May 31, 2020
May 30, 2020
Female Teacher's Awakening (1981)
Junko Asahina was so amazing in the comedic roles we've seen her in [ex. Koichiro Uno's Wet and Riding (1982)] that I was a little surprised to learn she appeared in a lot of serious, downright dark, roles as well. So, out of curiosity I thought we'd check her out in one of Nikkatsu’s Female Teacher (女教師 Onna kyōshi or Jokyōshi) series.
May 29, 2020
The Ultimate Degenerate (1969)
Michael Findlay is a fascinating character. He was among the pioneers of adult entertainment, and made some of the best B&W erotica ever made. He'd developed a 3-D camera he was about to present to financial backers when he tragically died - decapitated by a helicopter blade. His wife Roberta Findlay also was pioneer in the genre, and many of her films have been covered on VZ1. This film was the last "roughie" made by Michael Findlay.
Hot Blooded Woman (1965)
Starring Beverly Oliver, a singer at the Colony Club, next door to the infamous Carousel Club owned by Jack Ruby. Oliver thus became a part of the JFK assassination story, and she since became known as the “Babushka Lady" from tape. She later toured the country as a born-again christian evangelist, and even released a few bizarre christian albums. I had no idea the “Babushka Lady" had ever been the star of a sexploitation film, so when I found out, this simply had to be seen.
Just for the Hell of It (1968)
For years, movies had been capitalizing on the fears of the public about this growing Boomer generation and their hoodlum ways. What started in the late fifties/early sixties mainly centered on biker gangs, greasers and hoodlums in dungarees. By the late sixties, we had a new brand of hoodlum, the counter-culture hippie. Of course, by then their "antics" had escalated from busting up diners and bullying the popular kids, to rape and murder. This film falls somewhere between. We have the standard hoodlums doing their usual early sixties shtick - vandalism, bullying, etc. (even dumping a baby in a garbage can!), which seems really dated for 1968. But they also do the rape and murder when the mood strikes them. Herschel Gordon Lewis delivers a textbook exploitation film right before the counter-culture sea change that would occur less than a year later with Easy Rider.
May 28, 2020
May 27, 2020
Kekkô Kamen: The MGF Fights Back (2004)
Once again, good-natured Mayumi finds herself at the mercy of her sadistic, panty-crazed teachers, and only one brave naked soul is capable of confronting her tormentors – Kekko Kamen! Wearing nothing but knee-high red boots and a red leather mask, this nunchaku wielding superhero gives these perverts a dose of their own medicine. This follows Kekkô Kamen New (2004)
Kekkô Kamen New (2004)
We enjoyed the exploits of the naked superhero Kekko in the 1991 manga live-action adaptation. There were three parts to the 90's series, and was rebooted in 2003. As always, Mayumi Takahashi is being harassed and tortured and must be saved by Kekko. Instead of Sparta Academy, she's at Mangriffon Announcement Academy, training to be an anchorwoman.
Kekkô Kamen (1991)
Kekko Kamen is a manga series about a student, Mayumi Takahashi, who keeps getting abused by teachers. She's protected by Kekko Kamen, an almost nude superhero whose signature finishing move involves leaping into the air and landing groin-first on her opponent's face, How can we not watch this? The manga was adapted for anime, and then live action. This is the first of several we're going to look at on VZ1.
May 26, 2020
Onna shinnyû-shain: 5-ji kara 9-ji made (1982)
Basically a risque takeoff on 9 to 5; "Horny Working Girl From 5 to 9" stars Junko Asahina who was amazing, both sexy and comedic, in Koichiro Uno's Wet and Riding (1982).
Koichiro Uno's Wet and Swinging (1984)
We covered Koichiro Uno's Wet and Riding (1982), which was amazing, so thought we'd check out another in this massive series of films based on the works of Kōichirō Uno. This is actually the 21st in that series. This same director did Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995).
