NAKED TANGO
An ambitious 1990 production you probably didn’t see
THE TORTURE GARDEN
I can sum up the essence of this fin-de-siecle classic in two words: Ecstatic Delirium
STOP!
One of the most famous “lost” films of the late Twentieth Century was this never-released counterculture drama from the late Bill Gunn
COLOR OF NIGHT
I wish I could report that COLOR OF NIGHT, the final film directed by filmmaker extraordinaire Richard Rush, was a superior example of the erotic thriller format, but I’m afraid that’s not the cas
2023: The Year in Bedlam
The latest installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s noteworthy film releases
EMBRACE OF THE VAMPIRE
A film whose reception has then and now centered entirely on the nudity displayed by its star Alyssa Milano
DEDICATED TO THE AGEAN SEA
The one and only Japanese made, Italian financed, Greece set erotic drama
BORDELLO OF BLOOD
The second, and last, TALES FROM THE CRYPT big screen spinoff
TRANS-EUROP-EXPRESS
The second feature directed by France’s late Alain-Robbe Grillet was this 1967 lark that took the Euro crime thriller model for quite a ride
Cult Fiction 3: XXX Fiction
Here I’ll be turning my gaze to the most widely derided format of them all: smut, or XXX, books