By Mike McPadden
October goes out in a hale of "Boos" from Halloween spooks out trick-or-treating and a bevy of "Boo-bs!" on DVD. MrSkin.com loads up your goody bag with a run-down on discs on tap for the remainder of this autumnal month.
OCTOBER 17, 2006
ANGELA (2002)
STUDIO: First Look
NUDES: Donatella Finocchiaro (Picture: 1) (left breast, butt)
THE SKINNY: Italian eyeful Donatella Finocchiaro takes on the title role here as an adulterous mafia wife--and takes off her clothes in the process! Unlike most mob-themed dramas, Angela focuses not so much on criminal undertakings and breakneck violence as it does on the smoldering romantic intrigue of delectable Donatella's torrid character. And that's a spicy meatball!
BIG LOVE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (2006)
STUDIO: HBO Home Video
NUDE: Chlo?evigny (Picture: 1) (breasts)
THE SKINNY: Question: What's the penalty for polygamy? Answer: Multiple wives! Seeming to ignore the profound wisdom of that old chestnut is Bill Paxton's character on the acclaimed HBO drama Big Love. Paxton plays the patriarch of three interconnected clans and, despite the obvious headaches involved, his burden becomes more understandable when one gets a gander at his trio of spouses: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Chlo?evigny, the last of whom bares her Love-pillows while bedding Bill.
BLACKWATER VALLEY EXORCISM (2006)
STUDIO: Lions Gate
NUDE: Kristin Erickson (breasts)
THE SKINNY: "There is no escape when the devil is inside you!" So proclaims the tagline to the energetic spooker Blackwater Valley Exorcism. What's truly diabolical, though, is that when Kristin Erickson, as demonically possessed Isabelle, manages to escape from her top, the resulting rack belongs to a BODY DOUBLE! Once again, we are moved to reject Satan and all his empty promises.
THE BREAK-UP (2006)
STUDIO: Universal Home Video
NUDES: Jennifer Aniston (Picture: 1) (butt)
THE SKINNY: The blockbuster romantic comedy The Break-Up pairs real-life A-list lovers Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn as a live-in couple attempting to disassemble their romance while continuing to dwell under the same roof. While this proves comically disastrous to them, it's a mother lode of seat-meat gold for admirers of Aniston's legendary ass cheeks. Fifty-seven minutes in, Jen struts down a hallway bare-butted, requiring that the rankings of world-class cinematic rumps be recalculated.
DARK REALITY (2006)
STUDIO: First Look
NUDES: Laila Dagher (Picture: 1) (breasts), Jen Parker (Picture: 1) (breasts), Eva Derrek (Picture: 1) (breasts), Carol Axler Turner (breasts)
THE SKINNY: The skintense horror freak-out Dark Reality could very well go by the alternate moniker Pink Reality, as it's awash more in delicious pink nipples than sloppy red plasma. Still, it's a harrowing exploration of a teenage girl's torment while she's kept in a dungeon alongside other female victims of a deranged sadist. Dark is not always easy to watch, and when the ladies get naked, it becomes downright hard.
THE MAGUS (1968)
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox
NUDES: Candice Bergen (Picture: 1) (left breast), Anna Karina (Picture: 1) (breasts)
THE SKINNY: The Magus stars Anthony Quinn as the titular figure, a magician on a Greek island who lures a visiting English schoolteacher (Michael Caine) into a web of mystery. Topless Candice Bergen (or her topless body double) and Anna Karina make mighty-tempting bait as Caine descends into dark and sexy places.
MASTERS OF HORROR: LARRY COHEN'S PICK ME UP
STUDIO: Showtime
NUDE: Crystal Lowe (breasts)
THE SKINNY: With Pick Me Up, Larry Cohen, director of cult oddities such as Bone (1972), It's Alive (1974), and Q: The Winged Serpent (1982), helms an action-intensive installment of Showtime's Masters of Horror series. Fairuza Balk plays a formerly battered woman who, after a bus accident, finds herself pitted between dueling serial killers. Fairuza's resourcefulness is highly appealing, but it's up to Crystal Lowe to do some actual peeling.
ONLY HUMAN (2004)
STUDIO: Magnolia
NUDES: Mar?Botto (Picture: 1) (breasts, butt), Ramata Koite (Picture: 1) (right breast)
THE SKINNY: The race-relations classic Guess Who's Coming to Dinner gets a Middle-Eastern update in the international hit comedy Only Human. When Jewish girl Leni (Mari?Aguilera) brings her Palestinian suitor Rafi (Guillermo Toledo) home, the expected Meet the Parents-style calamities ensue. Raising more than mere smiles are Mar?Botto and Ramata Koite, who show off their Human anatomies.
