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WARNING FOLLOWING REVIEW MAY OFFEND SOME.This film contains sex, nudity foul language and really adult situations.
This review is again more of analysis than a review.On this day I choose to review a really silly dumb film for true diversion from a serious and sad day.This may be the worse film ever made or one of the hippest.You have to see it to make up your own mind.If you have never seen the old Flash Gordon serials of the 30's than this film will be lost on you since THAT serial was "camp " before the term ever existed. We take 2 stars off for REALLY bad acting,beyond camp,and really over the top nudity where a little less soft core porn attempt would have sufficed.One has to remember that it was released in 1974 and runs a short 78 minutes to truly judge the content.The sexually revolution was at its peak and soft core was fighting hard core"art films" for audiences in the movies as the age of"hip"dialogue was also being born in other films.What better subject to "lampoon"than that terrible serial we all had to sit thru at the movies as kids??What this film does have is fine special effects.Ray Harryhausen worthy almost and thats a mouth full.However if you are easily offended buy pass this film.However if are openminded and my age group you might have seen it in the day and will still chuckle again.Trailer URL follows the pix as well as below is a IMDB summary review.
Author: gftbiloxi (gftbiloxi@yahoo.com) from Biloxi, Mississippi
Everything from ROBINHOOD to KING KONG gets a whack from this early 1970s parody of the 1930s FLASH GORDON serial, which has a story line in keeping with the sexual revolution of the times. A mysterious "sex" ray that turns otherwise normal people into sex maniacs is plaguing the earth--and is eventually traced to the planet Porno, ruled by evil Emperor Wang. And so our hero Flesh, his lady love Dale Ardor, and their scientific genius Dr. Jerkoff set out for planet Porno to defeat Wang... only to find themselves victims of his REALLY kinky ways!
As film-making goes, the quality of this parody is often quite poor, the material itself is extremely uneven, and the performers merely so-so--but what the filmmakers lack in experience they more than make up for in imagination. Witness the attack of the dreaded Penisaurus! Behold Prince Precious' Reward! Beware the initiation of the underground lesbians! With everything from stop-motion animation monsters to some truly Freudian art design, cult-film fans and most others will probably find lots to enjoy.
There are two versions of the film, one "uncut." In truth there is little difference between the two. Although I would not describe either as pornography there is a great deal of nudity there are one or two couples well gone into X territory in various crowd scenes--whatever the case, it's not the sort of thing you want to throw in the DVD player for your fifteen year old's birthday party; it's better left to the grown-ups, especially those who recall the period in which it was made.
Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3097952537/
This review is again more of analysis than a review.On this day I choose to review a really silly dumb film for true diversion from a serious and sad day.This may be the worse film ever made or one of the hippest.You have to see it to make up your own mind.If you have never seen the old Flash Gordon serials of the 30's than this film will be lost on you since THAT serial was "camp " before the term ever existed. We take 2 stars off for REALLY bad acting,beyond camp,and really over the top nudity where a little less soft core porn attempt would have sufficed.One has to remember that it was released in 1974 and runs a short 78 minutes to truly judge the content.The sexually revolution was at its peak and soft core was fighting hard core"art films" for audiences in the movies as the age of"hip"dialogue was also being born in other films.What better subject to "lampoon"than that terrible serial we all had to sit thru at the movies as kids??What this film does have is fine special effects.Ray Harryhausen worthy almost and thats a mouth full.However if you are easily offended buy pass this film.However if are openminded and my age group you might have seen it in the day and will still chuckle again.Trailer URL follows the pix as well as below is a IMDB summary review.
Author: gftbiloxi (gftbiloxi@yahoo.com) from Biloxi, Mississippi
Everything from ROBINHOOD to KING KONG gets a whack from this early 1970s parody of the 1930s FLASH GORDON serial, which has a story line in keeping with the sexual revolution of the times. A mysterious "sex" ray that turns otherwise normal people into sex maniacs is plaguing the earth--and is eventually traced to the planet Porno, ruled by evil Emperor Wang. And so our hero Flesh, his lady love Dale Ardor, and their scientific genius Dr. Jerkoff set out for planet Porno to defeat Wang... only to find themselves victims of his REALLY kinky ways!
As film-making goes, the quality of this parody is often quite poor, the material itself is extremely uneven, and the performers merely so-so--but what the filmmakers lack in experience they more than make up for in imagination. Witness the attack of the dreaded Penisaurus! Behold Prince Precious' Reward! Beware the initiation of the underground lesbians! With everything from stop-motion animation monsters to some truly Freudian art design, cult-film fans and most others will probably find lots to enjoy.
There are two versions of the film, one "uncut." In truth there is little difference between the two. Although I would not describe either as pornography there is a great deal of nudity there are one or two couples well gone into X territory in various crowd scenes--whatever the case, it's not the sort of thing you want to throw in the DVD player for your fifteen year old's birthday party; it's better left to the grown-ups, especially those who recall the period in which it was made.
Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer
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