2 reviews
I tracked down this movie because I read a new book about the late drag celebrity Doris Fish and was curious to learn that before designing and starring in the camp sci-fi spoof "Vegas in Space" s/he made an appearance and did makeup on this straight XXX sci-fi spoof. You can spot Fish and some pals from that world in the scenes that pay homage to the "Star Wars" bar scene.
Anyway, I figured it might have more visual interest than your average porno from the period, and it does...but not really enough to make a huge difference, despite some eventual solarized images and a few deliberately tacky special effects. (Plus a disco soundtrack, of course.) It's still basically just an adult film, with mild spoofy genre elements and the expected lame verbal humor. Maybe if I'd seen something better than a VHS dupe it would have been more impressive, since some care did go into colorful lighting and (to a more limited extent) sets. The climactic scene is a sort of more sci-fi/drag-fantastical version of "Behind the Green Door's" big orgy (with many views of a green-skinned Doris), though the graphic action definitely stays on one far end of the Kinsey scale.
Overall, this is of minor curiosity interest, and probably what would turn out to be one of the last few movies of its type to bother acting like a real feature (however silly the story), rather than just a series of disconnected sex scenes. If I were a serious aficionado of "golden age" porn, I'd probably give it a 6 or 7. For non-XXX entertainment value, maybe a 4. Hence the median of a 5.
Anyway, I figured it might have more visual interest than your average porno from the period, and it does...but not really enough to make a huge difference, despite some eventual solarized images and a few deliberately tacky special effects. (Plus a disco soundtrack, of course.) It's still basically just an adult film, with mild spoofy genre elements and the expected lame verbal humor. Maybe if I'd seen something better than a VHS dupe it would have been more impressive, since some care did go into colorful lighting and (to a more limited extent) sets. The climactic scene is a sort of more sci-fi/drag-fantastical version of "Behind the Green Door's" big orgy (with many views of a green-skinned Doris), though the graphic action definitely stays on one far end of the Kinsey scale.
Overall, this is of minor curiosity interest, and probably what would turn out to be one of the last few movies of its type to bother acting like a real feature (however silly the story), rather than just a series of disconnected sex scenes. If I were a serious aficionado of "golden age" porn, I'd probably give it a 6 or 7. For non-XXX entertainment value, maybe a 4. Hence the median of a 5.
Princess Layme (Robin Cannes) hires two bounty hunters to rescue her sister, Princess Orgasma (Laurie Smith) from evil Lord Balthazar, but will they be able to withstand the endless sex 'torture' in this porno parody of "Star Wars"? Written by Arthur King who also wrote the awful "Ten Little Maidens", so I was pleasantly surprised that it didn't suck total ass even. Most of the humor works, but the constant flashing to mundane things during the sex scenes (volcano eruptions, space, etc..) But you know what? It's STILL better than those crappy Lucas-penned "Star Wars" prequels.
My Grade: C+
My Grade: C+
- movieman_kev
- Mar 17, 2005
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