RICHARD MAHLER (Roger Watkins)

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 Different. Of all the 1970s mainstream porn directors Mahler was the most self-consciously artistic... so much so that several of his movies are so downbeat they are hard to describe as porn at all. Started out his career making the infamous horror shocker LAST HOUSE ON A DEAD END STREET and then went on to make a small group of adult films that are one of a kind – intellectual (or pretentious) bleak, desperate, existential surreal porns-noir that are not soon forgotten. 
Her Name Was Lisa (DVD)    1979
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A landmark of pre-Prozac porn from director Richard Mahler who specialized in hard-to-describe surreal bleak art-XXX. This pathologically depressive and authentically Manhattan grimy opus opens at Lisa's funeral. Each mourner stands over her corpse and recalls their contribution to her destruction in a series of flashbacks.

Lisa (Samantha Fox) is a hooker who hates everyone and everybody, most of all herself. She is lured into modeling for a hunky blonde photographer, but it's the photographer's backer who really has his eye on her. She gets into total dominatrix leather and degrades the fellow every which way. Later, Lisa meets Vanessa Del Rio, who introduces her to the drugs that lead to her death. As in many Samantha Fox vehicles, her real-life partner Bobby Astyr, joins the cast.

Two time Best Actress winner, Adult Film Association winner and Critics' Adult Film Award winner Samantha Fox shines in this superb adult film. A photographer invites a whore to pose for him, and treats her fair, but she will be the prey of degradation imposed on her by the owner of the adult magazine for whom the photographer works. Co-starring the dynamic and explosive cinema legend Vanessa Del Rio "Her Name Was Lisa" showcases superior performances from the entire cast - within a storyline of intrigue, deceit and incredible sexual emotion.

Starring Bobby Astyr, Karen Black, Robin Byrd, Barbara Daniels, Vanessa Del Rio, Samantha Fox, Rod Hud, David Pierce, Yolanda Savales, Jake Stuart, Uranus, Randy West

 

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Last House On A Dead End Street (2 DVD Set)    1977
aka The Fun House
DVD / Region 1 (USA)
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Brand new un-opened copy of the long out of print Barrel Entertainment 2-DVD edition of this amazing, shocking film.

The most interesting thing about this depraved, violent horror film is that it was made by Roger Michael Watkins who, as Richard Mahler, went on to make the most artistically interesting American porn films, like CORUPTION and HER NAME WAS LISA. The film itself is a notorious video nasty about a guy who, after serving 1 year in jail, decides to repay the society by murdering people and filming it. The gore effects are less than convincing and thank God for that, because the actions simulated are really bad. Genuinely unsettling.

This 2-DVD set has to be about the most complete doccumentation of such an obscure movie, including * 20 min. of outtakes * Full film commentary by the director and Chas. Baulen * A short segment of the director on the Joe Franklin show * a 60-minute (!) radio interview with the director back when he was finishing-up the film * 3 short films from the same director (no audio but includes director commentary) * A series of phonecalls to and from the director regarding the creation of this film * A very good 38-page booklet featuring interviews with the director, stars and crew.

 
Pink Ladies, The (DVD)    1981
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Mahler's least pathological (and thus probably sexiest to most people) movie still shows that there is a talented director at work. Because New York cable access stripper/host/whatever Robin Byrd was in some high profile films (including this one) it's easy to forget how few movies she really made.

"Four married couples spice up their everyday existence by indulging in their wildest sexual desires. From an encounter in a train station to a ladies' locker room fantasy, no erotic stone is left unturned in 'The Pink Ladies'. Shot entirley in Panavision!"

Starring Jessie Adams, Kandi Barbour, Richard Bolla, Robin Byrd, Vanessa Del Rio, Christine DeShaffer, Samantha Fox, Rick Iverson, Ron Jeremy, Michele Lake, James March, Marlene Willoughby

 

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