Two of the films ("Jungle Holocaust" and "Eaten Alive") are prequels of sorts by cannibal genre masters Deodato and Lenzi (respectively), presaging their next (more famous/outrageous) efforts ("Cannibal Holocaust" and "Cannibal Ferox"). Both of these earlier flicks still pack a lot of punch and there are scenes of primitive tribesmen chopping off and devouring male genitals and female breasts before totally disemboweling and cooking and eating their prey.

The quality of the DVD transfers are very good and the films are presented in their uncut grandeur. There is some interesting cross-pollination between the Deodato and Lenzi flix--including some scenes showing up in both movies and the beneficial presence of gorgeous Burmese actress Me Me Lai (especially in "Jungle Holocaust"), who appears pretty much naked throughout the entire proceedings.

The third film in the set, "Massacre In Dinosaur Valley", is perhaps the weakest offering for shock value, but it does feature some attractive females in the cast and a fair amount of nudity to make up for it. Sadly there are no dinosaurs in evidence.

All in all a good value and an easy way to round out your cannibal collection. The Deodato and Lenzi discs also include some good background extras featuring commentary and interviews with the directors.

The harassment is interesting in that it deals with an apparent sub-genre in Japanese erotica: the phenomenon of guys groping girls on the crowded railway commuter trains. Sola's character was the frequent victim of such assaults and the camera spends a lot of time focusing on her panty-covered butt getting fingered by various characters while she gazes off into space, we must assume contemplating her reactions to the violations...which remain somewhat unresolved throughout the film despite the fact that much of the plot's intricacies revolve around it. The complex motivations for the various characters are handled in a fairly simplistic fashion and there are a couple of character reversals that are perplexing (none of it helped by a relatively clunky translation in the subtitles!).

In the final analysis it's, once again, mostly all about Sola's smokin' body--which is on display enough to make this film a keeper if you're a fan of her cute looks.

Without getting into too much detail, the action revolves around an attractive young woman who has risen through the ranks to become the private secretary to a large cosmetics firm's president and is engaged to marry his son (heir to the biz). On her way to the top the girl had a brief affair with one of the lower ranking guys in the sales dept. and he still has feelings for her. After making it with a ditzy prostitute she suggests that he risk all for love and they set up a kidnapping of the secretary, tie her up, and have sex with her--then use photos of the incident to coerce her into further sexual liaisons and humiliations through a series of plot and character twists through to the rather strange conclusion.

This film was visually very artfully conceived, and therein lies the problem, of sorts. The bondage sequences are almost like art tableaus, and while this makes the point that Japanese bondage IS sort of an artform, the scene's potential sexiness suffers. There is also somewhat goofy accordion music (reminded me of a Tinto Brass Italian score) that didn't help to set the mood. The female lead is very attractive (especially when tied up!), but her character's motivation is not well defined and her response to all the sexual abuse she is going through doesn't seem to phase her--as I said at the outset, it's enigmatic.

This IS one of the classiest pinku S&M flicks I've seen come out of Japan, but not the hottest.

Based on a story idea by Japan's master SM novelist, Oniroku Dan, it presents themes that are by now familiar to those who have watched the films based on his "Flower And Snake" scenarios, but with some interesting variations.

The plot deals with the dynamic between a husband and wife in crisis. The husband is facing ruin as his business is threatened by a hostile takeover and his loving and dutiful wife falls prey to the individuals who are behind the takeover when she attempts to help out by "talking" to them.

The BDSM elements that are at the heart of the film are handled very sensitively and artfully--perhaps SO artfully that they lose a little of the erotic potential that one might be looking for in this type of film (which is why I hesitated to go all the way to 5 stars on this one). On the plus side, though, the character development and production values are excellent and the lead actress is stunning.

