Fiona Richmond in Exposé (1975)

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Exposé (1975), a.k.a. The House on Straw Hill, is an erotic thriller, cut from the same cloth as the ones made now in the US for cable and direct to vid. It stars 70's British sex symbols Linda Hayden and Fiona Richmond. Several things about this surprised me. I was expecting a sex farce when I ordered the boxed set of Fiona Richmond, I didn't know anyone made erotic thrillers in 1975, the transfer quality was far worse than I hoped, and male lead Udo Kier turned in a forced and overwrought performance. To top it off, he played a drunk in one scene, and rather than portraying a drunk trying to act sober, which is what real drunks do, he went way overboard with slurring, stumbling, etc.

Kier's first novel was a huge success, and he is under a deadline to complete his second, but finds life too detracting, so goes to the English countryside. He sends girlfriend Fiona Richmond away, and has his publisher hire a typist to work with him, Linda Hayden. Kier has disturbing premonitions of someone slashing people with a knife. We learn early on that he is pretty much an arsehole, not only in the way he treats those around him, but the way he spies on Taylor when she is masturbating, and goes through her things when she is out for a walk.

We also learn that Hayden is not above violence and suspect that she is a woman on a mission. Kier can't seduce her, and brings Richmond back. The two women end up in the sack together, then the real violence starts. It is a good example of the genre, hence is a C. It would be a C+ with a better transfer.

Nudity Report: We have breasts and buns from Hayden and Richmond, several times, and a lot of graphic violence by British standards.

IMDb Summary: IMDB readers have it at 5.4 of 10.

DVD Info: It is only available on Region 2 PAL so far.


Written by: Tuna …courtesy of Scoopy.net