Rating summary

Movie		2.5
Video		2.5
Audio		3.5
Extras		2.0
Overall		2.5

Girls for Rent Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman June 20, 2020

Note: This film is available as part of Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection.

Disc Nine of The Masterpiece Collection aggregates three of Adamson's sexploitation efforts, including one with a bonafide (hard core) porn star, and another with (perhaps even more incredibly) a two time BAFTA nominee (albeit courtesy of the frequent Adamson and Sherman technique of co-opting a previously released film).

Never one to miss a potential au courant exploitation angle, Adamson at least tangentially touches on the "women in prison" idiom here, albeit including some of whom manage to make a break for it. That includes Sandra (Georgina Spelvin, surprisingly tough as a very bad girl), who, after getting sprung, is tasked with offing a politician (like I said, she's a very bad girl). That task ultimately involves Donna (Susan McIver), who finds herself as as somewhat unwitting pawn in a scheme she doesn't immediately understand. This is a fun if typically slightly goofy thriller that is vignette driven, but enjoyably so, as Donna tries to outwit a number of nemeses, including Sandra.

Girls for Rent Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Girls for Rent is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Severin Films with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.84:1. Parts of this transfer look at least reasonably good (more about that below), but this is pretty widely variant in quality. There's more than the usual amount of speckling that shows up pretty much from the get go, but which is especially noticeable against darker backgrounds. Some early scenes show considerable flicker and just look generally fuzzy and ill defined, and some of the later desert material looks pretty badly faded without much saturation. Large flashes of red and green move through the frame intermittently, and some dark material can look skewed toward blues. There is more natural looking color on display here, as well as improved detail levels, and those moments probably rate a 3.0 at least, but there's quite a bit of damage here that brings my score down.

Girls for Rent Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Girls for Rent features a nice sounding DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono track. I have to say my musical geek sensibilities are in overdrive due to what I personally found to be one of the best themes of the entire set in this film, because there's no music credit given and I need to know who is responsible. The theme kind of hilariously sounds like it's joined just slightly in progress in the main version (it sounds a bit better in terms of completeness if not in terms of fidelity in the alternate title sequence included in the supplements, below), but it has a lovely flugelhorn theme and orchestration that kind of reminds me of Paul Mauriat. Fidelity otherwise is fine, with dialogue and effects sounding clean throughout. English subtitles are available via the button on your remote.

Girls for Rent Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

• Archival Audio Commentary with Producer / Distributor Samuel M. Sherman


• Alternate I Spit On Your Corpse! Title Sequence (1080p; 2:27)


• Trailer (480p; 3:03)


• TV Spot (1080p; 00:35)


• Radio Spot (00:31)

Girls for Rent Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Girls for Rent virtually advertises its sleaze factor in its very title, but it turns out to be reasonably well plotted, at times surprisingly visceral, thriller. Those who have perhaps only been exposed (so to speak) to Spelvin in some of her "other" work may find her unexpectedly good both performance wise and as a physical presence here. Video has some issues, but audio is fine, and we all need to start working on who wrote this film's theme. The Sherman commentary is typically worthwhile.