May 25, 2020
Dabide no hoshi: Bishôjo-gari (1979)
(AKA Star of David: Beauty Hunting) This film is offensive in every way imaginable. It's full of rape and torture, and just oozes sleaze from every frame. Yet, it's also extremely well made... which is a little off-putting. I'm accustomed to seventies grindhouse sleazefests being grainy and grimy; whereas, this is gorgeous - beautiful to behold, until you realize what you're beholding.
What Schoolgirls Kept Silent (1973)
(Original Title: Was Schulmädchen verschweigen) The film was released under the problematic title Schoolgirls Don't Tell in the US and UK. It's basically another Schulmädchen-Report, although I don't know if it belongs in the "canon". It's perhaps a bit more interesting than others as it's not just another anthology of sexual tales - it features a satanic cult. Christina Lindberg also has a small part, and a VZ1 favorite, Ulrike Butz.
Beauty Evil Rose (1992)
An evil witch in Thailand is kidnapping and brainwashing beautiful women into joining her cult. A man and his girlfriend, searching for her missing sister, join forces with a priest and a local cop to fight the cult. Quite honestly, one of the craziest films covered on VZ1 thus far... and that's saying something.
May 23, 2020
Angel of Darkness 4 (1996)
Just like the six part Vice Academy series, I feel the need to see this through. It's not nearly as dark and demented as I initially suspected - thinking it was going to be more like hentai porn. Instead, it's turned out to be rather campy monster movies with a predilection to blatantly steal from other films (Evil Dead, The Exorcist, etc). Cheesy & Sleazy - that's what we're all about.
May 22, 2020
Angel of Darkness 3: Live Action (1996)
The film picks up right where Part 2 left off - with Minami the lone survivor of a camping outing turned massacre thanks to demon tainted water.
Angel of Darkness 2 (1995)
The first Angel of Darkness film was such a fun ride, I thought we'd keep this going. As mentioned, it was sick and weird, but not nearly as graphic and sleazy as expected. Hentai has become a crazy phenomenon in the porn world of late, but this doesn't quite reach those levels (although there is definitely a phallic tentacle thing going on) - more akin to The Killer Eye (1999), Baby Blood (1990) or a Cronenberg film than modern tentacle porn.
Zero Woman 2 (1995)
The Japanese Zero Woman series began in 1974 and spanned ten movies through 2007. The movies follow Rei, who, works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department agency called Zero Division where she fights all sorts of criminals. The series likely would have stopped after the first in '74, but thanks to the release of La Femme Nikita in 1990, a complete knockoff of Zero Woman:Red Handcuffs, it was restarted in the nineties. Zero Woman: Final Mission (1995) the first film in the Zero Woman reboot. This followed soon after.
Love Doll Report: An Adult Toy (1975)
There have been a surprising number of films about making robot love slaves: Programmed for Pleasure (1981), Robot Love Slaves (1971), How to Make a Doll (1968), and Veronica 2030 (1999) to name a few. Let's check out this entry from Japan about a robotic doll created for isolated Antarctic scientists which ends up haunting them for years to come.
May 20, 2020
Devil's Sunday (1979)
(Original Title: La Domenica del Diavolo) Damn, who knew there were so many home invasion movies in the late seventies/early eighties? They all follow the same basic template of having a few blue-collar psychopaths hold a group of ladies hostage in their home until the men are ultimately taken down in violent fashion. One of the best known examples is House by the Edge of the Park, but we've seen it in Escape from Women's Prison (1978), Last House on the Beach (1978), Violência na Carne (1981), Naked Massacre (1976) and a ton of others. So, let's have a look at one from Italy to add to the list.
May 19, 2020
May 18, 2020
Housekeepers Like To Do It (1975)
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May 17, 2020
Expensive Tastes (1978)
Going by the American movie posters, audiences probably thought they were in for a classy porno. What they got was a home invasion film full of rapes. I find it incredible that the director was a female, and even more so that it's Maria Lease.
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