Joseph Sarno

 The dean of the American directors who concentrated on sexploitation movies. He did it all over his 25 year, 50+ film career, starting out doing some of the best 1960s American nudie exploitation films, then went to Sweden in the 1970s to do both softcore and hardcore features. Fascinated by lesbian love scenes and interactions within a closed social circle. A good storyteller who always kept things lively.

It is not generally appreciated how many XXX films Sarno made because he tended to put other people's names on them. By obscuring his later films, Sarno ironically cut himself out of some well-earned artistic credit, because the explicit 1970s and 1980s features are as distinctive and intriguing as his famous sexploitation films. Between Sweden and the US, he was an important XXX director. (Explicit films in this section are marked )

Listed Chronologically. Alphabetical listing HERE

Twisted Sex 17 (DVD-R)     
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A dazzling variety of 1960s and 1970s sexploitation trailers mastered from original film. These Twisted Sex compilations are, pound for pound, the most entertaining items on this website, jam-packed with nudity, thrills and unintentional laughs. The coming attractions were often better than the movies. This volume contains trailers for:

Love Swedish Style . Banned . Slightly Damaged --The Fat Black Pussycat . Adam & Eve --Seduce (French) . Mondo Balardo . The Fiend of Dope Island . Forbidden Beauties . Case of the Stripping Wives . The Daughter (I a Woman Pt. III) . My Darling . The Smut Peddler . The Pill (short) . The Ultimate Degenerate . Fluctuations . Eroticon . The Pledgemasters . Lola's Mistake aka The Black Rebels . Freedom to Love . The Nudist Story -- Sandy The Reluctant Nature Girl . For Members Only . The Love Merchant . Eves on Skis --Bell . Bare and Beautiful . Sunswept . French Without Dressing . Manji . Love Hunger . Our Man Steel . De Sade . Eat Drink & Make Merrie . Seeds . Eva: Swedish & Underage . Timex Striptease (commercial) . The Swap and How They Make It . A Sneak Peek at Strip Poker (short) directed by Joe Samo

 

These VXP multi-film packages are quite nice. Some manufactuers just bundle existing DVD products together and call it a box set, but these VXP packages are newly designed products: 4-DVD cases with the individual discs. Much handsomer and more efficient.

The Box Set From The Original Creators of the "Insides" Series. Dont miss this huge savings on some of the best classic, "GOLDEN AGE OF PORN" shot on film movies ever made.. This 4 DVD BOX SET COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL INSIDES: INSIDE SEKA, INSIDE JENNIFER WELLES, INSIDE LITTLE ORAL ANNIE, DEEP INSIDE ANNIE SPRINKLE

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Inga (DVD)    1968
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"Jag - en oskuld" written and directed by Joseph W. Sarno. This famous film made a star of unbearably cute Liljedahl and led to the cycle of Swedish stars like Christine Lindberg and Marie Forsa

"1968's Inga starring Swedish beauty Marie Liljedahl as an innocent and naive young woman on the verge of sexual awakening, helped re-define the course and nature of erotic cinema, delivering it from the domain of prurient sexploitation into the loftier art-house realm. Filmed entirely in Sweden, Inga brims with a European sensuality and eroticism that shocked American audiences upon its release in 1968. It comes to you now completely restored and uncut from the original 35mm negative.

Following the death of her mother, Inga moves in to the home of her sexy and attractive aunt Greta. Quiet, shy and studious, Inga ignites the passion and imagination of every man she meets, yet she doesn't know how to react to the swelling desires that begin to ripen inside of her. Greta's twenty-something boyfriend - a brooding artist who's a drain on her finances - has his eyes on Inga, but he plays it cool and bides his time. Meanwhile, for monetary gain, Greta schemes to set Inga up with wealthy playboy Einar who has an insatiable fondness for wholesome girlish beauties. It is in the company of Greta'a young, sex-starved female friends where Inga witnesses firsthand the undeniable temptation of lust and seduction.and finally decides to give in to the cravings of her aching heart and stirring body. Who will be her lover?"

