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More Humorous Than Erotic - Manara's Butterscotch on Film
This movie is sort of a sequel to the Butterscotch graphic novels by Milo Manara. An aspiring actor finds an invisibility formula in a home where he is hired as a waiter. Clumsy fingers result in him being covered in the formula and becoming invisible.

Having been dumped by one girl earlier in the day, he finds himself being thrown together with a new girl right away (another actress). Little does he know that someone else has discovered the formula and become invisible.

The story starts in LA btu then moves to London and finally Italy. Sex, ghosts, auditions, and a meeting of the invisible men fill out the story.

(...) Many are viewed through scenery such as cobwebs and wine racks. The wine cellar is interesting as it starts in LA and winds up in Italy. But despite all the naked flesh this is really a comedy and fails in its attempt at an erotic atmosphere. Sure, some will find the volume of flesh erotic but not all. ... Read more

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What were you expecting??
If you are looking for a 'Genius' movie here, it's like looking for a humpback whale in a swimming pool... This movie is a modest, campy fun flick. Not too great, some jokes do fall flat, but overall I liked most of the jokes, and the visuals aren't bad either.

Comedy soft porn at its best!
I rented this on video a few years ago with a group of friends, incorrectly titled "Sex Detective", and have been searching for it again ever since. I suspected "Sex Detective" was not the real name of the film, as it's about a spy, not a detective, but my search was fruitless - until today! I shall be ordering this film on DVD forthwith; it really is very funny and great to watch with a group of mates. The sex scenes are quite soft, but much better and more convincing than in a lot of comedy porn such as those Seduction Company ones. As a Bond spoof it's great; classic scenes include the one in which Rod fights a duel in a brothel using a pair of vibrators which are crossed on the wall, and the scene in which Q gives him a selection of low budget gadgets because his department is running out of money. Quality!

Rod Steele DVD suffers from stolen widescreen
Yes, Bob Donovan does a cool Bond accent, but I'm still waiting for the proper DVD version of this film to appear. All we have now is a cheap pan-and-scan copy with the director's commentary drowned out by the loud audio of the main feature.

It ends up like a fuzzy version of some late-night Cinemax thing from the 1980s, borrowing heavily from the spy caper humor of the old 1960s Ted Mark paperback series.

Ironically, they also put out an unrated version, but they again went and butchered the picture in half, from widescreen down to standard screen. (Although I haven't heard if the audio on the director's commentary is similarly ruined on this version.)

I thought this naughty little gem deserved much better DVD treatment than this, especially since it wouldn't have cost much more to provide it.

The movie was originally shot in widescreen, so it could easily be reproduced as such. And it's simple enough to turn down the volume on audio track one, allowing you to hear audio track two. So why didn't they?

Sounds like a case for agent Steele himself.

It Seemed Just Silly
The James Bond voice is great, but that's about it for this show. The jokes are so trivial. I know it is supposed to be a mockery of Bond movies but it goes so far overboard it looses its humor. If you must, give it a shot, but be forewarned.

You've got to be careful...
...when you do camp for camp's sake. It's really easy to get completely stupid, and that's what this movie is. Agreed, Robert Donovan does a *killer* Sean Connery impression, but it was essentially a one-joke movie, and that joke got kind of tired, kind of quick. I don't usually spend movie time talking on the phone, but I couldn't help it. I was bored, and wanted to let a friend know that John La Zar (Dr. Fez), who played Z-Man in "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (are you looking for a campy sex-flick? Watch that instead, it's pure genius), was apparently alive and well, and none the worse for the time spent with Russ Meyer. Watch it if you'd like, but make sure you bring knitting, so you've got something to keep you occupied. ... Read more

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Good softcore film
The premise of Alien Files (Hot girls being exposed to an alien fungus that produces nymphomaniacal clones of them who infect other hot girls) is hokey, but that's ok because the plot is not exclusively what makes this movie good. There are numerous hot babes in this film that unabashedly and eagerly get naked, making the silly plot superfluous--but because of this the film is comical. All of these girls could be in the pages of Penthouse magazine and must all have at least 35D breasts: There's a hot blonde, brunette, auburn, and an asian, and all of them partake in different scenarios of seduction when they are exposed to the alien fungus. The funniest scene is when an uptight and square coke-bottle-lensed bespectacled asian girl playing the doctor on the spaceship is exposed to the fungus and lets down her hair and becomes a sex maniac who reveals her hot hardbody. It's interesting that she isn't wearing a bra or underwear beneath her otherwise nerdy attire, perhaps revealing that beneath the virginal exterior a vixen has been waiting to burst out.