REDS: 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (1981)
STUDIO: Paramount Home Video
NUDES: Diane Keaton (Picture: 1 - 2) (butt)
THE SKINNY: Writer-director-star Warren Beatty's cinematic love letter to the birth of Soviet totalitarianism, Reds, gets a deluxe DVD treatment in honor of its turning 25. Beatty plays real-life journalist John Reed, who covers the Russian revolution from the front lines. He also falls in love with fellow American lefty Louise Bryant amidst political doings back in the States that involve playwright Eugene O'Neill (Jack Nicholson) and rabble-rouser Emma Goldman (Maureen Stapleton). Bryant's portrayed by Diane Keaton, who flashes some butt crack. In later years, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin referred to the types celebrated in Reds as "useful idiots." In the case of Diane, Mr. Skin would like to alter that term to "a useful ass."
RELENTLESS 3 (1993) / RELENTLESS 4 (1994)
STUDIO: Image
NUDES: Relentless 3: Stacy Edwards (butt), Savannah Smith Boucher (right breast), uncredited actress; Relentless 4: Rainer Grant (breasts, buns), uncredited actresses
THE SKINNY: In 1989 Judd Nelson made a scary serial murderer in grindhouse director William Lustig's serrated-edged thriller Relentless. Multiple sequels followed, included the two packaged back-to-back on a single DVD here: Relentless 3 and Relentless 4. Part 3 tracks tough detective Sam Dietz (Leo Rossi), who comes out of retirement when a psycho targets his lady love. Stacy Edwards supplies cheekage. Relentless 4 was originally subtitled Ashes to Ashes and adds Famke Janssen to the mix, although it's Rainer Grant who grants us rack.
REST STOP: UNRATED EDITION (2006)
STUDIO: Warner Home Video
NUDE: Jaimie Alexander--BODY DOUBLE (breasts, butt, bush), uncredited actresses
THE SKINNY: The hard-as-nails road thriller Rest Stop is the premiere title in Warner Home Video's daring horror imprint, Raw Feed. It showcases a breakout performance by Jaimie Alexander as a teen who takes off with her boyfriend for some open-air sex and reckless driving. When Jaimie unwittingly runs afoul of a raging redneck nutcase at the roadside locale of the title, Jaimie plays a deadly cat-and-mouse game that takes her on all manner of lurid adventures.
THE SHOOTING PARTY (1985)
STUDIO: BBC
NUDES: Cheryl Campbell (Picture: 1) (breasts)
THE SKINNY: First-class thespian James Mason portrays Sir Randolph Nettleby in The Shooting Party. As World War I approaches in 1913, Nettleby summons his fellow lords and ladies to his country manor for a weekend of hunting ducks and shooting the bull alike. Amidst the ruling-class goings-on, Cheryl Campbell gets to taking off her top. That's good Shooting.
WHEN THE SEA RISES (2004)
STUDIO: New Yorker Films
NUDE: Yolande Moreau (Picture: 1) (breasts)
THE SKINNY: Full-bodied French charmer Yolande Moreau lights up the screen as the lead in the comedy When the Sea Rises, which she also wrote and co-directed. Yolande stars as a stage performer traveling the countryside with her one-woman show titled "Dirty Business." In the course of her travels, Yolande romances a younger man and shows him (and us) her lovely business. The Sea won't be the only thing rising.
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OCTOBER 24, 2006
CARACAS: LOVE UNTO DEATH (2000)
STUDIO: TLA Releasing
NUDES: Eliana L? (breasts)
THE SKINNY: Caracas: Love Unto Death presents a gritty slice-of-hard-living set in the Mexican province of its title. Eliana L? plays Aixa, a young girl who gets pregnant courtesy of her boyfriend, who's on the lam from the police. Aixa's grandmother wants her to abort the troublesome pregnancy, but her thuggish lover and the local priest aim to push her in another direction. The direction that matters to us, though, is outward, and Eliana's naked upper appendages thrust that way most delightfully.
