Following his first incursion in hardcore porn, 1979’s Babylon Pink, Henri Pachard’s follow-up is hardly sophomoric. While Babylon Pink showed great proficiency in terms of photography and editing, The Budding of Brie also included a pretty good plot, solid acting and enough production value to […]
Usually when I think of “Eruption” in the late-70s, my mind goes immediately to Eddie Van Halen’s legendary song/solo/masturbatory guitar exercise. John Holmes (perhaps the Van Halen of porn? Can we use that analogy?) is acclaimed in his own right, cocky and primarily famous for […]
After the massive success of Behind the Green Door, the Mitchell Brothers found themselves in an unprecedented comfortable situation, as they really could do anything for their highly anticipated follow up. And boy, you know it was a different time when a feature porn film […]
So, let’s start by stating the obvious: This version of Alice in Wonderland is not particularly suitable for children. It’s a 1976 adaptation that’s loosely based on the classic novel. If you’re familiar with some old adult films, you may notice this movie starts like […]
It’s not often a heterosexual man gets happy about a specific male porn star being in a movie, but Jamie Gillis just happens to be the kind of solid and competent actor that will always increase any smut’s artistic value. So when you see him […]
The nurse fantasy is surely one of the most popular ones in the erotic world. The idea of someone who takes care of you and lovingly has access to very intimate situations, makes a lot of sense. Even a good number of real current porn […]
I dare you to guess what this movie is about! Although now a keyword to be tagged in many porn websites, “twins” in the title of a an adult movie was not that common in 1976. Leave it to Carter Stevens to bring the sleazy […]
If you’re not familiar with the film you are going to watch, but still press play and watch the opening credits to Babylon Pink, you would never imagine that what you’re going to see is porn. It’s an early morning in New York City and […]
I think Flesh Gordon is the first movie on this series of vintage porn reviews that I hadn’t seen before. Sometimes newness is all you need. Also, sometimes you just want to please your sci-fi loving editor. I’m a big fan of the 1980 Flash […]
Originally released as ‘Obsessed’ in 1976, this erotic psychological thriller didn’t get properly distributed, as its disturbing, offbeat and controversial nature wasn’t well received – even by adult film standards – by mainstream audiences nor porn crowds. Time, however, has given this flick its well-deserved […]
Radley Metzger was an experienced film editor and director who, after a series of European sexploitation and softcore films, took a shot on the rapidly growing hardcore porn world of the mid-70s. Under the pseudonym Henry Paris, Metzger wrote and directed his first explicit movie […]
The first year of every decade tends to feel like it still belongs to the previous decade. When a creative endeavor happens in this first year, there might be an air of optimism and uncertainty, but aesthetically and culturally speaking, it’ll probably end up being […]
Once the big porno chic boom and its subsequent controversy quieted down, it was business as usual for the adult industry. Perhaps it didn’t experience the same success as the genre’s better-known movies from 1972 and 1973, but this Mitchell Brothers production is another example […]
Following the unprecedented (and quite unexpected) success of Deep Throat, director Gerard Damiano came back with a dark tale about death, regret and bottled up lust. I know, not necessarily the token synopsis of a porn movie, but a much more rewarding one. In spite […]
Coming from the infamous Mitchell Brothers, and riding the hype that Deep Throat was creating that same year, Behind the Green Door became one of the most famous adult films of the ‘porno chic’ movement of the 70s. Perhaps Deep Throat is more famous and […]
In 1972, a few years into the sexual revolution, a light-hearted blue movie started receiving attention from mainstream media. When the authorities decided to use it as the scapegoat to prosecute pornographers, they unintentionally catapulted the film’s fame to unprecedented heights. The New York Times […]
