toned adult film historian by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm glad I've held on to these things. Arizona/California summers and Massachusetts winters have definitely taken their toll on the prints (which are all 30/40 years old anyway) but NOTHING beats seeing this stuff on the big screen.
Guys like Alex De Renzy and Robert McCallum were incredibly underrated cinematographers (no surprise RM shot for Orson Welles under his real name) and 16mm / 35mm prints, properly projected, are the best way to experience their work.
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High Rise is a fun film, has that funky counterculture feel that you get more often in early 70s porn. They seemed to still be enjoying themselves then. The only film I don't recognize from your list is Together: any more info?


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^ Together (1971) was the first directorial effort from Sean S. Cunningham who later directed the original Friday The 13th. The profits from the film allowed Cunningham and Wes Craven to finance Last House On The Left the following year.
I'm not aware of a proper home video release; I have the "uncut" 72 minute version in 16mm.
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Posted - Oct 25 2010 : 12:34AM
^ Also meant to mention Marilyn Chambers makes an appearance in that film.
Another Friday The 13th director is on my list, too - Danny Stone/Danny Steinmann, did High Rise before Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning.
He's all kinds of awesome.
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Didn't realize they were the same directors, cool.
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Savage Streets is hilarious and fun, but it's no Vice Squad.
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Please, please, please send me an email (not PM) through this forum. I need to talk to you about this print (as well as other stuff).
Maybe you can also stop by the screening I'm doing at midnight on November 5th at The Beverly Cinema? WANDA WHIPS WALL STREET on 35mm.
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Fascinating list...CHATTERBOX is one of Tom DeSimone's R rated achievements (and a personal favorite of mine too).
And, since I see you're quite a Roberta Findlay enthusiast (IIRC, you posted that you worked for her), you should be happy to know that I have a pristine 16mm print of ANGEL ON FIRE and slightly beat up 35mm prints of THE TIFFANY MINX and MYSTIQUE (though I'd consider the latter much more the work of Roger Watkins' dark imagination than Findlay's workman-like direction. Though I've gotta say, MINX has a killer twist ending and some very fine acting.
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