When I said I was sold, I wasn't kidding. I watched this over the weekend, lured in by tales of food-related grotesqueries and Jack Wrangler...well, it's not perfect by any stretch, as pointed out already. Nevertheless, there are some moments in this film that I found really striking. Del Rio is almost scary in the way she is represented -- I found her dynamic, and the way they shot her scenes/she delivered her dialogue was almost uncanny. Hard to explain what I mean, sorry. As for that final scene, I expected fruit, maybe some vegetables...but raw meat?? Ground beef and sausages at that!I just knew I would love this from alpha's description, and the two stars. And I did love it. I seem to have watched a lot of "marriage in crisis...let's explore sexually before resolving the problem/imploding on ourselves." The former occurs with Charli (and The Filthy Rich? Was that "resolution"??), the latter occurs in Never Sleep Alone (1981), a John Leslie starrer that I also watched. It sort of comes apart towards the end, but the film exudes an unexpected consistent eroticism, and I found the dynamic between the lead characters (Joanna Storm, John Leslie, Joey Silvera, and Tina Marie) funny and interesting.
yeah I do think Never Sleep Alone is a good film. I especially agree about the eroticism part in it, that I unfortunately find lacking in modern feature films. Great cast!
Checked out Fighters from Digital Playground yesterday. It's the darkest film I've seen them do in some time. Can't actually recall anything really close to it. Used to the Cheerleaders or Top Guns style big epic. This one was dark and had good performances from Jesse Jane and Kayden Kross in the lead roles.
Brief note on two more oldies-but-goodies: The Blonde A film maker wants to make a movie about an old time star, shot in her old mansion (now a hotel). Annette Haven is a dead ringer for the old star. Her agent takes her to the hotel to try to land the part. She finds the dead star's diary, and becomes immersed in her life. Given a premise rich with possibilities, it's odd that so much of the movie is spent on purely extraneous sex scenes -- some of which are very nice, but the story never does go much of anywhere. Also, Annette Haven, IMHO the most gorgeous woman ever in adult movies, is saddled throughout with an awful blond wig that diminishes her incomparable beauty. Still, in many ways a lovely looking film with fine moments. Plus, the sex is set to a very enjoyable jazz soundtrack (including Coltrane's My Favorite Things, in my mind one of the iconic pieces of Western music!), and they took the trouble to fit the music nicely to each scene. A little surprising that they set up a plot and did so little with it, but worth a look. The scene with Brooke West and David Morris was particularly enjoyable, both sexy and fun. The Seduction of Lyn Carter Early Spinelli starring Andrea True and Jamie Gillis. This movie has been discussed on another thread, so I won't add much, An unsettling, dark, tense story of a married woman who comes under another man's control to her complete humiliation. Extremely compelling pschological drama. All parts are well acted, the story is taut and well developed, the characters convincing. On the down side, the TVX disc is taken from a poor print. The color is off and many scenes are very washed out, some to the point of being barely visible. Does anyone know if a better quality version is available?
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Posted - Oct 6 2011 : 2:02AM
Unfortunately the only other version I'm aware of is from ABA and not very good either. I'll have to check out The Blonde, if for nothing else to hear Coltrane in a porno!
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Posted - Oct 6 2011 : 5:10PM
My copy (a TVX release) of "The Seduction of Lyn Carter" has quality problems as discussed in this thread ==>The Seduction of Lyn Carter Scroll down in the thread to see the screen shot illustrations. Most scenes have a green tint to them, which I think is due to dye deterioration, but I don't recall that any of the scenes were "washed out" particularly to the point of being barely visible.
