Sorority girl April Delongpre (Sherilyn Fenn) is a respectable daughter of a powerful Alabama senator engaged to Chad Douglas Fairchild. She's literally the Queen of the ball. They seem happy together and her father likes him. Then the carnival comes to town. While everybody is away, carnie Perry (Richard Tyson) breaks in and takes a shower. April gets intrigued by the danger and has an affair with the hunky carnie. Her grandmother Belle Delongpre (Louise Fletcher) suspects her of straying and assigns local sheriff Earl Hawkins (Burl Ives) on the case. While she's riding with Patti Jean (Kristy McNichol), the carnival has a breakdown and a brawl ensues. She falls deeper into that world. Belle and Earl try to get rid of Perry.
This is a cheesy sexploitation B-movie. It is definitely one of the better made of its genre. The dialog is cheesy. The plot is ripped from a romance novel. Richard Tyson looks like he's from the cover of a romance novel. Sherilyn Fenn is probably above the material. One can't really complain about the script or the style. The movie knows it's cheesy and fully embraces it. It's sort of like 50 Shades or Nine 1/2 Weeks. It even has Hervé Villechaize in it.
This is a cheesy sexploitation B-movie. It is definitely one of the better made of its genre. The dialog is cheesy. The plot is ripped from a romance novel. Richard Tyson looks like he's from the cover of a romance novel. Sherilyn Fenn is probably above the material. One can't really complain about the script or the style. The movie knows it's cheesy and fully embraces it. It's sort of like 50 Shades or Nine 1/2 Weeks. It even has Hervé Villechaize in it.