With Marie Liljedal, Monica Strommerstedt, Thomas Ungewitter.

UNCUT FEATURE FILM - "INGA" B&W English Dubbed . UNCUT BONUS FEATURE FILM - "INGA" B&W Swedish Version (English Subtitles) . INGA TRAILERS 2 Versions! Plus trailer for the INGA sequel "The Seduction of Inga" . ULTRA RARE OUTAKES . COMMENTARY - by Director Joseph Sarno, Asst Director Peggy Stephans, Producer Sam Sherman and Film Historian Bruce G. Hallenbeck

EXCLUSIVE AUDIO INTERVIEW - Exclusive interview with INGA star MARIE LILJEDAHL

 

Daddy, Darling! (DVD)    1970
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First quality US DVD release of this classic Swedish Joe Sarno psychodrama about a confused young Danish woman who seduces everything in sight after her Father spurns her pathological advances.

Katja lives alone with her widowed father and the two of them share a deep affection. One day Katja s idyllic life is forever shattered when her father re-marries. When Katja witnesses daddy and stepmother in bed the shocking spectacle sends Katja fleeing. Abandoned by all those dear to her Katja plans to win back her father s attentions by disgracing her stepmother. How will Katja do it and how far will she go?

Extra features:
Daddy, Darling: A Look Back (16:16), an interview with writer/director Joe Sarno, wife/collaborator Peggy Stephans, and producer Ken Collins.
Featurette showing the restoration work that went into creating this transfer
Eight page booklet written by Michael Bowen about the history of the film and its context amid Sarno's other pictures from this period in his career.
 

Sleepyhead (DVD)    1973
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Directed by Joe Sarno. A Fantasic true Classic. Solid actress Spelvin lends real legitimacy.

A Woman's subconscious sexual desires are released in this seething film starring the "Devil & Miss Jones" girl, Georgina Spelvin. Georgina stars with the top porn star Tina Russel as two sisters, one breaking free of a parochial upbringing, the other, on the threshold of a terrifying, yet revealing sexual experience. Georgina, freed of her inhibitions by the attention of many friends, is in fear of the upcoming visit of her prudish sister. With the help of her sex partners, she develops a plan to release her sister of her inhibitions. This scene of sexual fulfillment is a torrid orgy unmatched by anything you've seen before. This movie combines some of the most erotic sex scenes ever produced, with the deepest sexual fantasies. The combined performance of Georgina Spelvin and Tina Russel is not to be missed.

 

DEEP THROAT-mania was an incredible fad that made Linda Lovelace a household name. Everyone had heard of DEEP THROAT but in most of America nobody was able to see it, so the public appetite was fed with R-rated DEEP THROAT cash-in exploitation movies starring Ms. Lovelace. There's a real P. T. Barnum fake mermaid feel to the phenomenon. the only thing in the world for which she was famous was obviously not going to be shown in an R-rated movie. But there was more than one of these things! This compilation contains two extremely rare movies.

Deep Throat Part 2 (1974) has a weird back-story. Joe Sarno, one of the very best erotica directors of all time, did a few XXX projects in the 1970s. He was hired to make the DEEP THROAT sequel and it was shot as a regular XXX film. Then, as with FLESH GORDON, everyone realized they could make more money cutting it down to an R-rating and releasing it nationally. So DEEP THROAT II was released as a softcore film. All the XXX footage was subsequently stolen, so all that exists of the film is the release print, presented here in excellent quality. The overall production is just what one would expect from Sarno. It's handsome. Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems reprise their roles from the original, joined by sex-film stalwarts like Andrea True, Jamie Gillis, Marc Stevens and Tina Russell. If the IMDB is to be believed popular 1990s comic Judy Tenuta (the self-proclaimed "goddess" with the accordion) plays, at eighteen, one of the office girls.