SLITHER (2006)
STUDIO: Universal Home Video
NUDE: Tania Saulnier (breasts)
THE SKINNY: Greasy, grimy creepy-crawlies from outer space infect small-town America in the wild horror-comedy Slither. After a meteor falls from space, a nasty little creature infects a local rich guy (Michael Rooker) and sets off a plague of wormy parasites that slide down victims' throats and soon thereafter have them hankering for the taste of human meat. True to its B-movie roots, Slither supplies blood, bodies, and boobs. And we can thank topless Tania Saulnier for coming through in that last category.
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OCTOBER 31, 2006
BLACK VENUS (1983)
STUDIO: Severin Films
NUDES: Josephine Jacqueline Jones (Picture: ) (FFN, buns), Monique Gabrielle (Picture: ) (FFN, buns), Florence Gu?n (Picture: ) (FFN, buns), Karin Schubert (FFN, buns)
THE SKINNY: Former real-life Miss Bahamas Josephine Jacqueline Jones brilliantly takes on the titular duties in Black Venus, an early-'80s late-night cable-TV classic issued on a dreamily deluxe DVD by Severin Films. Set in 1850s Paris, Venus chronicles Venus's role as muse to a booze-chugging sculptor (Jos?ntonio Ceinos). After a spat, Venus takes up with a sexually adventurous peasant girl (Florence Gu?n) and the pair take jobs at a fancy French bordello. Black Venus is a milestone in 1980s erotica that will leave you hard as a rock.
BOLSHE VITA (1996)
STUDIO: Facets Video
NUDE: Helen Baxendale (Picture: 1) (breasts), Caroline Loncq (breasts)
THE SKINNY: The Hungarian drama Bolshe vita takes place just after the collapse of Eastern European communism, exploring the lives of several Prague residents at this crucial juncture in world history. Hungarians mingle with Russians and visiting westerners while wondering what the future holds. Helen Baxendale, in the meantime, reveals what her bra holds.
DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS: 2 DISC SPECIAL EDITION (1971)
STUDIO: Blue Underground
NUDES: Andrea Rau (Picture: 1) (FFN, butt), Danielle Ouimet (Picture: 1) (breasts), uncredited actresses
THE SKINNY: One of the definitive lesbian-vampire epics of the early 1970s, Daughters of Darkness arrives anew on disc in this extras-packed special edition. Danielle Ouimet plays a young honeymooner. Delphine Seyrig is the exotic countess who steps in to seduce the bride. She wants to suck her blood--among other things--while Delphine's young companion Andrea Rau is happy to distract the new hubby.
DOWN TO THE BONE (2004)
STUDIO: Hart Sharp Video
NUDE: Vera Farmiga (Picture: 1) (breasts)
THE SKINNY: Ukranian-American vixen Vera Farmiga plays a young wife in Down to the Bone who appears to have it all--a devoted husband, fine children, and a lovely home. Unfortunately she's also got a life-threatening addiction to cocaine. Vera's performance is mesmerizing and moving, and the movie is eminently involving as it depicts her struggle to break her dependence on drugs while keeping everything else together. Of course, all Vera really needs to do is look at her own topless scenes here and she would get high naturally. Down to the Bone will send your bone traveling in an upward direction.
FUTURE-KILL: LIMITED EDITION (1985)
STUDIO: Subversive Cinema
NUDES: Karin Kay (Picture: 1) (breasts), Denice Creach (Picture: 1) (breasts), uncredited actresses
THE SKINNY: An ?-'80s hybrid of gory horror, Terminator-style sci-fi, Mad Max violence, and teen-sex-comedy archetypes, Future-Kill is a one-of-a-kind freak-out. Edwin Neal, who played The Hitchhiker in the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, stars as Mohawk-adorned, mostly-metal nuclear-mutant Splatter. In amusingly whacked-out fashion, Splatter crosses paths with a gaggle of knuckleheaded frat boys whose pranks have landed them in hot water--but nothing so scorching as what this man-machine marauder has in store. Steamier still are the naked nay-nays of Karin Kay, Denice Creach, and an assortment of anonymous nudies.
GIRL BOSS GUERILLA (1972)
STUDIO: PanikHouse.com
NUDES: Miki Sugimoto (Picture: 1 - 2) (breasts, butt), Reiko Ike (Picture: 1) (breasts)
THE SKINNY: The ace purveyors of Asian cult cinema at Panik House present this classic Pinky Violence title on a DVD bursting with bonus features. Girl Boss Guerilla sounds almost as wild and crazy as the movie actually is. Miki Sugimoto plays a tough biker chick with a tattooed boob that she loves to show off just before getting into a knife fight. Reiko Ike, as the new bitch in town, takes Miki to task. Hold tight for an explosion of catfights, bondage torture, bad girls, violence, and Japanese knockouts.
