Blue Rita (1977)
8/10
One of Jess Franco's most delightfully loopy films
2 December 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Nightclub owner and erotic dancer Rita Blue (robustly played with lip-smacking wicked relish by yummy redhead Martine Flety) uses her place as a front for working undercover as a spy. Motivated by her vehement hatred for men stemming from the fact that she was sexually abused as a child, Rita and her seductive female cohorts not only gleefully torture guys as a means to obtain vital information, but also manhandle wealthy men in order to make them hand over their fortunes to them.

Writer/director Jess Franco brings a deliriously baroque far-out psychedelic style as well as his trademark gloriously ripe and unabashed perversity to the enjoyable inane premise: The abundant tasty gratuitous distaff nudity, several wacky dance routines (the one involving a gal sporting pigtails rates as an absolute hoot!), fairly explicit soft-core sex, scorching lesbian couplings, bizarre torture set pieces, and a special green potion that makes dudes uncontrollably horny all ensure that this beautifully bent, batty, and berserk baby delivers plenty of sleazy sizzle. The cruddy dubbing provides a wealth of unintentional belly laughs. Alluring blonde Pamela Stanford easily steals the whole show with her highly arousing portrayal of the enticing Gina. Ruedi Kuttel's vibrant color cinematography gives this picture a bold'n'splashy look. Walter Baumgartner's funky jazzy score hits the right-on groovy spot. Franco fans should get a kick out of this choice kooky kitschfest.
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