Also, Linda Lovelace for President (1975) (released in England as "Hot Neon") a trying-too-hard camp cash-in on her notoriety directed by TV hack Claudio Guzman (Far-Out Space Nuts, Partridge Family, etc..) with a freak-show cast including Linda Lovelace playing herself, Fuddle Bagley (what a name!), Micky Dolenz (of The Monkees), Scatman Crothers, Robbie Lee and poor Vaughn Meader (who had the best-selling comedy album of all time until Steve Martin came along.) The movie is full of utterly hollow political symbolism and insincere counter-culture references. This is a must-have for aficionados of appalling psychotronica. Since this contains two full length R-rated sexploitation features I am cross-filing it in American Sexploitation. But because an XXX movie manufacturer produces the disc the bonus material is hard-core, including some terrible grainy old Linda Lovelace loops and miscellaneous XXX trailers. So you are forewarned. I am delighted to note that this company did not spoil the package by including any Lovelace loop material that would cause me to not carry the package at all. (She did some notoriously nasty loop work, but it's not presented here.

"Linda Lovelace is one of the best-known names in adult film history, despite appearing in only a handful of films in the early 1970's. Linda Lovelace was thrust into the national spotlight in 1972 with her starring role in Deep Throat made a national celebrity whose name has remained synonymous with oral sex for over 25 years. Compiled here for the first time on DVD are the complete Full Length feature films Linda Lovelace for President and Deep Throat Part 2 (Directed by Joe Sarno)! Plus a handful of her rarest & very lost XXX loops & trailers! Over 3 ½ hours!")

 

Slippery When Wet (DVD)    1976
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"A slice of sensual pie" from director Joe Sarno (as Eric Andersson). There is no lack of plot in this potboiler about college chums reuniting to discover the latest and unrealized passion that was always there. The film is a virtual who's who guide to some of the underappreciated but always erotic New York performers of the 70's.

"Annie Sprinkle plays an offbeat artist, Crystal Synk, (billed here as Christa Anderson) has a field day as a hedonist with a southern drawl and the scene with the salami is one you will never forget." (Sarno had a salami thing. one of his Swedish films has the same gimmick.)

Sonny Landham does his Elvis impression, and all of them become victims of Crystal's strange sexual orchestration control. Ultimately CJ & Hope resolve their problems with an assist from Annie. THis is one of those rare films that keeps piling people on people, scene after scene, and yet never loses the erotic edge. Plus bonus classic trailers & slideshow."

Starring Annie Sprinkle, CJ Laing, Crystal Sync, Hope Stockton, Ursula Austin, Sonny Landham, & Roger Caine.

 

Inside Jennifer Welles (DVD)    1977
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Jennifer Welles was one of the first US XXX stars. The credits say directed by Welles, but in reality this was one of Joe Sarno's uncredited 1970s XXX jobs. Jennifer's hard-boiled sex advice to her dentist's receptionist is memorable.

"Jennifer Welles is an adult-film actress who lives in the memories of legions of fans, but who made very few films. This is a pseudo-documentary supposedly retelling her sexual history. What it really is is an end-to-end celebration of Jennifer's scathing sexual prowess, including her amazing love of other ladies. Rather light on plot, character development and story line, this feature surges ahead driven by the erotic energy the sublime Ms. Welles oozes from every pore."

Starring Jennifer Welles, Cheri Baines, Richard Bolla, and Marlene Willoughby

 

Tigresses (DVD)    1979
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This is one of several late 1970s XXX films that Joe Sarno directed under pseudonyms, in this case as Peter Verlon.

A four-segment film whose one uniting theme is women who sexually overpower men, Tigresses appropriately stars Ms. Vanessa Del Rio and the legendary Samantha Fox. The Puerto Rican love goddess Vanessa plays a woman who manipulates men by pretending she can only speak Spanish. This may seem a bit of a stretch until one realizes the amount of body language required to communicate without a common tongue, and until one ponders the amazing things Vanessa can do with her body. Later Samantha Fox beats a couple of guys in a swimming race, then at hand ball, and then takes them to bed and orders them around there.

Starring Vanessa Del Rio, The Sloan Twins, Samantha Fox, Rikki O'Neal, Jill Monroe.
 