What I most appreciated about the film was that it ultimately celebrated the strength of the female character(s)--the bondage elements became a metaphor for that strength rather than being demeaning to women and there is even a happy ending, of sorts. Through movies like this it becomes apparent that author Oniroku Dan is showing his admiration for the transforming power that women have even in the face of great adversity (AND that they look great tied up)! This one is so classy it could almost work as a date movie (with the right girl!). Highly recommended!

The main plotline revolves around a mythical scenario where a vicious moon monster is reborn periodically who can only be dispatched by a virginal warrior woman. The moon monster shows up and starts killing people and the police get involved, as do a college professor and his brother.

Ultimately this comes off kind of like "Miami Vice" meets "The Devil's Sword" (from Indonesia) as police work meshes with flying sorceresses and magic lightening bolt-emitting swords. There are a lot of character and plot intricacies to follow (which aren't made any easier by the subtitles that often disappear into the white background). Still, there are machine gun battles and spirited martial arts encounters every few minutes to keep the whole show moving through to its inevitable conclusion.

I bought this DVD at HKFLIX "blowout" prices and that's about what it's worth. Still, a fantastic title!

In this (typically) short (61 minutes) Pinku offering, Sora's schoolgirl cuteness really works and creates a nice counterpoint to her steamy sexual side that she unleashes on the hapless males in several very hot sex scenes. The action is softcore, as usual, but there is a little full nudity on display and all of the sex scenes in the movie are pretty steamy. The character Tsumugi likes to be tied up and "taken" on occasion, so there are a few lightweight B&D moments to be enjoyed. The character development is good and [Pink Eiga's] translated subtitles are (refreshingly!) clear.

I found this to be a real enjoyable little flick from Sora's early days (2004), showing why she had the potential to rise to AV superstardom.

The plot jumps back and forth between scenes of the firm's boss and the sexual relationship he is having with his young secretary/assistant and the tribulations that his daughter is facing as she is chained up in some cellar full of pipes and tanks being menaced by a strange figure disguised in a sumo wrestler's suit and wearing a gas mask. The captive girl rapidly forms a weird bond with her captor, who ultimately deflowers her before revealing a shocking identity.

The strengths of this flick are mostly in the bondage and sex scenes. The two main female leads are quite attractive and they spend a fair amount of time naked performing animated simulated sex. The bondage isn't particularly creative, mostly handcuffs and chained-to-a-pipe stuff. The weakness of the film is in its rather confusing and sketchy character development, which isn't helped much by a fairly poor translation for the English subtitles [on the HK DVD by CN]. You can understand the basic premise, but a lot of the subtlety gets lost... I had to watch it twice to really get a grasp on who was who and what was going on.

In the final analysis: for B&D fans a few good kinky scenes, but nothing groundbreaking. Worth a look.

James Bond "Goldfinger" golden girl Shirley Eaton plays a ruler of a land of Amazon women with some stated aspirations to take over the society ruled by men that never really materializes. The plot jumps around a lot, following an agent who has purportedly stolen ten million dollars that everyone is trying to get a hold of.

The characters are confusing, particularly the women who are hard to identify as they are constantly donning different wigs, and there is little sexual chemistry or heat in any of the scenes--some nudity is on display and a lot of goofy 60's style clothing. Franco may have been aiming for another "Barbarella" or "Modesty Blaise", but his ode to the comic kitsch falls short.

Perhaps the most shocking element of the US DVD by Blue Underground was included in the EXTRAS section where an interview with Ms. Eaton shows just how much time has passed since she glittered in "Goldfinger".

The theme of faithful/stupid women duped by their unscrupulous boyfriends is central. Once inside the factory, the lead female character (again) goes through a process of bonding with her fellow captives, largely through their shared experiences of brutality and rape at the hands of the group of male guards who oversee them as well as the big boss who zips around in a wheelchair. Ultimately the girls figure they've had enough and plan a breakout, leading to an action-packed finale.

