Island of Death
Vacations are not complete without fun, sun and vicious murder. A young couple travel to a Grecian island in order to meet the populace and kill them. Their plan usually involves luring men to places with the promise of the girl's charms, only for it to turn lethal in a hurry. They kill a painter, but only after he gets to have his way with her. So, they are not all bad. The pair then kills a local gay duo, who acts like worse stereotypes than animals in Disney films. After a while, the woman begins to suspect that he enjoys killing too much for her taste, though, of course, this does not stop her from having sex with him in public or assisting in the murders. This movie was very controversial in its day, getting put on the 'Video Nasty List.' It is easy to see why. The director states in an interview on the DVD that he was hired to make a controversial murder movie in the wake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre's runaway success. Every character is setup as a cliché or stereotype in order to get full effect when they are killed. At least he does not try to hide it by saying that it is an indictment against consumer culture or claim that it is based on real events that you never heard of. Island is a shameless movie that does not think that it is Citizen Kane. Does it make it noteworthy? Not really.
Terminatrix
Yes, it is a foreign, soft-core porn version of Terminator. I could just stop here, but that would be lazy. A lady robot is sent back in time to kill John Connor…I mean, Shinseki Connor. I was joking about the last part…mostly. She drops in naked while a young couple is in mid-coitus, ruining the mood. The woman's clothes are taken, but things get worse. Another woman drops in minutes later, except that she is there to stop the robot. She gets in trouble for stealing clothes from a school girl, but all that passes when the plot becomes too important. The sex-bot goes about screwing everyone who has the same name as our protagonist, all the while never showing two key parts of the human sexual anatomy. Eventually, both women meet him and chaos ensues. By chaos, I mean attempted screwing to death and scenes of a 100-lb Japanese woman beating up men. The movie is about as bad as you might expect, adding boobs to cover up plot holes. If you watch this to see naked women, you will be disappointed, since it is two- mostly one- throughout. Plus, all sex scenes end with bad fates for the men, killing the 'climaxes.' The movie is weird. That is not always enough.
Virgins from Hell
An exploitation film about dirty things happening that cannot show any of them? Are you serious? A group of motorcycle-riding women in spandex rob a gangster amidst several hails of gunfire. During their second mission, however, they fall into a trap and are captured by the big boss. They are submitted to sexual tortures…or so we are told. What we are shown is the woman doing manual labor and bickering in what looks like a giant tiger cage. As many die in failed escape attempts, they must band together in one last effort to gain freedom! This movie from Indonesia is a big disappointment. It is cheesy and fun at first, but fails to live up to anything it promises. The most explicit scene involves two women who join up with the boss. They dance for him in slips before he starts to whip them. I don't know why. The reason has to do with cultural standards of the country. This begs the question: why do a film about this when you know that you cannot show anything? I wish I could tell you. Bottom line: great trailer, bad movie.
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