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Eugenie (Historia de una perversión) (1980)
Best Images of the worst side of sex
This film has some of the most erotic footage I have seen on film, particularly the seduction of Eugenie, shown entirely with closeups of the the lips, eyes, breast and pubic region. But the way the seduction comes about and the ultimate outcome illustrate one possibility of where such depravity can lead.
The film has probably been banned at least partly due to the fact that while Katja Bienert may have the body of an 18 year old, her birthday tells us she was likely barely 14 when it was filmed, and she has extensive nude scenes.
Spoiler Alert Warning: Plot summary with minor spoilers. At the beginning we see the couple's pet "dog" played by Lina Romay, giving us a clue about what this couple is up to. The husband becomes obsessed with Katja's character and the two spy on her at the pool, the beach, and even through her open bedroom window, and she is topless or fully nude each time.
The de Rosa's befriend her parents, Mabel puts on quite a show and ultimately starts having sex with her dad. Then comes the blackmail, and the de Rosa's get Katja for the weekend as their prize. Add in some drugs, Spanish guitar, extreme close-ups, whips, strangulation and a spear gun, and we finish the movie in fine Franco style.
This is easily my favorite Jess Franco Movie that is not yet available on DVD, or in English for that matter. Don't worry about following the Spanish language version. If you can't understand what is going on, you need a brain transplant (but that's another movie).
La orca (1976)
Two powerful films instead of one
Oedipus Orca is the sequel to La Orca both directed by Visconti and starring Rena Niehaus. In La Orca a high school aged girl played by Niehaus is kidnapped and held for ransom, while the second movie Oedipus Orca is about her life with her family and boyfriend after she returns home. The first film was somewhat controversial and labeled pornographic by some due to its exploitive nudity and sexuality involving a teenage girl (Rena is rumoured to have actually been 21 or 22 at the time). The first movie is actually pretty good with a great ending, while the second is less focused and sometimes seems like it was done purely as an exploitive film. SPOILER ALERT!, From here on.
La Orca is largely about the girl's relationship with her kidnappers. One of them sexually molests her in a fairly explicit scene. After that she uses sex with him as a way to gain favors and eventually ends up controlling the relationship. She has her revenge at the end a moment before the police arrive to rescue her.
Oedipus Orca begins with her return home. The exploitive side as the film series continues as she is nude every few minutes. She once again uses sex to her advantage against a family friend. This movie has lots of flashbacks to the first film and deals with her emotional state a lot. The most memorable is when she visits the room she was held captive in and masturbates while recalling having sex with her captor. It makes as strong a statement as I can think of, of how the mind can be twisted by such a situation.
The Good Girls of Godiva High (1980)
School Girls Get Their Way With Sex
A group of school girls learn to use sex for what they want. In this case it happens to be a disco party, it was 1979 after all, after graduation. You should first know that Danielle II, aka Danielle Martin, is not in this movie, but viewers are in for a bit of a treat since Danielle is about a 6 foot tall brunette who is the twin sister of Daffney and they have a fun tag team scene with the owner of a local disco trying to get him to host their party. The sex scenes are good, but most of the girls, almost all unknowns, are average looking. On the other hand the school girl uniforms seem to help some.
Sound of Love (1982)
The Sound of Porn
A conductor has grown tired of sex, ignoring his wife played by the always beautiful Annette Haven, but his masterpiece is to be a recording of women having orgasms. He hires a sound engineer to procure them, in stereo. With $500 an orgasm at stake he takes matters into his own hands with a half dozen different women, including the wife of course, to fulfill his clients wishes. Because of the theme of the movie, the sounds are very authentic making the scenes more memorable. This movie also appears to have been filmed before all sense of style and plot went away in the adult film industry. It is interesting that according to the date of release Crystal Breeze would have been 16 during filming, but she sure doesn't look it. She is also credited as Mindy Cole on the Excalibur release.
Egon Schiele - Exzesse (1980)
Exploitation at its Finest
Unlike the previous reviewer I approached this movie as a fan of the exploitation genre. Given the date of production and the extensive nudity including close-up between the legs shots this movie definitely fits. Given this, the background of a good plot with an important historical context, and we have a very nice exploitation film. Nina Finkelstein is reported to be 16, played a 15 year old, at the time of filming, and while this is common in Europe it is still unusual today to see such extensive underage nudity in a film in the USA. It makes one think how in the US we have not come very far in our acceptance of art of this nature in the past 80+ years from the time of this story. Overall I give it an 8, and I would give it more if it was faster paced or Jane Birkin was more than a 32A.