Considering that the two "Captive Factory Girls" flix are not sequential, but presented as standalone storylines set in the same location, I would say that the first movie was (slightly) superior in terms of plot, character development, and the attractiveness of the female cast. All of the sex in both films is largely depicted as forced upon the girls, which could be a factor in the enjoyment of the films depending on whether rape scenarios are a turn-on or turn-off for the viewer. There is a protracted bondage/interrogation scene where the heroine is strung up, stripped, and questioned before being gang-banged by the entire crew of guards--all very softcore (of course) with no full frontal nudity anywhere to be found on either DVD.

All in all, "Captive Factory Girls 2: The Revolt" was an easy watch (only 74 mins.), but if I had to choose between the first and second installments, I'd recommend the first chapter for its superior character development and generally hotter girls and sex scenes.

The flick focuses on one group of girls working in a machine shop environment and there are a LOT of shots of drill presses and grinding wheels to emphasize the point. The girls are kept in line by being brutalized and raped by their male overseers. The plot revolves around a girl (Natsumi) who puts herself into this horrible factory to try to find her investigative reporter boyfriend who, similarly, had previously infiltrated the factory to do an expose article, and then disappeared.

The movie actually has its strength in the character development of the relationships that form between the group of captive girls as they confront their situation, spurred on by Natsumi's fresh energy. The female actresses are all very attractive--my favorite was the female overseer, Kurosawa (not sure who played her because the cast credits are all in Japanese)--there are numerous sex scenes (all of a coercive nature), and several of the captive girls have killer bodies.

This movie doesn't aim very high, but it does move right along through its relatively short play time and delivers a decent storyline along with the usual dose of desired gratuitous sex and violence. It's definitely worth viewing if you like lotsa' scenes of cute girls getting abused and close-ups of machining processes!

Things of course get interesting as the daughter works her way into the school scene, which turns out to be a training ground to coerce the students into a high level prostitution ring. There is a lot of sex and nudity in this film and some pretty good B&D scenes. Sometimes the editing made the characters and sequencing a little hard to follow, but, as one comes to accept in the Asian cinema, who cares?

A very imaginative, cartoonish offering, albeit short at barely 60 minutes, recommended for good mindless viewing.

1. "Lady Terminator" is an obvious homage to the Cameron/Schwarzenegger franchise, but with some typically unusual Indonesian twists, blending the cultural mythos of that country with more western sci-fi and horror elements. For example, rather than the terminator coming from the future, this female version originates from the mythical South Seas Queen--an underwater deity with an insatiable sexual appetite and a deadly sea snake hidden in her vagina! Looking to exact vengeance, she takes (sort of) human female form and rises from the water to wreak havoc on the land dwellers with a machine gun that never seems to run out of ammo and an enthusiasm for slaughter that makes Arnie's cyber-killer pale in comparison. For example, after dispatching one hapless male victim with about 80 rounds, she kicks him in the crotch for good measure. A wild bullet-riddled ride all the way!

2. "Dangerous Seductress" shows an apparent attempt by the Indonesian filmmakers to appeal to an American audience by hiring a couple of gorgeous blonds to play the lead sister roles and trying to pawn Jakarta off as Los Angeles in some scenes. Most of the action does take place in Indonesia, where the plot revolves around two sisters--one is a model there and the other is escaping from an abusive relationship in L.A.. While the abused sister is recovering (and her sibling is off on a bikini photo shoot in Bali), she finds a book on the occult and conjures up an evil female entity who inhabits her body and begins a vengeance streak against several innocent men who succumb to her (considerable) charms. Both of the blonde actresses in this film are very hot, managing to transcend the 70's look of the piece, and the opening sequence where the evil female presence is re-born from a skeleton is worth the price of the flick alone!

Having sampled a couple more of her films, it is now looking like her "acting" abilities may have peaked with the "Wall" film. Sola IS very attractive, but it's beginning to appear that her "talent" lies largely in her abundant chest. Ironically, her persona comes off rather "flat" and the screen doesn't exactly sizzle with her personality, until she sheds her clothes (which fortunately she does quite often!). But even then there's not a lot of excitement as she works her way through the obligatory shower scene and a lot of simulated sex.