I recently watched an Abigail Clayton triple feature. According to IAFD, she appeared in 37 titles from 1976-1986 in some well-known classics like FEMMES DE SADE, COMING OF ANGELS, DESIRES WITHIN YOUNG GIRLS, SEX WORLD and OCTOBER SILK. Although not in the same league as the above-mentioned, this trio of Abigail titles all have something of interest so I'll jot down a few things about each film. DIXIE (1976)---With her new blue dress, young Dixie (Abigail) comes to live with her sister and encounters pervs in the park. It's a strange little sexual odyssey with "uncle" Ken Scudder doing the sister and Dixie in scenes that bookend the short film. John Leslie sucks and fucks in an old dude get-up plus Dixie does the tootsie-frootsie man doing an awful Chico Marx-like shtick. A great showcase for the carnal talents of the lovely Abigail---!!!! LOVE LIPS (1978)---Abigail only has a hand-job scene at the front end of this odd flick that features blowjob vignettes. Her beau, Turk Lyon is one of the folks summoned to this perv's house to talk about their sexual encounters. The real reason to watch this disc is to catch the lovely Laurien Dominique playing an actress in a terrific encounter with 3 guys and another with a taxi driver. The black dude at the party has a terrific blow job scene with Desiree West but the lovely hostess from India (Indiria Mahal) and a professor don't do anything so that leaves the flick with unfinished business---!!! HOT COOKIES (1978)---Directed by Howard Zhiem, HOT COOKIES also features vignettes as Ken Scudder visits a mysterious book seller with erotic paintings that come to life. Abigail is in one of the vignettes where she plays an actress who sucks and fucks passengers in the back of her limo while hubby observes from the front. A wild finish to this one as Scudder goes to different room with framed female body parts and fucks one of them. There's a twist ending that gets even sillier. (This flick might be something worth remaking using better visual effects)---!!! 1/2
I saw Dixie a while back and thought it quite good, very erotic, with Abigail easily passing for the underage character she plays (to an unsettling degree). I expect no one would dare make this movie today! Another recently viewed film with the same theme of underage sex is The Erotic Adventures of Lolita (with underappreciated Tigr impressing as Lolita's best friend). Lolita's 13 year old character goes from total ignorance of all things sexual to whoring herdelf out at the end -- just imagine how well that would go over today.
Some more quickie descriptions: Body Talk My goodness, this is La Traviata. It didn't hit me until midway through, when the female lead is selling off her jewelry to help support her life with her younger lover. From then on, it plays out very closely to Traviata. Not a terribly good porn film (emphasis on the porn), as many of the sex scenes were fairly lacking (interestingly, some of them focused on the male(s) rather more than one usually sees), but certainly worth watching as a movie. As an old guy, I was particularly pleased that both female parts were played by women not fresh out of their teens. I am unfamiliar with the lead, given in IAFD as Heaven St John but in the credits as Angelique; I found her very appealing. Her best friend in the film is Kay Parker. Both were beautiful, sexy, desirable and likeable. Naked Afternoon Nice enough movie about a young woman (the exquisite Abigail Clayton) who dreams of becoming an actress while her life is crumbling around her (loses job, about to be thrown out of her apartment, etc). In desperation, she takes a role in a porn movie which eventually leads to her being discovered. Large chunks of the sex scenes are shot in a minimally explicit manner; it would take very little whittling to cut this down to softcore. But, they are often very erotic and the cast is beautiful. Not a startlingly original story, but what story there is is well told, and with the likes of Clayton, Annette Haven, and Claire Dia, there is much of beauty to admire! A Midsummer Night's Cream A surprisingly faithful version of Shakespeare, albeit trimmed down. For example, Bottom is alone in the forest (not with a troup of rustic players) and the always anticlimactic conclusion back in Athens is eliminated, but the gist of the tale is there. The sex is occasionally very good but some scenes disappoint, especially the opening all-girl orgy, which starts out very nicely but runs way too long, overuses the same (mostly close up) shots, and gets repetitive and boring. Three sex scenes in particular stand out for me as being both beautiful and arousing: Ava Vincent and Michael J Cox (I do love Ava!) as Hermia and Lysander before the fairy intervention starts playing with their desires; Evan Stone and Heather Lyn as Oberon and one of the fairies; and Sydnee Steele (with MJ Cox and Nick East) as Helena when both Lysander and Demetrius are infected with magic-potion-induced love for her and they compete for her favor. Intriguing and creatively (as well as tastefully) done, but ultimately flawed, is the scene between Titania (Nina Hartley) and Bottom (Kyle Stone). The makeup job transforming Bottom to an ass is effective, while understated enough not to be gross, and he is amazingly funny and always in character. But, this is another scene marred by excessive and repetitive closeups, plus long, boring cutaways to the androgynous Puck masturbating. Still, a very good job of a scene difficult to pull off. I especially commend Ms Hartley and both of the Stone gentlemen for making their characters believable, but none of the actors was a complete embarassment.
