Aug 31, 2023

Private School (1983)

 


One of the horniest of the mainstream teen sex comedies of the day.  Betsy Russell definitely steals the show with some of the best nudity of the eighties (which is really saying something).

Happening (1981)

 


A woman with an old fuddy-duddy husband lives in a sexual fantasy world.  Full of haunting music and a really dark and dreamy vibe, the film follows the woman as she imagines herself out of the humdrum and into sexual adventure.

Mansion of the Living Dead (1982)

 


(Original Title: La mansión de los muertos vivientes) A group of waitresses who visit a hotel in the Canary Islands discover that the monks from a nearby monastery have returned as the living dead. 

Aug 26, 2023

Scream XXX (2005)

 


A porn parody of Scream; not much of a connection beyond the killer's mask. 

Forbidden Desires (1994)

 

Mother and daughter have sex with chauffeurs, butlers, flight attendants, school friends, secretaries... pretty much everybody they meet. No plot whatsoever. 

Vendetta (2005)

 


(Original Title: Tutti Dentro!) A nazisploitation film starring Asia D'Argento.  We follow her character from the WWII battlefield to the concentration camp and later into post-war trials; all along the way, D'Argento winds up at the center of dangerous situations.

The Holy Grail (2006)

 

(Original Title: Der Heilige Gral) This film was also titled Cara Maestra 2 (a sequel to a Tarantino imitation about nothing), but bears no connection beyond Asia's character.

The Bird with the Crystal Ball (2000)

 

Original Title: L'Uccello dalle Palle di Cristallo) A take on Dario Argento's L'uccello dalle Piume di Cristallo

Aug 25, 2023

Meter Maids or the Risks of the Job (1999)

 


(Original Title: Pervenches ou les risques du metier) French meter maids get into trouble.  

Dear Teacher! (2004)

 


(Original Title: Cara Maestra!) With a hamfisted Tarantino style, the film is really about nothing other than vibing off of his aesthetic with hardcore material. 

Class of '74 (1972)

 


Featuring the great Barbara Mills who is taken under the wing of three friends who want to make a "modern woman" out of her.

Through the Looking Glass (1976)

 


A rich woman becomes spellbound by a mirror in her attic which harbors a demon on the other side who takes the form of her incestuous father.

Sex World (1978)

 


If you remember the show Fantasy Island, this is basically that.  A bus takes a passengers to Sex World where their sexual fantasies are fulfilled and their sexual hangups solved.

Better To Be Rich and Healthy Than Broke and Screwed Up (1980)

 

(Original Title: Mieux vaut être riche et bien portant que fauché et mal foutu) Two half-brothers must find their sister who has joined a cult in order to collect an inheritance.

Les Grandes Pompeuses (1979)

 

Three ladies fantasize about having sex with guys they see on the beach. In the end, they decide to make fantasy a reality.

Gianburrasca 3 (1997)

 

Giannino Stoppani is an old man.  He reads his diary written  many years ago back in the 1920s when he was just a mischievous lad - a gianburrasca (or "little terror"). But unlike Dennis the Menace, Giannino's pranks and troublemaking were of a distinctly sexual nature. In this episode we wrap up the trilogy. [Preceded by Gianburrasca 1 and Gianburrasca 2]

Gianburrasca 2 (1997)

 

Giannino Stoppani is an old man.  He reads his diary written  many years ago back in the 1920s when he was just a mischievous lad - a gianburrasca (or "little terror"). But unlike Dennis the Menace, Giannino's pranks and troublemaking were of a distinctly sexual nature. In this, the second episode, we focus on Giannino's antics at school. [Preceded by Gianburrasca 1 and followed by Gianburrasca 3]

Gianburrasca (1997)

 


Giannino Stoppani is an old man.  He reads his diary written  many years ago back in the 1920s when he was just a mischievous lad - a gianburrasca (or "little terror"). But unlike Dennis the Menace, Giannino's pranks and troublemaking were of a distinctly sexual nature. [Followed by Gianburrasca 2]

Bourgeoisie Violée (1997)

 

Bikers follow a couple ladies home.  They break in and abuse the residents - but all is not what it seems.

Summer Wind 2 (1997)

 


The second part which reveals Elise's secret past and how Florent ended up in prison for murder. [Preceded by Summer Wind 1]

Summer Wind 1 (1997)

 


A girl takes up residence in a small town and soon forms a relationship with a local guy.  But what is the backstory of this mysterious girl?  [Followed by Summer Wind 2]

Salomé (1997)

 


Luca Damiano adapts Oscar Wilde's play for a live performance in front of a Barcelona audience.

Aug 19, 2023

Alpha City (1985)

 


A moody stylized German new wave film about a love triangle between a detached call girl and two men - an obsessed stalker and an american hired gun.

Young Lucretia (1974)

 


(Original Title: Lucrezia giovane) The depravity of the Borgias is always a rich source of sleazy material for semi historical erotica.

The Loves of Lady Chatterley (1991)

 

(Original Title: Malù e l'amante) Malù is an unsatisfied wife with a paralytic husband who has a fling with the groundskeeper

Carnal Highways (1979)

 


Two losers get a truck driving job in order to pick up chicks.  This was the seventies, and there was a lust for lowbrow.  So, the plan works - the comedy duo delivers a truckload of desks to a school, and has sex with hookers and hitchhikers all along the way.

Sex Connection (1973)

 

(Original Title: Das bumsfidele Heiratsbüro) A group of hippies travel around in their love bus getting into silly mischief and free love follies.

Le Jouisseur (1975)

 


An aristocrat tires of his uppity lifestyle and poses as a butler to enjoy free-love among the proletariat. 

Aug 18, 2023

Alice in Wonderland (1976)

 


There was an odd tendency to make adult versions of fairy tales and other classic stories in the 1970s. This premiere was held on Times Square in 1976 and attended by Andy Warhol. Alice is played by Kristine DeBell who I remember as a camp counselor with Bill Murray in Meatballs (1979).

The Island of Forbidden Pleasures (1979)

 

(Original Title: A Ilha dos Prazeres Proibidos) A very political film - a government assassin poses as a journalist to gain admittance to a forbidden island, the last bastion of free love populated by radicals.  

Hot Potatoes (1980)

 

(Original Title: Heiße Kartoffeln) A screwball comedy about an art robbery which leads to the robber having to pretend he's a gynecologist. 

Erotic Boundaries (1997)

 


A woman catches her husband cheating and so does the same.  The infidelity spirals into dangerous intrigue when she finds she's a pawn in a treacherous scheme.

Pornography in Denmark (1970)

 


(Original Title: Pornografie in Dänemark - Zur Sache, Kätzchen) After the June 1969 legislation freeing porn for public consumption, Denmark became a shining example of sexual liberation and the subject of films like Danish & Blue (1970) and Love Games People Play in Denmark (1971) for other countries to marvel and gape. 

Cult of the Scorpion (1974)

 

A girl goes looking for her sister who seems to have gotten involved with a sex cult.  Featuring Orita De Chadwick.

Arrowhead (1995)

 


In the vein of Deliverance, a group of girls goes rafting and finds themselves hunted by a crossbow wielding men.

House of Love (1975)

 

(Original Title: Les goulues) Aristocrat parents send their bumbling son to a sex clinic to get him ready for marriage.  But the parents check themselves in as well.