All is not lost though. This series also stars (as Hotaru's sidekick, Aoyie) the much more animated actress Minami Aoyama, billed in the trailers as the "attractive Lolita woman". She may be the physical antithesis of Sola's pulchritude, but she's HOT! This flick also suffers a bit from its direct-to-video film technique, but it is worth watching, largely for some decent skin action.

Despite the fact that I know that this is "part of the fun" of watching these grainy precursors to our modern HD porn fare, a little of this goes a long way (as they say) and it can get a bit tedious watching them en masse. Still, from an archival point of view, the collection is excellent and it's always nice to be reminded that, throughout the decades, there always seem to be a bunch of really hot "liberated" women out there that aren't afraid to get naked and do goofy stuff in front of a camera. And props to 42P for having the foresight to collect such a pile of erotic oddities and make them available again.

Highly recommended, but with keeping the foregoing caveats in mind!

This movie seems the quintessential Pink flick, where the director is given free license to explore strange new territories as long as there is a sex scene thrown in periodically--certainly the plot line of this film could not get much stranger (well okay, maybe it could!), but it does offer a unique mix of sensitivity and sexuality that is unusual in the genre.

In the director's notes that are included in the extras [on the US DVD by Pink Eiga], the director states that he was basically looking for a vehicle for the film's (excellent) main male actor who plays the (sometimes) senile father-in-law who mistakes his (deceased) son's wife for his beloved (also deceased) cow Bessie. The plot has some pretty loose threads, but the concept holds up and culminates in a satisfying manner and it is hard to deny the strange eroticism of the imagery of the beautiful naked young woman kneeling along with the cows in the barn, contentedly mooing away while she is milked--gotta love the Japanese mind!

This movie was pretty intriguing! Its strong point is definitely the lovely Christina Lindberg who is featured sans clothes enough to keep the whole thing rolling. The "plot" is a little confusing as there are scenes throughout the film that appear to be fantasy sequences from the heroine's libidinous imagination intermixed with similar scenes that may be flashbacks to actual events. This ambiguity could be interpreted as a preconceived artfulness that would definitely raise the level of the picture's status a notch or two, but when one watches the (very interesting) background featurette that is included in the extras, the director comes off as fairly naive about the whole thing.

Apparently this film was a big, groundbreaking (sexually speaking) hit back in the '70's when it was first released--hard to imagine now, but it does hold up well regardless--aided by a pile of gorgeous undraped Scandinavian girls, some decent acting by the (evil) male lead, and Ms. Linberg's smokin' body. An amusing extra included are a couple of pop songs recorded by Christina (doubtless attempting to cash in on her notoriety from the movie)--they give new meaning to the phrase "don't quit your day job"!

The first movie is featured as "Cemetery Girls" on the box cover but is titled "Dracula's Great Love" on the actual DVD. It is a period piece and features four beautiful women who are way-laid while on a trip through the Carpathian Mountains and end up taking shelter in an "abandoned" sanitarium inhabited by a (seemingly) mild mannered Dr. Wendall, who is actually Dracula. In short order three of the girls are turned into "vampire brides", but the fourth (apparently virginal) becomes the focus of Dracula's affections as she appears to fulfill a prophecy that Dracula will have a bride who falls in love with him of her own free will and leads to his renewed empowerment and rebirth.

This movie proved to be very enjoyable and full of surprises--the appearance of the female vampire accomplices was reminiscent of the similar trio in the more recent "Van Helsing" flick, and Paul Naschy makes an excellent prince of darkness. The attractiveness of the female leads definitely helped to make this film watchable, but it had many redeemable elements and is a definite keeper!