I checked out an Henri Pachard title called CLIMAX (1986) that appears to have been shot on film. 82 minutes. On the Jersey shore, Eric Edwards loses in a card game to coronet player Joey Silvera, who, with an assist from a winning hand of 4 queens, gets 24 hours with Eric's wife, Cody Nicole. (aka Roxanne Potts---The pretty captain from SEX BOAT) Psychiatrist George Payne keeps looking for reasons to cheat on wife Kelly Nichols in favor of indulging in three ways with Sharon Kane and Carol Cross. These plot threads become interwined and Pachard mostly does a fine job tying the sexual encounters in with the plot. The Cody Nicole scenes that bookend the film are really pretty terrific, especially the opener but also look for Taija Rae, Renee Summers and Rhonda Jo Petty among this terrific cast---!!!! outta !!!!!
I'm starting to appreciate Pachard/Sullivan's work more and more. I was never a huge fan, but I recently had the opportunity to see his 1983 film, BETWEEN LOVERS, on 35mm and I was simply blown away by virtually every aspect of it. I was already a fan of his delightful DEVIL IN MISS JONES 2, but a lot of his more generic 80s films just felt uninspired so I stopped really investigating his work. I have CLIMAX on tape. I'll try to get around to it soon.
I wrote a mostly rave ADT/iafd review of Pachard's NASTY GIRLS (1983---!!! 1/2) so maybe those films that he directed between BABYLON PINK (1979---!!!! 1/2, no review up) and the video era are all worth a look. I also wrote ADT/iafd reviews for a couple of Pachard vids shot on the same sets with some of the same actors, SAMANTHA & THE DEEP THROAT GIRLS (1988---!!! or !!! 1/2) and SEXUAL POWER (1988---!! 1/2 or !!!) I first saw BABYLON PINK in the early '80s when I watched it on a top-loader VCR. I recently re-visted the film. Bad tunes dropped it down a notch! tb
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Posted - Oct 27 2011 : 12:15AM
I really liked BETWEEN LOVERS. SEXCAPADES was also great, Eric Edwards talks about making that film with Pachard on the recent and great AFTERNOONS OF PAMELA MANN release.
^ I watched that too. It was nice to hear him talk about his experiences filming with Pachard. Sexcapades and Great Sexpectations are two of my favourite x-rated films. I also *love* Taboo: American Style. Pachard is up there amongst my favourite directors for sure.
Dear Abby from New Sensations' Romance line. Yet another great entry in a great series. Of course, I might be a little biased due to it having both Natasha Nice and Zoe Voss... "I do not as a rule seek advice about food from thin people..." - Jeffrey Steingarten
Every Woman Has a Fantasy I can't believe I am coming so late to this movie. It has been sitting on my shelf for ages, but I never got around to watching it till now. Wow! I must look up more movies from this director (Edwin Durrell). A simple story: John Leslie is curious about his wife's group of women who get together and discuss their fantasies. He first has her record a meeting, then hides in a closet to listen, finally dresses up ala Tootsie to attend -- and finds out more than he anticipated when he insists his wife reveal her fantasy at the session. There are a few weak scenes, but much of the sex is so sensual, erotic, steamy -- really beautiful. The best scene starts with Rachel Ashley (as John Leslie's wife) calling a strange man (a number from an ad in the paper). She masturbates as he tells her what to do. Very nice, but we are just beginning! She arranges to meet him at a hotel. Once there, he tells her to very slowly undress -- it's sensual, beautiful, as she is seemingly discovering her own sexiness. When she is naked, there is a knock at the door: his wife joining them. She gives Rachel a present of lingerie, and strips to her own under garments. The two women kiss, caress. Finally, the three make love on the bed, the action sort of tailing off at the end to suggest ongoing, unending pleasure. This whole scene is steaming, erotic, incredibly hot. A few other high points: the closing mini-orgy, with two foci of activity. Rachel Ashley and Shantell Day (who was she? Quite lovely!) hesitantly, nervously explore sex with each other, both curious and realizing if they don't grab this opportunity, they will likely never try being with another