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Having said that, this one is a fun film where an "expert" lectures a school board on all the things their kids are getting up to, which are helpfully acted out on camera. Purely for informational purposes of course.
Sakiko No Sushi (product link) Erotica It's a fairly basic "little guy" movie, where the bumbling evil corporation tries to take over the sweet but failing little guy. Shot on very low budget, with a few softcore sex scenes thrown in.
Considering it was made in 2008, it's about 25 years too late.
Satan's Cheerleaders (product link) Horror / Comedy A fairly entertaining low budget movie about some not-so-innocent cheerleaders falling into the clutches of a group of Satan worshipers. It is typical of its genre and does its job functionally well.
I'm not knocking it, but I'm not saying it's a must-see either.
Confessions Of A Young American Housewife (product link) Erotica / Drama Joe Sarno has a bit of a reputation for low budget sleaze from the 60's and 70's, and later on in the 80's some hardcore stuff. What he doesn't get a lot of credit for is making some really intelligent, well constructed films, despite his choice of genre.
"Confessions" is one of those fun swinger movies, which serves up truck loads of T'n'A. However, unlike a huge number of films in this disposable genre, it is also an entertaining and fun movie to watch as well.
I highly recommend this as an underappreciated classic of the genre.
A Lonely Cow Weeps At Dawn (product link) Erotica My friends and I get together three or four times a year and watch a movie marathon of 9 or 10 films back to back. We watch an assortment of genres, from Hollywood blockbusters, to trash classics, and some films featuring stuff you just don't see in movies.
This film fit squarely into the third section. I mean where else are you going to watch a senile old man "milking" his naked widowed daughter-in-law in a milking shed?
What we didn't expect was the heart that came with this movie.
Despite some outrageous scenes of prostitution, masturbation, and of course the milking, we also got an involving movie about loneliness and sacrifice.
The involving characters and well constructed plot turned the depraved into something really worth watching--and, dare I say it, kind of beautiful.
Much has been said about how good this Van Damme movie is. And, frankly, at the risk of following the herd, it is all true.
The movie itself would be a very capable bank heist movie in its own right. It follows a realistic logic without any Hollywoodisms that could turn it into a comic book. With multiple perspectives and great characters, it has almost a documentary feel to it.
The addition of Van Damme, and a lot of his personal story, provides an emotional core which elevates the action into something quite intense in places. Whether he is being himself or playing a character based on himself is unknown. So he is either an amazing character in his own right, or a far better actor than anybody has given him credit for.
While I wouldn't begin to compare it on the same level as such classics as the original "The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3" and "The Italian Job", it does seem to be a throwback to those sorts of films. As such it adds a breath of fresh air to the action genre, and hopefully into Van Damme's career.
The Erotic Adventures Of Zorro (product link) Erotica / Action/Adventure A fantastic parody/sexploitation which is notable because of how closely it sticks to the story and structure of the Douglas Fairbanks' 1920 "Mark of Zorro". Much like the more famous "Flesh Gordon".
More reminiscent of "Porky's" in its frat humor and nudity than some of the harder sexploitation at the time, such as Radley Metzger's "Score", and the Russ Meyer films.
Still well worth a look for anybody with an interest in the exploitation genre.
Silmido (product link) Drama / War While the film seems to be a remake of "The Dirty Dozen" in the first part, it soon takes a turn into territory unseen for the most part in military or action movies. It is original and thought provoking, as well as being an actioner to please the boys.
Killer Pussy (product link) Erotica / Horror If you are a fan of exploitation films, you will love this film. It's a low budget DV horror, sexploitation. In traditional fashion a group of young people head off out of cellphone range and come across what they think is an abandoned building. They go inside for a rest, and find more than they bargained for.
It is mainly a skin flick featuring, amoungst others, the "talents" of Sakurako Kaoru, who has gone on to a slightly less illustrious career in Hardcore JAV films.
However as well as copious amounts of skin we get some of the most dodgy and hilarious sound effects, creature effects, and gore. My copy also had the added bonus of some really odd subtitles through the film.
I bought this more out of curiosity than anything else, having not seen any Edwige Fenech films, or any Italian sexploitation films.
All three are pretty much template films. Edwige's character is dating some comic loser and should be dating the horny teenager who started off lusting after her, but has fallen in love with her. More antics happen with the horny teenager's friends who get up to unrealistic school pranks with an assortment of benignly incompetent teachers.
All three films have very quick repartee between characters which moves too quickly for subtitles, and so they are dubbed. But they are dubbed in stupid comic voices for some reason which destroys all credibility immediately. This is immediately obvious in "The School Teacher in College" which has one undubbed scene in Italian, and the voices are breathtakingly normal.
The main protagonist in each film is actually the horny teenager, and the antagonist is another older guy who is also trying to steal her away from the comic foil boyfriend. Edwige is breathtakingly gorgeous but doesn't have much of a role beyond that. Although on the few occasions when she does get the opportunity to express an emotion she is clearly a talented actress.
I can't really recommend these films as good examples of a subgenre or whatever, as I have not seen any others to compare them against, but they were good enough to make me want to see more. So I will say they are well worth a look for the curious.
Six Swedes At A Pump (product link) Erotica / Comedy A wonderful skin flick from the end of the heyday of exploitation. Fits neatly in the collection right up there with Russ Meyer and Radley Metzger.