The second flick, "Vampire Hookers", follows a more tongue-in-cheek approach and features an aged John Carradine as the poetry-spouting male vampire with a trio of beautiful brides who lure some U.S. Navy sailors on shore leave into their subterranean lair in a cemetery.

This film was apparently shot in Mexico, and its most outstanding feature (again) is largely the female vampire cuties who show some skin during a sequence where they all "have their way" with one of the kidnapped sailors. Carradine is surprisingly good in this film and elevates the goofy proceedings by virtue of his presence. And the end credits Vampire Hooker "theme song" is pretty amusing with its tag line of "they suck more than blood". All in all a good fun and value!

The plot revolves around a group of guys who just pulled off a big heist and are lying low for a few days until they can divide up the loot and flee the country to pursue their individual dreams with their newly acquired wealth. They stop at a roadside pull-off to pick up some pre-arranged food and supplies for their hide-out and discover a girl (Aoi) who they assume was sent to deliver the goods. They pull her into their van, tie her up, and plan on holding her captive and taking advantage of her sexually, but over the succeeding days their number starts to mysteriously die and they begin to turn on one another in suspicion until they come to realize that they are the prey of the succubus-like sea ogre.

It's all fairly intriguing and Sora gets naked a lot, but I found her to be a little "too cute" to be convincing as the evil entity that she's supposed to be. Having seen her later work ("..The Wall") first, one can appreciate how she has matured in her craft and has gotten "hotter" with a little age and experience. All in all though, this was an enjoyable enough flick and worth a look.

This DVD offers some great Japanese shibari rope work, BUT it is sadly flawed by a couple of elements that detract from its enjoyment.

Firstly there is no English subtitle available. This fact WAS made clear in the promo for the disc, so I knew it going in, but it is unfortunate because it would be really interesting to hear what the rope masters and their female bondage subjects are saying about the subject.

The other more glaring fault (that is not mentioned anywhere) is that the film has a lot of the lame censorship blackouts of the female pubic regions. This is not a subtle digital pixelation as on some sex flix but is a giant black dot that often obscures practicaly the entire figure of the model. Really too bad, because there are some very intense bondage sessions that could have been super hot but end up just being annoying.

Not a total write-off as there are some great B&D scenes with beautiful women but ultimately sorta' disappointing.

As the description on the box says, the plot revolves around an older wealthy S&M fan who wants to make his own private bondage movie based on an S&M story written by an author of his acquaintence, and who also acts as a narrator of the plot. An AV film director is hired, as well as two actors who are not initially told the true nature of the film they are supposed to appear in. The female lead is actually just a poor college student strapped for money who gets sucked in and is ultimately "forced" to participate in the film by being stripped naked and locked in a large cell in the basement of the producer's home where the filming is supposed to take place.

The film jumps around a bit between scenes from the "source" S&M story, as told by the author, and scenes of the filming of the novel with the "kidnapped" actors. The cast of the films is attractive enough and there are some decent kinky scenes, but he movie is hampered a bit by lack of character development, poorly translated subtitles [on the Hong Kong DVD by Unicorn], and a rather abrupt ending to it all--just as things were getting interesting! All in all a watchable enough flick but not the best of its genre.

In "Where Does It Hurt?", Sellers plays the chief administrator of a large hospital complex who keeps his bottom line properous by luring patients into the medical system with unnecessary tests and procedures--generally milking their health insurance programs. The plot thickens as a recently unemployed man with no insurance gets sucked into the scheme and, after an un-needed surgery, blows the whistle on the operation, and Sellers' character must use all his sleazy skills to save himself and the hospital staff from the powers that be.

The writing is a little heavy handed, but the movie does offer a few good laughs--Sellers' comic genius definitely saves the day as he manages to make the thoroughly despicable character he plays amusing. There are some attractive females in the movie but no nudity.

Overall it's decent enough to watch as one of Sellers' more obscure U.S.-made films, but is probably a better candidate for a rental than a purchase.