The Psycho Lover/Heat of Madness
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The Psycho Lover (1970) - The only thing worse than being a homicidal maniac is being treated by a doctor who's just as crazy! Marco, a Psycho Lover who strangles women that "threaten his maleness," becomes a patient of lizard-like Dr. Kenneth Alden, who uses wacky nightmares to brainwash Marco into killing the doc's nasty wife who won't give him a divorce. A gaudy mix of sex, violence, pop-psych, and even some quick necrophilia, this drive-in shocker (a.k.a. "The Loving Touch") is a fun descent into B-movie psychosis. "Heat Of Madness" (1966) - Oddball photographer Johnny's dismissive attitude to sex radically changes when he's hired to illustrate a book called "Great Sex Murders" and soon has models staging mock whippings, robberies and assaults. Trouble is, all the fake violence fuels the poor guy with the Heat of Madness, and pretty soon he thinks one of his naughty models is actually his fiancee and promptly goes berserk... Two twisted sickies, proving once again that romance is always more exciting with a deranged lunatic.
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The Psycho Lover/Heat of Madness
Starring: Barbara Ward , Jennifer Laird , June Roberts (II) , Diane Conti , and Kevin Scott Director: Harry Wuest , and Robert Vincent O'Neill Manufacturer: Image Entertainment ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD  General
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ASIN: B00008975K Release Date: 2003-03-25 |
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The Psycho Lover (1970) - The only thing worse than being a homicidal maniac is being treated by a doctor who's just as crazy! Marco, a Psycho Lover who strangles women that "threaten his maleness," becomes a patient of lizard-like Dr. Kenneth Alden, who uses wacky nightmares to brainwash Marco into killing the doc's nasty wife who won't give him a divorce. A gaudy mix of sex, violence, pop-psych, and even some quick necrophilia, this drive-in shocker (a.k.a. "The Loving Touch") is a fun descent into B-movie psychosis. "Heat Of Madness" (1966) - Oddball photographer Johnny's dismissive attitude to sex radically changes when he's hired to illustrate a book called "Great Sex Murders" and soon has models staging mock whippings, robberies and assaults. Trouble is, all the fake violence fuels the poor guy with the Heat of Madness, and pretty soon he thinks one of his naughty models is actually his fiancee and promptly goes berserk... Two twisted sickies, proving once again that romance is always more exciting with a deranged lunatic.Customer Reviews:
When Good Ideas Go Bad.......2003-08-22
The same can just as easily be said of "The Psycho-Lover." Despite some pretty kooky photography, tons of swingin'-'70s kitsch and a hallucination sequence that looks like "Laugh-In Goes to Hell," there just ain't much there there, if you know what I mean. The movie ambles along at with a look and a pace more suited to an episode of "Columbo," but with precious little of that series suspense or wit. There is some genuinely decent dialogue, but anyone at all familiar with thrillers will see where this little beauty is headed long before the "shocking" twist ending and the roll of the closing credits.
About the only reason anyone should even consider owning this disk is because of the trailers. As per usual, the supplemental materials included here are worth their weight in gold. There's a collection of trailers that includes spots for Pete Walker's "The Flesh and Blood Show" (a title I can't wait to see on the digital format), "Poor Albert and Little Annie" (actually a retitled version of "I Dismember Mama", and "Scream Bloody Murder" a.k.a: "The Captive Female" (though I prefer the "SBM" trailer included here). There's also an assortment of short subjects that must be seen (or not) to be believed. "Captain Bondage Versus Women's Lib" is pretty much exactly what you think it is. Shot on what looks to be color Super 8 film, it is true smut taken to the Nth degree. Taken in conjunction with another of the short subjects ("The Naked Flower"), one is left feeling mighty dirty, indeed. "Name Unknown," the final short-subject (this one a classroom scare film) is about the only one I can recommend. I love these things and experience severe bouts of nostalgia every time I watch one.
So, if you don't mind coughing up a few bills for at least three great trailers and one awesome short subject, I say have at it. Others are urged to look elsewhere.
enjoyable double feature with great trailers.......2003-06-04
IN THE HEAT OF MADNESS however is not so much fun. Not that it is a bad film, it is just drama rather than exploitation. The plot revolves around a photographer, who is assigned to shoot a photo series of staged sex murders for a pulp magazine. Much to the dismay of his fiance, the shooting sessions with their violent and sexual re-enactments of crimes seem to trigger some madness in the photographer, resulting in bloody murder...
This 1966 black and white movie has pretty good actors (especially Kevin SCOTT in the lead is very convincing) and a good story line, however is a bit l[weak] in the violence/sex department. Anyway, rewarding viewing at least once.
There are the usual short films SOMETHING WEIRD [...] on their DVD releases, however none of them is outstanding. There is THE NAKED FLOWER: A FABLE OF LOVE featuring some nudity and the most obviously faked fist fight ever performed in front of a camera and the gloating black and white "educational" short NAME UNKNOWN. This class room scare film stars a juvenile court judge detailing cases where teenage girls became victims of sex maniacs. It is interesting how the film tiptoes around sex crimes, which are only implied (one girl is found "unconscious")and how cynical the film's commentary sometimes is. The oddly named CAPTAIN BONDAGE VS. WOMEN`S LIB (!) shows a weirdly dressed man (imagine a masked superhero in SM garb with a big B on his belt) visting a feminist and the ensuing ropeplays. This weird short including the accompanying music defies description. Feminists however won't like this one too much, I'm afraid:)
Far better than the short features are the trailers. They are really GREAT and reason in itself to purchase this DVD. There is THE PSYCHO LOVER trailer (tagline: "If you are a woman, you'll never sleep alone again!"), the British THE FLESH AND BLOOD SHOW, a trailer for a rather sick movie called POOR ALBERT & LITTLE ANNIE, the black and white AROUSED, THE EXQUISITE CADAVER, TWISTED NERVE (my favorite of the bunch), THE WOMAN HUNT and the ultra violent SCREAM BLOODY MURDER ("The first motion picture to be called gore-nographic!"). All trailers have much sex, nudity and violence in it. Again: The trailers are so good that they alone reward the purchase of the DVD! Oh, there's also a hidden feature: a trailer for an early 1970ies adult movie named PSYCHODRAMA, where apparently a group therapy session results in an orgy including full frontal nudity, group sex and breast bondage! You can access this easter egg by highlighting THE PSYCHO LOVER trailer in the trailer section, but do not use the enter button on your remote control. Click twice the left direction button instead.
Doesn't generate much HEAT --.......2003-05-12
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