The sex with the TV scene is genius, the bad occupation quips after each town counselor has a go at the mayor's wife are comedy at their best, and the slo-mo running naked scene is pure ballet.
Ilsa, She Wolf Of The SS (product link) Drama / Erotica Dyanne Thorne is fantastic as the sadistic but unbelievably sexy Ilsa, and with two magnificent co-stars down her blouse.
The movie tells its story with gleeful bad taste and gore. From the electric shock dildo to the General with a more "alternative" taste, it is a treat for all exploitation fans.
Cannibal Holocaust (product link) Horror / Thriller "Cannibal Holocaust" is one of those films that has so much urban myth surrounding it, that if you are reading this review, then you are probably going to at least try to see it. Which makes any review of the film worthless anyway.
I don't want to give this movie 4 stars. I don't want to give it any. However it is a very well made film, and clearly all involved knew their craft. Its vision was clear, and so it accomplished all it set out to do. However I should say that its hyper-realistic documentary style makes for very harrowing viewing, so be warned.
I like to think I am a connoisseur of exploitation films and to that effect have seen many dodgy and disgusting things, but this film tested me like nothing I have seen before.
Big Boobs Buster (product link) Comedy / Erotica It is hard to describe the insanity of this program. It starts off with the promised story of what i guess would be called a revenge movie. But then morphs into a sports movie, with many subplots that are there for no apparent reason and really go nowhere.
The 60 minute runtime consists of the 45 minute program, then 15 minutes of extras including not funny outtakes, and a slightly dodgy making of "doco".
It might sound like i am trashing the thing, and it is rubbish, but it is rubbish unlike anything you will ever see. For that reason i recommend it wholeheartedly.
Naked Weapon (product link) Crime / Thriller An almost perfect action movie. Young girls are abducted and forced to train to become sexy assasins.
Some of the relationship things are delivered in shorthand and could be developed more. Also some of the timelines don't make sense (particularly the CIA agent, Jack, who doesn't age), but all these can be forgiven for some of the best plots twists and fights ever put on film.
Also features one of the best opening sequences I've seen.
Cooking With Porn Stars For The Holidays (product link) Comedy / Erotica Colin Malone, who apparently has something of a following in the US, visits some porn stars who do some dodgy cooking from cans, smoke some weed, and lose their tops.
I found it slightly disturbing, esspecially the Tabitha Stevens one, while on the surface it is a slightly odd kind of fun, every now and again you get a glimpse of just how messed up these girls are.
Au Pair Girls (product link) Erotica / Comedy Classic 1970s British sexploitation. Right up there with the "Confessions" films and "Eskimo Nell". A pretty good movie, too.
42nd Street Forever: XXX-Treme Special Edition (product link) Documentary / Erotica Basically, it is what it said it was. Trailers for 70s porn films. Hardcore snippets. It does seem to be missing a couple of the more famous ones, but still worth a look.
Tony Takitani (product link) Drama Tony is a lonely designer who has a whole lot of money but no one to share it with. It isn't until he meets Eiko that he realises how alone he really is.
A film that is pretty much unique. A haunting portrayal of loneliness and longing. A minimalist dream.
Torturous Adventure 2003 (product link) Erotica / Girls With Guns Young professionals go to an almost deserted island for work but end up pissing off three psycho brothers when they beat up the youngest retarded brother.
It's a very low budget attempt at sleazy horror, except without the horror, and almost no sleaze. Bad acting, bad writing, and bad camera work. Not that I have heard of the director, but I would say it is his first film. The [sexy] cover picture is [misleading]. All in all, pretty crap.
School Of The Holy Beast (product link) Erotica / Thriller One of the greatest Nunsploitation films ever. Naked nuns whipping each other with bullwhips, rapist bishops, lesbian mother superiors. This film has it all. Including a psychedelic rose thorn torture scene that will leave you stunned.
So why does it only get 4.5 stars? For the first part of the movie it's almost impossible to decipher the plot. But hang on... isn't that a plus?
A boys' soccer coach decides to coach a girls' team because they have boobs. So much cheesy potential, and yet for the most part it all goes unrealised.
Aside from a few unintentional jokes bought on by the budget production values, and a couple of lame "how hot is my team" jokes, for the most part it is a badly shot skin flick.
It is only in the final two soccer games--when we find that in order to win the games the girls destract their opposition by flashing their boobs--that the film achieves the horrible comedic heights you would expect from such a premise. The slack-jawed men's players gawking is a treat of over acting. And the way they play the same joke over and over again for the next 10 minutes is to be seen to be believed.
If you delight in laughing at terrible films, then this is one you can feel okay about missing. If you want sexy Asian skin flicks there are probably better ones out there.
Yoyo Sakura: Summer Heat (product link) Erotica / Fantasy It was interesting from the point of view that I had never seen a Japanese photo album model film thingamajig, and Yoyo is incredibly beautiful. However you quickly get over the whole curiosity thing and become bored as a tree.
Linda Linda Linda (product link) Comedy / Drama I saw this film at the 2006 NZ International film festival. I went mad and saw 28 films in two weeks, and this was the highlight of the festival for me.
It's a "put on a show", slacker comedy. Great characterizations, and brilliant young comedic actresses. I am still singing the theme tune a year later, and it's in Japanese!
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