woman. Meanwhile, across the room, Erica Boyer and Lisa Lake take to each other with much more confidence, soon to be joined by John Leslie. Overall a very nice scene. I also liked a scene in which Shantell Day's husband is hosting his friends for an evening of poker. She goes around serving snacks and drinks dressed only in an apron as the men all fondle her. Finally, she crawls under the table to give one of them a very nice blowjob. Not an original concept by any means, but most satisfyingly done. By the way, there is clearly a scene cut out of the DVD copy: Leslie is hidden in the closet to observe a session, setting up the scene, then suddenly his wife is letting him out after the ladies have all left. Does anyone know what got this bit excised? Finally, are softcore movies fair game for comment here? I also recently watched a movie called Rolls Royce Baby. Purely softcore. There is almost no content to this movie besides the outrageously sexy Lina Romay. Indeed, it seems the sole purpose of the movie is to display Lina's naked body (a good enough purpose for me); she is in almost every frame, nearly always naked. Lina plays an erotic film star who professes -- and lives -- a lifestyle of easy sex, though she often has a look of emptiness and melancholy. After some early setup, the bulk of the film is just her being driven around in her Rolls picking up people to screw. Edited by - alphadachs on 11/1/2011 1:53:13 PM
^Alphadachs you give the most amazing reviews and make this Features Thread so enjoyable.Now the scene in question from Every Woman Has a Fantasy is between John Leslie and Kristara Barrington she a news reporter at the time Connie Chung was very popular and I do believe that's who she was imitating the scene from the DVD was cut because there was a question about her age it was believed she was under 18. One last thing earlier in this in thread your review of Lolita I agree with everything you had to say about Chelsea Manchester (a.k.a. Tigr) totally underrated great actress she was blonde gorgeous with such a nice slender figure and because of your review I gotta to add this movie to my collection.
In the spirit of Halloween, I watched Rocki Whore Picture Show last night, and I have to say it was mighty impressive. The FF button was rarely used, and the whole thing felt far more integrated than your standard 21st century feature. The dude who plays Frank n Beans is simply great -- he basically makes the movie. I kept exclaiming, "Who is this guy??" He was great. I was also really excited to see Wicked push the bounds of sexuality a little (much more so than I expected). Alas, no gay or pegging scene occurred, but I know that's not in Wicked's repertoire. With this in mind, they did push the envelope and the whole thing was a lot of fun. P.S. I want to clarify that I haven't seen more than ten minutes of the original film, so I'm not sure how this version will play with fans of Rocky Horror. Anyone seen both?
pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world 12377 Posts 9/07
Posted - Nov 1 2011 : 6:44PM
I found the original to be pretty boring outside of Tim Curry's scenes imo, even with a young Susan Sarandon being her sexy self, that's why the cult built around it, the audiences had to do something to keep from falling into a coma while watching it. I've been hearing lots of good things about the xxx version though, I'll add it to my very short list of modern features worth checking out.
^ Well, I turned off the original with a similar reaction to that which you describe, yet watched the Wicked version all the way through and laughed a lot. So, I think we're on the same page. Let us know what you think if you get around to it.
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Posted - Nov 1 2011 : 9:24PM
I hate to say it but I actually worked in a movie theater in 1981 and we showed Rocky Horror every weekend @ midnight. I never did the dance around stuff but I still participated. Having said that; a porn, is a porn, is a porn...I used FF as much as always in The Rocki Whore Picture Show... Edited by - twistedvincent on 11/2/2011 4:17:59 AM
Amazing film. Soon to be restored for the Platinum Elite series. You'll just have to watch it again. Oh, and thanks to the previous posters for the Rocky Horror feedback!