And the academy award for Best Writhing in a movie goes to..
It's not Citizen Kane, but I'm sure you know that going in. That aside, Alien Files is enjoyable and highly erotic, featuring numerous lesbian scenes, love scenes, and lots of attractive women writhing and convulsing in ecstasy.
The plot concerns an sexually charged alien virus that clones every woman it infects. The clone seduces and makes love to as many people as it can, while the original girl, telepathically linked to the clone, spends most of her time squirming around and moaning. Its silly, but its all just an excuse to see a bunch of sex scenes intercut with the same actress, alone in a room somewhere, flopping and writhing around on the floor, half naked. And there alot of them. In fact, every actress in this movie has to perform some sort of gratuitous writhing act. Auditions must have been interesting.
All of this occurs in the unrated version. The r-rated version was butchered heavily, much of the sex, and just about all of the writhing gone.

Don't Order This Version!
Don't make my mistake of ordering this version. The cover does not say whether it's R-rated or unrated, but it must have been heavily edited to take out all the good parts. I saw nothing but the back of the girls or quick, fuzzy glimpses of the front. Very frustrating & non-erotic. No comparison whatsoever to Femalien, Virtual Encounters, or Lolida 2000. Why would Amazon or MTI studio even want to sell this version thru internet is beyond me since it only hurts the sale & marketing of the unrated version. In any case, I'm glad I only paid $9.99 for it, but plan to ship it back to Amazon & ask for replacement in the unrated version. (By the way, the plots are silly & the acting is mechanical, but that's not what I'm complaining about.)

Really good softcore, X-Files parody.
Alien Files is a fun, sex filled, softcore parody of the X-Files television series and movies like Species. It's the way the stories for all softcore should be done, because basically, it's just an entertaining vehicle for an almost non-stop parade of sex scenes and hot looking women taking of their clothes and pleasuring themselves.

A spaceship finds an unknown fungus while on a mission. The fungus is actually an alien life form in a dormant state. It infects a female member of the spaceship's crew. The alien subsists on human sexual pleasure, so it makes the female get really horny. She tears off all her clothes, smears alien fungus goo all over her body and brings herself to orgasm. The alien creates a duplicate of her body, where it runs wild on the ship, having sex with the rest of the crew and taking the form of a couple of the other female crew members along the way. When the spaceship lands back on earth, the alien escapes and two FBI agents must track it down for the rest of the movie. During all this, the alien has sex and changes female form several more times.

There are twelve sex scenes. Three are girl solo, one is girl/girl, and eight are boy/girl. However, a couple of those are pretty short and the girls keep their clothes on during the lesbian scene. The rest of the sex scenes are all good though. All the women are beautiful, with A list stars like Kira Reed, Blake Pickett, Kim Yates, and Gabriella Hall. The sounds of the actors/actresses are all audible over the music.

This is easy to recommend.

Wild.
Alien Files is fast and sexy. All the sex scenes are great, and unlike Surrender and Seduction cinema releases, the music doesn't drown out the love scenes. Cool cheesy plot, too. The redhead, Ravenelle Richardson, is hot! ... Read more

Description

Spring Break, seven teenagers, a secluded mountain cabin, and a dark forest. Sound familiar? Not this time! One of the teens has seen every horror movie known to man, and now he's armed to spot the danger signs of a massacre in the making--a good thing when there's an evil presence in the woods, hungry and ready to mate! Prepare to chuckle and shudder with the cult horror/comedy favorite that's earned coast-to-coast raves from critics and fans. There is most definitely something out there! ... Read more

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Stay away from this one!
Can you say "B movie"? (B for BAD). Lame jokes, idiotic plot: I wish I could get my money back along with the time I spent watching this one.

Ha ha ha!
Can we say CHEESY? This makes the schlockiest TROMA movie look like a 5 star masterpiece! Forget everything you know about cheese and just give this one a spin in the dvd player! If you're not rolling on the ground laughing, there's something wrong with you! The focus is on a group of teens who retreat to a house in the woods for spring break...little do they know that SOMETHING IS OUT THERE!!! Big time low-budget, and big time laughs!

If you liked Scream, you'll love There's Nothing Out There
Check this film out! "There's Nothing Out There" makes you wonder where Wes Craven's team came up with some of their ideas for "Scream" ("There's Nothing Out There" was released five years before "Scream")...hmmmm, I wonder. It's good campy fun.

Glad I got it!
Well, I wish this is how all discs were released. This one has it all. A blooper reel, Audition footage, deleted shots, and best of all, a commentary track. I've always found that the best commentary tracks are on low budget movies as they are always the most informative and fun to listen to. I hate paying inflated prices for discs that don't have any of these extras, but this one was a nice surprise. As for the film itself, I remember thinking when I first saw it that it was a great premise having a main character being able to survive because he was an expert in horror movies. Years later I was pretty shocked to see that the Scream series "borrowed" heavily from elements of There's Nothing Out There. Throw in some funny dialogue, a ton of gratuitous nudity and you have a classic!

