Sexually adventurous wealthy socialite Pauline (an impressively uninhibited portrayal by sultry one-shot brunette Pauline LaMonde) shares her bawdy carnal exploits with tarot card-reading mystic Gypsy (nicely played by the enticing Dominque Santos), who becomes obsessed with trying to control Pauline.
Director Abel Ferrara, working from a spicy script by his frequent collaborator Nicholas St. John, not only keeps the engrossingly seamy story moving along at a constant pace, but also ably crafts a genuinely sensuous mood. The sex scenes are really hot, raunchy, and explicit, with a sordid gas station bathroom encounter rating as a definite scorching highlight. Moreover, a rape set piece prefigures "Ms. 45." Ferrara appears sporting a hilariously phony and unconvincing powdered wig as an old guy who gets tag teamed by his own daughters (don't worry folks, Abel used an obvious penis double for this sequence). Francis X. Wolfe's polished cinematography provides a few nice stylistic flourishes. Joe Delia's funky-throbbing score hits the get-down groovy spot. Worth a watch for fans of 70's adult cinema.
Director Abel Ferrara, working from a spicy script by his frequent collaborator Nicholas St. John, not only keeps the engrossingly seamy story moving along at a constant pace, but also ably crafts a genuinely sensuous mood. The sex scenes are really hot, raunchy, and explicit, with a sordid gas station bathroom encounter rating as a definite scorching highlight. Moreover, a rape set piece prefigures "Ms. 45." Ferrara appears sporting a hilariously phony and unconvincing powdered wig as an old guy who gets tag teamed by his own daughters (don't worry folks, Abel used an obvious penis double for this sequence). Francis X. Wolfe's polished cinematography provides a few nice stylistic flourishes. Joe Delia's funky-throbbing score hits the get-down groovy spot. Worth a watch for fans of 70's adult cinema.