LADY LIBERTINE (1984)
STUDIO: Private Screenings
NUDES: Jennifer Inch (Picture: 1) (FFN, buns), Sophie Favier (Picture: 1) (FFN, buns), uncredited actresses
THE SKINNY: Fancy British fellow Charles (Christopher Pearson) kicks off Lady Libertine by encountering a dazed young chap named Frank who's wandering the road with nowhere to go. Charles invites Frank to his stately manor and, soon enough, discovers that "Frank" is actually "Frances"--a nubile female embodied by waify eyeful Jennifer Inch. Complicating matters, while upping the sex factor, is Sophie Favier as Charles's "kept" ladyfriend. In time, Frances proves to be not quite the innocent she once seemed and, as is wont to happen in these mid-1980s softcore Euro favorites, all roads lead to an upper-class whorehouse.
MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985)
STUDIO: Severin Films
NUDES: Lina Romay (Picture: 1) (FFN, butt), Mabel Esca?a (FFN, butt),Eva Le?a (FFN), uncredited actresses
THE SKINNY: Four vacationing hotties stumble onto a deserted resort hotel while searching of seaside kicks. Of course, in a movie with a title like Mansion of the Living Dead, they (and we) find out that the hotel is not quite as deserted as it first appeared to be. Seems a cult of Satan-worshipping monks has run of the joint and--wouldn't you know it--they're always in the market for naked nubiles to sacrifice in honor of their dark lord. Mansion of the Living Dead is a prime example of hyper-prolific Spanish auteur Jesus Franco whipping up a heady concoction of flesh and frights. Female guests check in . . . but it's their clothes that check out.
SEX FURY: COLLECTOR'S EDITION (1973)
STUDIO: PanikHouse.com
NUDES: Christina Lindberg (Picture: 1) (breasts, butt, bush), Reiko Ike (FFN, butt), Rie Saotome (breasts, butt), Jun Midorikawa (Picture: 1) (breasts, butt), Y?Mihara (breasts)
THE SKINNY: Is this the ultimate Pinky Violence film? Devotees of the Japanese grindhouse genre--which depicts schoolgirls and other supposedly dainty females as wild, deadly troublemakers, warriors, and assassins--can debate its absolute status, but Sex Fury is, without question, a masterwork of cinematic mayhem. Och?oshika (Reiko Ike) is a lady yakuza with tattooed titties and a taste for blood. Matters are further complicated by a lesbolicious interlude between a beautiful European spy (Christina Lindberg) and a geisha (Jun Midorikawa). Keep an eye out for eye-popping topless shots of Y?Mihara and Rie Saotome as well. And it's all done up in a gorgeous deluxe disc from the heroes at Panik House.
THE SPECTATOR (2004)
STUDIO: Facets Video
NUDES: Barbora Bobulova (Picture: ) (FFN), Chiara Picchi (Picture: 1) (breasts, butt)
THE SKINNY: Czech-born beauty Barbora Bobulova sports a name that automatically brings to mind bare, bouncing body parts, and The Spectator provides us with an opportunity to view hers. As Turin, Italy, native Valeria, Barbora obsessively watches her male neighbor who's in his forties and not aware of her ogling habits. After a chance encounter with her dude, Valeria works her way into his life--and out of her clothing.
TERRIFYING GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL: LYNCH LAW CLASSROOM (1973)
STUDIO: PanikHouse.com
NUDES: Miki Sugimoto (breasts), Jun Midorikawa (breasts), uncredited actresses
THE SKINNY: Here's another powerhouse from Panik House. The high school depicted in the Japanese cult classic Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom isn't confidential--it's obscene! Miki Sugimoto is a rebellious teen, and in a classroom of violent girls she is tits above them, as she proves when she is inducted into the group with a "sex check," or as one of the students says, "We check your box." Her box has a tattoo, proving that she's not the only one who has been tooling around down there. She's rewarded for her creative ink with some equally creative bondage. And that's just within the first hour of this hot mix of sex and violence. Even the teachers get in on the fun, as when Jun Midorikawa shows off her pert pair being lowered in a basket into a boardroom of stuffed suits. Viewers' suits will be stuffed too!
