Wild Playgirls
2 men (Alban Ceray & Richard Lemieuvre) in financial trouble decide to become a bit resourceful and trade in their day jobs in order to become male prostitutes. They rent out a house and soon their business venture takes off. This classic French adult film also stars Catherine Greiner, Christine Schwarz & Uschi Karnat.
Celestine, bonne a tout faire…
Sex comedy from Jess Franco actually has the same source of Luis Bunuel's Diary of a Chambermaid but this here goes for way more laughs. The police raid a brothel and a prostitute (Lina Romay) escapes into the countryside. The woman, Celestine, ends up at a rich folks house where she ends up relaxing with two of the servants who then get her a job as a maid. Before long Celestine is relaxing with everyone trying to bring some joy to their lives. I was really letdown with this film after reading some positive reviews for it. Romay is cute and charming as always but the supporting cast, including Pamela Stanford, Monica Swinn and Howard Vernon are rather dull. There are some funny moments but not enough to fill the 93-minute running time. The best scene is when Romay is trying to rest in the morning but at least seven people show up for sex. Each time a new one knocks at the door she must try and hide the one she's currently relaxing with.
Angel of the Night
Somewhere between Poltergeist and Agatha Christie novels lies Angel of the Night, a super-ambitious sexvid that disappoints only because there's not enough of Angel. She appears in two sex scenes, one that really heats up the TV screen. But for more Angel, you should check out Angel's Revenge. On the other hand, most of the rest of the sex is superbly videotaped, with Buffy Davis emerging as a bona fide, big-busted star with some outrageously steamy sexual action. The haunted house story, with Angel's sudden disappearance and a portrait as the focus, gets muddled and confusing at times. But there's an abundance of plot, rare for a shot-on-video feature. We get horror movie cliches, a seance, a couple of harmless crimes and a mystery with a ho hum conclusion. So let's talk about Buffy instead. Not to be confused with the Buffy from TV's late Family Affair (since she's dead), her scene with Peter North, where he gives it to her anally, ranks up there with the best video sex scenes this year. If she doesn't make it big, something's wrong with this industry. Angel's previously mentioned hot scene occurs with Paul Thomas and Tammy Hart at the end of the feature, and if you like lesbian scenes, she takes on Brittany Stryker at the tape's outset. Credit director Richard Mailer for a well-shot sexvid (a few bad edits are the only minor problems technically) and for having the guts to try a full-fledged plot with character development. Let's take the same director with a better script and I'd bet we'd have something really special.
Maisons Closes
Jacques Mortaise, CMD looking for fun, walk around in Pigalle to find a place where he will be able to satisfy his desires and to forget his troubles. He ends in a nightclub where, by spending a lot of banknotes, he spent a pleasant night. On the early morning, a bit screwed, he leaves the nightclub in a happy mood. He is so euphoric that he does not notice that 2 hobos are following him determined to rob him. No sooner said than done. Some hours later, Jacques Mortaise find himself in a dustbin. A poor chap notices his confusion and decides to help him. Jacques considers that chap as the saviour of the human race. He decides to celebrate the event and want to thank him by inviting him in his home. Both of them arrive in front of a splendid mansion where Jacques pretends to live. The ”saviour” is convinced that this idea. Especially because Jacques cannot enter into the house, the 2 hobos took his keys and moved in his home, clearly decided to stay there. “If we have to choice between closed house or brothel (in French “maison close” means a house that is closed and also a brothel) let’s go to one that I know and that will welcome us”, says Jacques. So they go to that very particular house where lovely residents will, in thousand different ways, help them to live their troubles down.
