Review of Fantasm

Fantasm (1976)
3/10
This has not aged well
2 March 2016
Warning: Spoilers
This may have been a cult film back in the day but apart from a couple of moments it is quite boring and not very erotic. With a cast drawn mainly from hardcore porn, this soft core film is a series of vignettes held together by the supposed expert observations of Professor Jurgen Notafreud (John Bluthal). The scenes range from comedic to what some people may regard as downright offensive, but then some people may say that sensibilities have changed since 1976.

The film starts off with an almost Monty Python type sketch in which a woman pleasuring herself looks a bit nonplussed as the professor walks across the room while talking to camera. From here each scene is introduced by the professor in terms of female fantasies. These range from schoolgirl to strip poker to lesbian affairs to group sex to rape and religious orgy. The cast are American names such as Rene Bond, John Holmes, Candy Samples and Roxanne Brewer. The director, real name Richard Franklin would go on to greater things but this is not one of his greatest achievements.
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