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Slutty Stewardesses Grindhouse Double Feature (2009)
In-Flight Service (1975)
Directed by Charles Lamont (or notorious Doris Wishman cinematographer C. Davis Smith’s alias) “In-Flight Service” seems like it’s going to be your typical comedic 70s porn flick, but in actuality ends up being one sleazy little grinder that was probably quite the grindhouse hit when it was in theaters. The film is centered around a promiscuous airline hostess and her slutty roommate and ends with their Halloween party centered around an orgy.
The movie itself is quite typical of what you’d find at the time it was released, but it manages to get sleazy when least expected making it quite the surprise. I wasn’t expecting anything short of a little sex romp but was quite surprised that the film actually contains two rape scenes. One being rather goofy and humorous and another one aiming to simply offend. With this being said another thing that shocked me about this one is that the girls in it can actually have sex. Not that the women in most of these films can’t, but during this era seeing drugged up is a pretty casual thing. Not in this one however as the women seemingly are enjoying the scenes more than the guys are. To me this was a bit of a surprise and surely is a reason why “In-Flight Service” is better than your average adult flick at this time.
The movie features decent stock footage of airports and plains something that most films of this type wouldn’t even attempt to add into their film. It might sound weird, but it sort of gives the movie a feel of legitimacy even if we’re just talking an old school fuck film here. The movie also has a airplane set that actually looks pretty good for a low rent adult grinder and gives the movie the proper atmosphere to take off in
Rating - ***
Come with Me My Love (1975)
Many fans of exploitation films will recognize the name Doris Wishman. She’s managed to make a name for herself since starting to make films in the early 60s. Since then she’s managed to gather a cult of fans as well as make some interesting and infamous films. But with that being said something Wishman always stuck to was that she never made any hardcore films during her career. But that changed in the late 90s as she was outed by porn legend Annie Sprinkles who mentioned Wishman directing her in at least two separate films. One of those films was “Come with Me My Love” which Wishman directed under the name Luigi Manicottale.
“Come with Me My Love” starts out with a man and a woman getting down and dirty in bed. Then all of the sudden a ghost (although you do have to allow your brain to be fooled as the visual effect for this is terrible and outdated) shows up and kills both of them and himself. That man’s ghost continues to haunt the apartment building fifty years later as well. Abby starts to realize that something isn’t quite right, but it’s not going to stop her from having as many sexual adventures as she’d like to though!
The movie is typical Wishman with quite the hokey storyline and rapid goofiness, but I actually really liked this one. It’s certainly as quirky of an adult film as you’d ever expect to see and at times it’s actually pretty well put together for what it is. I mean, who else would attempt to start an adult film with a murder-suicide but Doris Wishman?
The movie itself boasts some major heavyweights as far as the adult industry goes which shows you that Wishman knew a lot more about the porn game than she ever lead on. The movie features legends such as Annie Sprinkle, Vanessa Del Rio, Levi Richards and even Robert Kerman (R. Bolla) to round out the cast and you get some good stuff here. Considering it’s Wishman I was actually surprised to see that some of the sex scenes here are actually well done!
Overall I had a really good time with “Come with Me My Love” and I think a lot of others out there will too. It’s not the greatest adult film I’ve ever seen, but it’s pretty damn solid and manages to put together some solid scenes to go along with the total absurdity of it’s plot. It’s a lot of fun and fits well in this double feature.
Rating - ***
The Slutty Stewardess Grindhouse Double Feature is a great DVD release from the people at After Hours Cinema and it really is a DVD that a lot of care went into. The DVD itself comes with trailers of some of their other adult titles as well as commentary from director Charles Lamont to round out the special features. This one comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for fans of the vintage adult film.
-Ed Demko