There's Nothing Out There
Small budgeted, but well done Comedy uses the same formula as Scream, but was first to do so. The characters in the film, for the most part, know they are in a 'horror' film, and one of them knows the rules that just might get them out alive. As they head up to a secluded cabin in the woods Mike, who has, "seen every horror film available on tape," tries to warn his friends, but of couse, it's too late. And after almost every female has lost her top, and every trick in the book is used, the monster attacks. Only when the character's take the situation too seriously in the last half hour does the movie lose any of it substance. *** stars out of ****

The DVD presents the film in it's original widescreen aspect ratio of approximately 1.77:1. The transfer is anamorphic and boasts some nice colors, deep blacks, and overall pleased me. Especially for a movie of such a limited budget.

The sound is good, again, for such an old movie, with a low budget, don't expect too much. But I didn't notice an hissing or noise that would distract the viewer. The only complaint would be that sometimes dialogue isn't always that great sounding, but again, low budget.

Extras Include --- Audio Commentary by director Rolfe Kanefsky and cast members; I found the track to be rather entertaining. They touch on many aspects of the movie, ane never seem dull or bored. Deleted Footage and bloopers; The deleted scenes are merely longer cuts of existing scenes, although they add relatively nothing to the film, they are nice to have. The bloopers are a real treat, and it is funny to see the actor's really messing up their lines. Theatrical Trailer, which I found to be rather funny; Production Stills, show many different stills from behind the scenes that I enjoyed; Storyboard-to-film comparisons, they were interesting, and for a change, we could see them on the same screen; Auditions and rehearsals were funny, however I found it rather funny only the women are asked to appear naked...(to test physical aspects to see if they could handle the stunts)

Overall I think Image Entertainment did a good job, and Rolfe Kanefsky deserves much credit for caring about a film he did so long ago. If only more film-makers would be so passionate about their original work. The DVD has good picture, good sound, and a ton of extra features, this one is a no brainer.

Out of *****
MOVIE *** out of ****
VIDEO ****
AUDIO ***
EXTRAS ****
OVERALL ***1/2 ... Read more

Reviews (7)

What were you expecting??
If you are looking for a 'Genius' movie here, it's like looking for a humpback whale in a swimming pool... This movie is a modest, campy fun flick. Not too great, some jokes do fall flat, but overall I liked most of the jokes, and the visuals aren't bad either.

Comedy soft porn at its best!
I rented this on video a few years ago with a group of friends, incorrectly titled "Sex Detective", and have been searching for it again ever since. I suspected "Sex Detective" was not the real name of the film, as it's about a spy, not a detective, but my search was fruitless - until today! I shall be ordering this film on DVD forthwith; it really is very funny and great to watch with a group of mates. The sex scenes are quite soft, but much better and more convincing than in a lot of comedy porn such as those Seduction Company ones. As a Bond spoof it's great; classic scenes include the one in which Rod fights a duel in a brothel using a pair of vibrators which are crossed on the wall, and the scene in which Q gives him a selection of low budget gadgets because his department is running out of money. Quality!

Rod Steele DVD suffers from stolen widescreen
Yes, Bob Donovan does a cool Bond accent, but I'm still waiting for the proper DVD version of this film to appear. All we have now is a cheap pan-and-scan copy with the director's commentary drowned out by the loud audio of the main feature.

It ends up like a fuzzy version of some late-night Cinemax thing from the 1980s, borrowing heavily from the spy caper humor of the old 1960s Ted Mark paperback series.

Ironically, they also put out an unrated version, but they again went and butchered the picture in half, from widescreen down to standard screen. (Although I haven't heard if the audio on the director's commentary is similarly ruined on this version.)

I thought this naughty little gem deserved much better DVD treatment than this, especially since it wouldn't have cost much more to provide it.

The movie was originally shot in widescreen, so it could easily be reproduced as such. And it's simple enough to turn down the volume on audio track one, allowing you to hear audio track two. So why didn't they?

Sounds like a case for agent Steele himself.

It Seemed Just Silly
The James Bond voice is great, but that's about it for this show. The jokes are so trivial. I know it is supposed to be a mockery of Bond movies but it goes so far overboard it looses its humor. If you must, give it a shot, but be forewarned.

You've got to be careful...
...when you do camp for camp's sake. It's really easy to get completely stupid, and that's what this movie is. Agreed, Robert Donovan does a *killer* Sean Connery impression, but it was essentially a one-joke movie, and that joke got kind of tired, kind of quick. I don't usually spend movie time talking on the phone, but I couldn't help it. I was bored, and wanted to let a friend know that John La Zar (Dr. Fez), who played Z-Man in "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (are you looking for a campy sex-flick? Watch that instead, it's pure genius), was apparently alive and well, and none the worse for the time spent with Russ Meyer. Watch it if you'd like, but make sure you bring knitting, so you've got something to keep you occupied. ... Read more