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Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
A compulsive gambler gambles away his own nubile teen daughter. She becomes his opponent's sex slave.
Starring: Uta EricksonDrama | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.38:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Director Doris Wishman had a dream, and after the death of her husband in 1958, she decided to pursue a career in filmmaking, focusing on sexploitation entertainment, hoping to reach an audience with lusty tales of revenge and love. 1971’s “Love Toy” is part of her colorful oeuvre, with Wishman doing away with any dramatic interests, charging ahead with a full-on fetish picture that plays to taboo desires. Wishman doesn’t have anything more than a to-do list of sexual adventures, trying to transform “Love Toy” into a strange psychological and physical display of bedroom experiences. There’s no feature here, just an assortment of kinks handed screen time, tied together with the thinnest of plot, buttoned with a true B- movie ending.
The AVC encoded image (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation is sourced from a 2K scan of the original 35mm camera negative. "Love Toy" is shot inside a single apartment, leaving visual expanse limited during the viewing experience, but detail is quite nice. Ample skin surfaces are textured and fine body hair is appreciable. Costuming is fibrous, and interior decoration is open for study. Color is strong, dealing with period decorating interests and lighting, and outfits retain some primary power. Skintones are natural. Delineation is satisfactory. Grain is fine and film-like. Source is in decent condition, with some rough reel changes and mild elements of damage.
The 2.0 DTS-HD mix delivers a simple listening experience, emphasizing dialogue exchanges, with dubbed performances clearly understood. Groaning and grunting also registers as intended. Scoring cues retain their age and emphasis, with decent jazzy instrumentation and sharper electric guitar stings.
Wishman does offer some level of structure to "Love Toy," which opens and closes with mild stakes and genre-esque ideas. It doesn't do anything special with most of the movie, merely highlighting Alex's bedroom demands, excited to order Chris around, making her do whatever he wants. The creepiness of it all is slightly relived by the conclusion of the tale, but Wishman isn't pushing hard to make a cinematic statement on the bleakness of human desire and weakness. She's simply here to wow the raincoat crowd, presenting cheap thrills with a limited budget.
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