Forbidden Bodies

On paper, this one is stacked. Post New Wave Hookers, red hot Greg Dark producing legendary pioneer director Gerard Damiano with a solid 80s cast featuring Candy Evans, Buffy Davis and Keisha in a small early role under the Hustler Magazine branding. Sadly, it ends up mostly uninspired. A drunk guy rambles stories about strippers to get his buddy buying more drinks. This is the barebones narrative to set up a series of mostly unconnected scenes. Damiano shows a bit of style here, and you get a glimmer in the opening that this maybe could have had some class in another era, but overall it's more functionary than entertaining and budget shooting on video isn't really an excuse. I don't know the behind the scenes details, but I wouldn't be surprised if the final scene featuring a DP with Elle Rio was shot by Dark since it feels tonally different from the rest of the film. It all ends up feeling like a lot of missed potential. Worth watching if you're a fan of one of the ladies (none of the sex scenes are bad), but not much to offer as a narrative experience.