Taboo # 4 With Ginger Lynn's commentary. This film was already very special to me having made the cross country move from Great Falls Virginia to Venice Beach California.One of the first things I took notice of while during my move Santa Monica located right next to Venice had a Pussycat Theater at the time of my relocation Pretty Peaches # 2 was playing.I got all excited well the first I took was double feature at the Pussycat Theater on 2nd Street in Santa Monica Taboo # 4 and Greatsexpectations. I watched DVD of Taboo # 4 with the Ginger Lynn's commentary and what a truly amazing job she does and I love her for it it's like taking a trip down memory lane for me. How can you go wrong with Jamie Gillis (R.I.P.) and John Leslie (R.I.P.). Talk about a cast of underrated's Karen Summer - What a remarkable actress and what a body she truly possessed. Kevin James (R.I.P.) - I'm so glad he was around during the early 80's and not now because today's he'd just be another piece of meet and so much more than that. Jerry Butler in his book Raw Talent would point out how Kevin truly hated him because director Chuck Vincent (R.I.P.)fired Kevin and replaced him Jerry and Kevin rightfully so was truly bitter I mean after all it was the roll of a lifetime.Chuck was right in his decision Jerry won awards for his performance.Hustler after his 1985 performance in Cecil Howard's Snake Eye's "Fully Erect by the way" The James Dean of Porn. You never would have never guessed the hatred between Jerry and Kevin seeing the perform for a short while together in Alex DeRenzy's Baby Face 2. Honey Wilder - Her voice alone can make you cum.The original milf and when wearing nice lingerie,stockings and heels oh wow !!!!!! Greg Raffner - I hope people don't judge the fact he performed with Transsexuals .He was a true stud and always turned in a solid performance. The flashback scene between mother and son Kay Parker and Mike Ranger both are terribly underrated actors from the Golden Age Of Porn the fact the the two are paired together as mother and son is truly remarkable. I plan to go back and watch Taboo # 4 by itself along with the Kirdy Stevens and Kay Parker interviews.
From Lust Till Dawn Mindful of Halloween, last weekend I watched a bit of vampire porn: From Lust Till Dawn (2000). Not being much interested in tales of vampires, I began this without much enthusiasm, but wound up enoying this beyond my expectations. Not outstanding, but very watchable. The story was simple but gave plenty of structure on which to hang a movie: 20 years ago, three vampire hunters had slain the queen of a vampire clan, burned her body, and hidden the ashes. In the intervening years, the three had all died. The vampire's ashes having now been found by her faithful underling (Stevie), she is resurrected. But, to regain full power, she must have the blood of the offspring (all daughters) of her vanquishers. Proceed from there. While the story has a few big holes, especially at the end, it has decent production values and some okay (if simple) stunts and special effects to help flesh it out. Acting was okay, although the vampires had difficulty delivering lines clearly through their fang-enhanced mouths. The sex was also very hot, but with one major caveat for anyone uneasy about mixing violence with sex: this movie is quite gory. To take an example, late in the first sex scene, a female vampire, under a man in missionary, lunges up to attack him while they are fucking, drawing great gouts of blood. As they approach the pop, rivers of blood pour from his neck covering her copiously until he finally comes onto her blood-soaked body before falling dead. In spite of this unsavory mix of intercourse and gore, all the sex scenes were riveting, sizzling, beautifully shot and edited, highlighted by aggressive, energetic performances. They were also not only organic to the plot, they were essential to it; the sex didn't interrupt the story, it advanced it. One comment on the musical soundtrack for the sex scenes: they were underscored by a relentless ostinado that added an exciting, driving intensity -- at least at first. But, an effect used repeatedly loses its effectiveness, as this ultimately did by showing up in every sex scene. Other than the sanguinary sex, my only objection to From Lust Till Dawn is that several female principles so strongly clash with my personal taste that I found them quite unappealing. Even so, they gave intensely thrilling sex scenes in spite of their dearth of attraction for me. As this is a highly personal complaint, it won't deter other potential viewers, so I recommend this. (Do note that, as I am not a regular viewer of vampire movies, I am not a credible critic of the genre; rabid fans might find this film fails to satisfy their more educated palates.) Oops, edited to correct a typo. Edited by - alphadachs on 11/4/2011 11:28:36 PM