Trouble With Young Women (DVD)    1979
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Among the best American sex films. Too much story for sex fans, and too much sex for story fans, but nothing's perfect. The intellectual level here is on par with a made-for-TV movie, and some of the acting is almost of professional quality. There were a number of NY area adult movie actors in the mid-1970s who wouldn't have looked ridiculous doing commercials or dinner theatre. Anyway, think of a low budget, longish (2 hour) blue-collar slice of life student film by someone with talent.

Utilizes a stock Sarno storyline: a closed sexual circle is infiltrated by a free spirit who stirs things up and seduces all the man and all the women in sight. In this case, an 19 year old girl comes to stay with her cousin and her boyfriend, and another couple, in a run down shared house in a working class neighborhood. While she disrupts those around her, she and her cousin move towards remembering some traumatic truths about their shared history. Some lovely lesbian seduction scenes (another Sarno hallmark)

Starring Gloria Leonard, Jenny Baxter, Marlene Willoughby, Nancy Dare, R. Bolla.

aka Girl Trouble, Trouble with young stuff

 

Inside Seka (DVD)    1980
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The credits say directed by Seka, but in reality this was one of Joe Sarno's uncredited 1970s XXX jobs.

Billed as an expose of Seka's real sex life, this all-ahead-full sexual thriller would stretch the bounds of credulity if about anyone but Seka, the fiery platinum-blonde sex goddess. Co-starring her real-life boyfriend Ken as well as a laundry list of other blue-movie males, this is a non-stop joy ride through Seka's formidable libido, and features some of the most wicked footage of her ever filmed. Most notably in her scenes with Ken, Seka seems completely at ease and truly into what she's doing. One actually imagines she's forgotten the presence of the camera and is having sex for sex's sake rather than to move the film along, a rarity for many porn divas. A must-have for Seka fans.

Starring: Seka, Ken Yontz, Merle Michaels, Christie Ford, Marc Valentine, Ron Jeremy, Ron Hudd, George Payne, Portia, Tara Mann, Rita, Carole Bosholm, Debbie Gukeisen, Ashley Dubois, Carla, Corey Kidd, Robert Bolla, Mike Feline, Roy Stuart, Bobbie Burns, Dave Ruby, Ashley Moore, Anthony, Gino Colbert, Bill McKean, John Cockswell, John Gold, Igor Elder, and Monte Marano
 

Stray Cats (DVD)    1981
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This is one of several XXX films Joe Sarno directed in the early 1980s under the name Erik Andersson.

Mara & June, two old friends who haven't seen each since high schools, meet early one morning while jogging. They go to Mara's apartment and find out that June is married to Mara's old lover, Wilson, of whom she still has fond and erotic memories. What follows is an endless array of sexual pleasures by both girls, together as well as on their own. In the end they decide that Mara, June and Wilson should live together so they can both have the man they want and also each other.

With Alan Adrian, Danielle, Brooke Fields, Sharon Mitchell, Cody Nicole, Renee Summers
 

Sweet Spread (DVD)    1984
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I am not saying Joe Sarno directed this film, but named director "Francis Healy" just happened to make four films with dead-on Joe Sarno stories and styles at a time Sarno was doing work for the same production company under a variety of names. (???)

Sonya Norman and Jeff Lear contentedly share an apartment and a mutual passion for each other. Everything is going great for them, they both have happy careers and a happy love life. Meredith Worth, an old friend, drops in on Sonya one day. Sonya is not overjoyed to see her old pal. You see, Merry shared an apartment with Sonya's sister Bernice, and Bernice stole Sonya's lover away. To this day, Sonya is still upset about the whole affair. Now the girls are broke and without a place to stay. Reluctantly, Sonya agrees to let them crash at her place while she is on vacation with Jeff. Bernice and Merry arrive with their things just as Sonya and Jeff are leaving. Bernice makes her interest in Jeff known with several sly and seductive glances. Having the apartment all to themselves, the girls want (and need) some hot action. They call the phone company and report a faulty line, then they ring the butcher and ask for some meat to be sent up. When the delivery boy shows up, they see that his meat should be pure filet mignon. They give him a tip that he won't forget. The phone man is next on their list with a connection that is loud and clear! When Sonya and Jeff return, they are greeted by the sounds of lust. Merry is giving the phone man a second helping of her love box. Sonya is shocked and gets herself a drink. Bernice sees the chance and makes her play for Jeff, whisking him off to the bedroom for a quickie. Sonya is completely shattered as Bernice and Merry take their leave of the apartment, with Jeff in tow! Sonya finds herself alone in the apartment with the phone man. She takes the phone man to bed and discovers that he delivers very good service indeed!

