| [This review refers to the US DVD by Synapse.]
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"! |