I've seen both, and I think that "Rocki Whore Picture Show" is a great parody. As a huge fan of "Rocky Horror Picture Show", I had high expectations for the parody, and I have to say it met them. I agree with you about the guy who played Frank N Beans (as he's known as in the parody). He definitely carries the movie. This was no half-assed attempt at spoofing Frank N Furter. Mac Turner got Tim Curry's voice and mannerisms down pat. He had some mighty big shoes to fill, and he succeeded. I also like the addition of Mona and Lisa, the twins who speak in unison. And I definitely love the musical numbers. If the parody wasn't a musical it would have failed. My one complaint is that it didn't have an opening sequence like the original. It should have been exactly like the original, complete with the lips, and with a parody of the original's opening song ("Science Fiction Double Feature"). But instead of the references to old sci-fi movies in the original song, there should have been references to old porno movies (and called "Porno Movie Double Feature"). A major opportunity was missed there. But overall I love the parody. Anybody who's a RHPS fan should check it out. 8788
There is much discussion of the newly restored, uncut release of Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann on another thread, so I won't say much here, other than this is a superb remastering of one of the all time greats (on a level with Misty Beethoven). Sexy, funny, stylish, charming. As good as it gets. Also, though I usually don't look at extras, I thoroughly enjoyed the interviews with Eric Edwards and Georgina Spelvin, even more than the commentary by Metzger (which was mostly just an interview during the movie, as there was very little direct comment on what was happenng on the screen). Also, after recently seeing Edwin Durrell's wonderfully erotic Every Woman Has a fantasy, I dug up his Dream Girls, a late 80s bit of fluff. This is just a series of vignettes of guys dreaming about girls -- surprise. With no story to speak of, it lives or dies on the sex, and to my mind it dies. This is ruined by closeups. There are very few full-body views in the entire movie; every sex scene is built up from a succession of (often very extreme) closeups: a screen-size face, a breast, genitals, back to face, genitals, etc. All we have are postage-stamp fragments of sex. An unfortunate waste of an attractive cast.
Watched The Graduate XXX today and I thought Paul Thomas and crew did a fine job. I watched the original movie today too with Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft and felt both Anthony Rosano and India Summer especially nailed their characters and if you like the Hollywood version and wanted to see some sex added in then definitely check this out. Plus it features Raven Alexis who gets the Katharine Ross role and we know she's having a big fight now so watching her in better times was nice. Paul Thomas even makes a cameo in this taking on the Norman Fell role- you might know him better as Mr. Roper from Threes Company. All around a strong feature with some good sex and the music too was especially good in this taking you right back to the Simon & Garfunkel originals. I know Hazy Shade of Winter was a Bangles cover but didn't know they wrote it until after submitting my review. This has some of the best music for a porn parody this year along with the Rocky XXX show.
Awhile back, I was surprised at how much I liked a Seka film called PRINCESS SEKA (1980) with Seka performing in just about every scene plus a cool finale with the able support of Serena playing a hooker. IAFD says Seka performs anal in a kitchen scene but it's pretty obvious that she doesn't. No matter. A great cast plus solid doses of Seka also help land this one a !!!! (This flick is also called STEAMING HOT) Edited by - T0MBOne on 11/22/2011 9:36:51 AM
Watched Dream Quest, a Brad Armstrong snoozer from 2000. The principal downside was Jenna Jamison, though that's a huge downside. Also, for all the care and money that went into fine production values, it's a shame that an equal effort didn't go into the threadbare story, which consisted largely of Jenna rides around for a while then we have a tame sex scene. Throw in Armstrong's usual silicone-heavy casting (for me a complete turnoff), and I found this a total bore.