Starring Carol Cross, Danielle, Max DeLong, Siobhan Hunter
 

Hot Stuff (DVD)    1984
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One of several XXX films Joe Sarno wrote and directed in the early 1980s under the name Erik Andersson. (Sarno wrote HOT STUFF and he and Henri Pachard shared the direction).

A high-water mark of the effort to make XXX movies comparable to the lesser mainstream B-movies. The sets and costumes of the many pulp fiction fantasy sequences are impressive - quality you'd associate with a eurotrash knock-off of a Hollywood hit, which is low by Hollywood standards but phenomenal for an American XXX film. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK inspired stuff, medieval stuff... Everything from a prehistoric cave woman to luscious blonde nazi submarine commander.

Attractive cast and great visuals, though the overall narrative seems disjointed. "Pulp magazine writer, voluptuous Jennifer Nash, transports her latest characters to wild orgasmic adventures. Beautiful Rhode Island Red and her male companion Louisiana Smith and Oklahoma Crude experience pleasures on this earth and beyond."

Starring: Danielle, Jaqueline Lorians, Johanna Storm, Cody Nicole, and Carol Cross

 

Blow by Blow (DVD)    1984
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I am not saying this film is directed by Joe Sarno, but I'm not at all sure it isn't. During 1984-1986 Joe Sarno made a lot of films for producers Mark Harms and Don Walters under a variety of pseudonyms. Ostensible director "Francis Healy" made 4 films, all made 1984-1986, all made for producers Mark Harms and Don Walters. And all four have highly distinctive Joe Sarno storylines and sensibilities. I'll keep an open mind but if Francis Healy isn't a Joe Sarno pseudonym then Sarno must have at least written the scripts (uncredited) for the four Healy movies.

Tina Harvey is a successful television news reporter. She and her husband are on their way to visit her Aunt June, a young widow who has taken in a boarder, Winnifred Carmen, who is an old friend of Tina's. When Tina sees her friend bring home a hunky stud named Paul for some fun, she not only gets jealous, she gets horny. When Tina and her hubby are leaving, Winnifred's current boyfriend Les, shows up unexpectedly at the house. He hears the sounds of lust coming form the bedroom and he is crushed. Aunt Jane sees that Les is visibly upset and she comforts him. She comfort him all the way into the bedroom and into his pants! After they make love, Aunt June finds that she is very attracted to this hot young man. Tina suspects that June and Les are making it, and to make June jealous she arranges to bring Paul over to the house for a hot encounter. Now June finds out that her darling niece " Isn't no angel!" Tina brings her Aunt over to Winnifred's bed and the 3 girls make love for the very first time. Tina has more erotic plans for the girls, she has her husband Carl jump in and make it with both Winnifred and June! While this hot threesome was going full speed. Tina slipped downstairs for a quickie with Les. June hears the noises below and leaves Carl and Winnifred locked together as she goes for a look. She finds Tina and Les giving her bed a good workout and decides to join the fun. After everyone's passions had been satisfied, Tina realizes that her Aunt June is falling in love with Les. She suggests that it would that it would be better for everyone if Winnifred would move in with Carl and herself. This would give Aunt June a chance to get to know her new man, and it would give Tina and Carl a new playmate!

Bonus Features: Classic Slideshow, Vintage Movie Trailers, Special Bonus Ron Jeremy Interview

Starring: Adia, Barbara Dare, Barbie Dahl, Michael Knight, Rod Retta, Tina Harvey

 
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