The Erotic Ghost Review
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2000 - 72 minutes/fullscreen
Directed by John Bacchus
DVD Available From: Seduction Cinema
Article written by Mark Engle
SIGH! Gone are the inventive days of Black Emmanuelle,
Joe D'Amato, Jess Franco, Edwige Fenech, Soledad Miranda,
Erika Blanc and so on. The seventies and eighties are gone and a new
breed of erotic filmmakers are here to breath new life or make fast
buck.
You pick the choice! Either way, one is going to need serious CPR after
all is said and done. Well, at least John Bacchus uses a
slight horror bent to his erotica films. It's a step in the right
direction, just not enough edge to keep the interest going. With other
films under his belt like The Erotic Witch Project and Mistress
Frankenstein, THE EROTIC GHOST is just more of the same;
phony lesbian sex. Not enough to make it porn, but not enough
exploitation to keep it different from all the standards.
PLOT
Doris is bored. She has a dull home life and husband who ignores
her. She would rather sleep through their sexual
activities than howl, "Be my Daddy" per his request. Her life changes
when the woman of her dreams shows up in the form of a
ghost…a naked ghost that is! With the husband Robert off at work they
are soon frolicking all over the house and satisfying
every whim. This goes on for 2 or 3 scenes intermixed with the hubby's
boring day at the office that is laced with all sorts of
humor and set to Celtic folk music! Later, whether Doris is yearning for
more or just to keep the audience happy, she ventures
to the basement to find two woman dressed in cheap Halloween sexy Devil
outfits kissing each other. She watches in horror as
the two devils make it. Meanwhile, Robert goes Postal at work, kills a
coworker and is rewarded with a promotion. Yup, the
office scenes are that silly (admittedly some of the jokes work)! Doris
on the other hand after running away from her "demons"
is taken captive by the two in red and punished by being part of a
threesome! Tough world isn't it? Alas, all is a fantasy until a
door-to-door makeup saleslady shows up at her home and happens to be the
exact image of her fantasy ghost!
CONCLUSION
I guess my favorite scene in the whole film would have to be the
two devils and Doris threesome. Not because I found it
erotic, but because at one point the demons rip off her white panties,
pleasure her with a slight oral satisfaction…camera cuts to
new angle…her panties are back on while the demons lick her
nipples…camera cuts to new angle…panties back off! Now,
during another scene, I have to ask what is the point of having a girl
suck on another girls strap-on black dildo? Neither seem to
get any satisfaction over this ritual yet they continue at it for at
least five minutes? I know that this is primarily aimed at a male
audience, but some realism would be nice! Another point of realism that
is missed is during several oral sex scenes. Come on, if
a girl is going to have an orgasm this way, it won't be while the
other's mouth is four inches away from her privates! At least
much of the erotica in the past had the illusion to look real!
As far as the women go, Darian Caine as Doris has a natural beauty
to her that helps the film along while Tammy Parks
as the ghost has a hard look that is getting to be popular in today's
adult market. She's not my style and neither were the other
two as the devils. Still, to each their own.
Oh well, I'm off to watch Vampyros Lesbos. Erotic Ghost just wasn't
enough.
Pictures from the film up at the site for those interested,
Mark
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