Tale of Tiffany Lust Dominique Saint-Clair is an unsatisfied housewife, her husband overly preoccupied with work, who decides she needs to get out and experience more of life, especially sex. During a day's mostly aborted adventures, she frequently imagines herself letting go (e.g., mentally putting herself in Desiree Cousteau's place in a mini-gangbang at a bar), but when the chips are down, keeps chickening out -- until a somewhat creepy scene late in the movie when a guy insists she carry through. Parallel to her tale is a recurring bit with Vanessa Del Rio as a radio sex therapist, bringing in both sex and humor (Vanessa early on refers to "an authentic recording of [a listener's] first anal experience, where she accidentlly mixed up the KY with the Ben-Gay."). The two threads intersect at one point when Dominique comes to the radio show and gets a quick, flippant bit of advice which she fails in following. Ultimately, she decides to return to hubby, predictably, considering her recurrent cold feet. A pretty good movie with lots of early-80s favorites and sometimes nice sex. Saint-Clair's glazed eyes and rigid look get old after a bit, but they fit her character. Worth a looksee, I'd say.
I think both movies might have some really good music. If you want to see the making of the music for Rocky XXX you can check it out on YouTube here www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Omi2YNTLU Didn't mean to hijack the thread but just answering Gore Gore Girl.
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Posted - Nov 29 2011 : 2:21AM
The Final Sin - This 1977 Cecil Howard film is much more raw and clumsy than his later films but is undeniably watchable in its sleazy overload. Richard Strong gives a completely unhinged performance up there with Gillis, Colt and Payne in the creepy-psycho porn canon as a Vietnam vet who has returned from the war crippled and mutilated to take out his sadistic and perverse revenge of his highly dysfunctional family, including Paul Thomas as his adopted son who lusts after his mother (Melba Bruce I believe, who also was in the similarly unpleasant but fascinating Baby Rosemary) and his 'virgin' daughter Marrianne (played by one-time wonder Ursula Brandwin). The opening dialogue between father and daughter, followed with him sticking his fingers in her panties, sets the tone nicely for the rest of the film. Once the black-mailed Buster (Mick Jones) and a lovely Linda Wong arrive for the nights Sadean debauchery the film kicks into high gear with a torrent of unbelievably foul abuse pouring from Strong through almost all the scenes. The sex is kinda nasty in tone and takes an S&M turn but it's the the verbal and psychological dimension that pushes this one over the edge. The fact that Jones is black and Wong asian doesn't escape Strong's verbal onslaught either btw. One memorable scene involves Jones being pegged by Wong (very much presented as humiliating, but Jones doesn't seem to mind at all) and of course there is the inevitable incest scene. There's an attempt at a twist near the end, but it doesn't quite come off because the psychological impact on the father hasn't been sufficiently set-up imo, but overall this is a pretty unforgettable explosion of sexual Id.
^The Final Sin one of few Cecil Howard films I never got around to viewing I do have the preview to it on one of my tapes.What makes this film so interesting it has Asian lass Linda Wong (R.I.P.) and much underrated Black stud Mick Jones making an extremely rare East Coast performance.
pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world 12377 Posts 9/07
Posted - Dec 1 2011 : 4:06AM
Linda is gorgeous in this, even if the scenes aren't very appealing overall. Jones is obviously up for anything in his scenes, I checked his filmography on imdb and he seems to have had mostly secondary roles, not too surprising for a black male actor in the 70s I guess.
pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world 12377 Posts 9/07
Posted - Dec 9 2011 : 2:43AM
Spitfire - Another Cecil Howard with a pretty stellar cast: Samantha Fox, John Leslie (minor role), Sharon Mitchell, Annie Sprinkle (looks amazing here), Tigr, Susie Nero (very hot), R. Bolla, Joey Silvera, Eric Edwards. The story is of a crooked, hypocritical right-wing politician (sound familiar?) played by Bolla whose Chastity 1 movement is sweeping the nation even though his teen daughter (Tigr) is sexually voracious. Lots of sex in this one but the storyline comes across as a little thin and muddled. The women all look great though, particularly Sprinkle and Nero, but it's the Edwards/Fox scene that is the hottest overall imo. Not top-flight Howard but certainly better than most other xxx features of the period.
