6.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 1.5 | |
Overall | 1.5 |
Eva has an erotic dream night in which Iris, her lesbian lover, makes love with two Blacks at beach. In the morning, she will discover she is dead, with a syringe in her hand. She decides to take revenge and goes to Southeast Asia for further engagement. Consulate Frank has been using Iris and her husband, Steve, for drug trafficking. Here, she performs with her python at a kinky nightclub, and Iris performs live sex acts both on and off stage. In the end, the poisonous snakes are the poisonous snakes, who are first a murderous weapon and then an instrument of revenge.
Starring: Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Dirce Funari, Annj Goren, Mark Shannon (I)Erotic | 100% |
Drama | 47% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
Italian: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 1.5 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 3.0 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 1.5 |
Note: This film is available on Blu-ray as part of Severin's The Sensual World of Black Emanuelle release.
Kier-la Janisse gave film fans one of the most outstanding boxed sets of the last few years with All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror, a late 2021
release that ended up making my Best of 2022 list. Janisse is back now with another gigantic boxed set, one that's even bigger than the folk horror
compendium, and one that may appeal to a certain niche audience who may not have been especially interested in that earlier set. Those who may
remember the rating system of days of yore will probably recall the "M" designation, which meant "for mature audiences only", and if I may be
permitted an orthographic joke that is admittedly a bit arcane, some might argue that Emanuelle gave up one of her "m"'s in favor of
three x's, at least with regard to
some cuts
of the many Black Emanuelle films. For those not conversant with the history of this perceived franchise, and who may be scratching
their
heads at my "joke" (what else is new?), Black Emanuelle was a pretty blatant attempt to cash in on Emmanuelle, and in order to avoid any potential legal hassles one of those original
"m"'s in the title character's name got dropped. Furthermore, as supplements on many of the discs included in this set offer, there were hardcore
XXX
inserts
(in more ways than one) that at least some of the Black Emanuelle productions offered. Joke explained, hopefully. Perhaps even more
comedically
than my fitful attempt at humor, the Black Emanuelle series ended up offering many more films than its perceived progenitor, and 24 of
them (with additional cuts) are aggregated in this at times overwhelming collection. This is a collection where the quality of the films may be highly
debatable, though it's salient to note that the supplements both overtly reference and are in and of themselves examples of perhaps unexpected
critical scrutiny this franchise has engendered, and anyone interested in this kind of bizarre franchise mash up of what might be called porno,
mondo and gonzo will most likely find this an amazing set to dive into.
Porno Esotic Love is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Severin Films with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.85:1. Severin's almost overwhelming book The Black Emanuelle Bible included with this set offers a brief description of the transfer, as follows:
Source: 2K scan from dupe negative with inserts from original camera negative.While perhaps not quite at the level seen in Emanuelle's Perverse Outburst, it's unmistakable that this film was assembled from elements with at times pretty widely disparate quality. As can perhaps be gleaned from some of the screenshots I've uploaded to accompany this review, there are passing moments that are fuzzy to the point of being downright blurry, with very little recognizable detail other than admittedly bright colors. The palette is in fact quite healthy looking throughout the bulk of this presentation, perhaps faltering slightly in some very dimly lit interior moments, which can look just slightly yellow-brown at times. As with some of the other presentations in this set, there is an occasional purplish hue to things, something that may be exacerbated here by an actual reliance on hues in that general spectrum as part of the production design.
Porno Esotic Love features DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono options in either Italian or English. The English track can sound just slightly distressed and anemic at times, especially in some of the rather enjoyable music cues, but provides capable support for dialogue. The Italian track struck my ears as more consistently well balanced, and with a firmer midrange. Optional English subtitles are available.
As is alluded to in the article devoted to this film in The Black Emanuelle Bible, this was a way stop on D'Amato's journey to unabashed hardcore material. It's undeniably cobbled together feeling, and that same disjointed quality attends the video side of things, if not the audio quite as much. The interview with Mark Shannon is very enjoyable.
(Still not reliable for this title)
Le notti porno nel mondo nº 2
1978
Voglia di guardare
1986
Emanuelle nera nº 2 / The New Black Emanuelle
1976
Suor Emanuelle
1977
Emanuelle e le porno notti nel mondo n. 2
1978
Notti porno nel mondo
1977
Unleashed Perversions of Emanuelle
1983
Emanuelle nera
1975
The Real Emanuelle
1974
Gola Profonda Nera
1977
Emanuelle nera: Orient reportage
1976
Love Camp / Die Todesgöttin Des Liebescamps
1981
The Dirty Seven / La belva dalla calda pelle
1982
Black Emanuelle White Emanuelle / Velluto nero
1976
Black Cobra Woman / Eva nera
1976
The Degradation of Emanuelle
1977
La via della prostituzione
1978
Inferno rosso: Joe D'Amato sulla via dell'eccesso
2021
La Mujer de la Tierra Caliente
1978
1977