Nightdreams

Released in 1981, this surreal nightmare was the first and best adult film I ever saw! Ominously creepy, it mixes eroticism with fantasy. Not happy, playful fantasy but disturbed other-worldly phantasmagoria! Dorothy LeMay turns in a fair performance as a mental patient that experiences wild encounters that may be real or may be imagined. Strange themes dominate each scene, from an Uncle Ben box come to life, to an orgy in a middle eastern opium den and all the way to a trip to heaven and hell. My favorite is the girl-girl campfire scene. Danielle turns in one hell of a performance (I believe this was her debut) while a mysterious version of Ring Of Fire plays (Wall Of Voodoo). The director, Rinse Dream (Stephan Sayadian) went on to find fame with Cafe Flesh but this earlier effort is just as imaginative and twice as erotic. Contrary to a previous review, this is hardcore. His only non-porn work, Dr. Caligari, is also excellent but avoid the shot-on video Nightdreams 2 and Nightdreams 3 as well as Party Doll A Go-Go 1 & 2 and Untamed Cowgirls 1 & 2.