Last night Private Lessons (1981)was on showtime. Wow talk about DATED movies. It stars Sylvia Krystel (and her magnificent boobs) and Howard Hesseman (man, dr. johnny fever was busy in the early 80’s- I guess Head of the Class was his swan song). The premise is a hottie tutor seduces a FIFTEEN year old to blackmail his rich dad. Its a creepy subject, but its handled in lightheated way (but its still very creepy, you just gotta watch it) this flick makes no sense, the only thing i’m sure of is Sylvia’s hotness (she was in some Emanuelles and soft porn). and it’s not like most 80’s flicks where the 15 year old is really 30ish, he’s a little kid! it’s pretty low budget, but in hindsight the soundtrack had some real 70-80s hits ( i think i heard Air supply’s Lost in Love/ Rod Stewart’s Tonight’s the Night/Just when I Needed You Most by ???, but i was pretty drunk). there were a bunch of similar themed movies around this time (My Tutor) , and it was every teenage boys dream/ but its also statutory rape, and I can’t believe they still put it on TV. I wonder if those teachers who got busted ever saw this.
Just watched ‘Zombi Holocaust’. Two words: hilariously bad. Nothing anyone did really made any sense, the dubbing was awful, the story was ridiculous, but the gore was pretty solid. The lead, played by the main dude from ‘Zombi 2’, was hilarious: he trekked around the jungle in a blazer and slacks, was a complete jackass to the natives, and has the worst hair ever.
Last night Private Lessons (1981)was on showtime. Wow talk about DATED movies. It stars Sylvia Krystel (and her magnificent boobs) and Howard Hesseman (man, dr. johnny fever was busy in the early 80’s- I guess Head of the Class was his swan song). The premise is a hottie tutor seduces a FIFTEEN year old to blackmail his rich dad. Its a creepy subject, but its handled in lightheated way (but its still very creepy, you just gotta watch it) this flick makes no sense, the only thing i’m sure of is Sylvia’s hotness (she was in some Emanuelles and soft porn). and it’s not like most 80’s flicks where the 15 year old is really 30ish, he’s a little kid! it’s pretty low budget, but in hindsight the soundtrack had some real 70-80s hits ( i think i heard Air supply’s Lost in Love/ Rod Stewart’s Tonight’s the Night/Just when I Needed You Most by ???, but i was pretty drunk). there were a bunch of similar themed movies around this time (My Tutor) , and it was every teenage boys dream/ but its also statutory rape, and I can’t believe they still put it on TV. I wonder if those teachers who got busted ever saw this.
Private Lessons is particularly bad. I remember it fondly from my youth. I think I taped it off late night cable when I was a kid. It certainly was a movie that made me earn for my own private tutor. It seems like there were a number of flicks from the 80’s with Private in the title. Off the top of my head I came up with:
Private Benjamin
Private Lessons
Private Resort
Private School
Private Eyes
Watched Carlos Reygadas’s Silent Light. This was his third film and he is quickly becoming one of the finest filmmakers working today. The film is about a Menonnite farmer in Mexico who has an affair. A quite beautiful film and also v. touching.
Last night Private Lessons (1981)was on showtime. Wow talk about DATED movies. It stars Sylvia Krystel (and her magnificent boobs) and Howard Hesseman (man, dr. johnny fever was busy in the early 80’s- I guess Head of the Class was his swan song). The premise is a hottie tutor seduces a FIFTEEN year old to blackmail his rich dad. Its a creepy subject, but its handled in lightheated way (but its still very creepy, you just gotta watch it) this flick makes no sense, the only thing i’m sure of is Sylvia’s hotness (she was in some Emanuelles and soft porn). and it’s not like most 80’s flicks where the 15 year old is really 30ish, he’s a little kid! it’s pretty low budget, but in hindsight the soundtrack had some real 70-80s hits ( i think i heard Air supply’s Lost in Love/ Rod Stewart’s Tonight’s the Night/Just when I Needed You Most by ???, but i was pretty drunk). there were a bunch of similar themed movies around this time (My Tutor) , and it was every teenage boys dream/ but its also statutory rape, and I can’t believe they still put it on TV. I wonder if those teachers who got busted ever saw this.
Private Lessons is particularly bad. I remember it fondly from my youth. I think I taped it off late night cable when I was a kid. It certainly was a movie that made me earn for my own private tutor. It seems like there were a number of flicks from the 80’s with Private in the title. Off the top of my head I came up with:
Private Benjamin
Private Lessons
Private Resort
Private School
Private Eyes
I think I have seen every “Private” movie from the 80’s.....wasnt Private Resort the one with Johnny Depp and Andrew “Dice” Clay?
hey Samurai, did you see Private Lessons? is it just me, or was that pretty f**d up? and yes, J Depp was in Private resort, but i dont know about DiceMan. you may be thinking of Casual Sex?
Holy crap! Sylvia Krystel was also in Private School. I dont remember it, but im sure she gets naked. Anyone remember if Phoebe Cates gets naked,too? that would be worth a look.
Watched Glen Colburn’s 80s horror, Bloodsuckers from Outerspace. I loved watching this one on vhs when I was a kid. I picked up a dvd signed by Colburn and remastered picture. Lots of fun for this one.
Watched Jess Franco’s Dracula’s Daughter. Has all of the Franco charm for those who are infected by it. For some reason, when Howard Vernon plays Dracula, he always plays the role as if he has rigor mortis. WTF? A little mystery, quite a bit of sex, and melodrama=classic Franco. Late.
Pretty blah story with amazing effects. The story “idea” was cool, but I could not get past the idea of raccoon pelts being valuable enough for “all you dreams to come true.” I understand once you see them, they take hold of you, but prior to that? Like in the phone discussions. Maybe I am just not hip to the ins and outs of the fur industry?
hey Samurai, did you see Private Lessons? is it just me, or was that pretty f**d up? and yes, J Depp was in Private resort, but i dont know about DiceMan. you may be thinking of Casual Sex?
Holy crap! Sylvia Krystel was also in Private School. I dont remember it, but im sure she gets naked. Anyone remember if Phoebe Cates gets naked,too? that would be worth a look.
She may get topless...Phoebe I mean...I remember Betsy Russell riding a horse without a top on....that is a good teenage memory.....anybody ever seen Tomboy I think she is in that and I know she has been in one of the recent Saw films
Pretty blah story with amazing effects. The story “idea” was cool, but I could not get past the idea of raccoon pelts being valuable enough for “all you dreams to come true.” I understand once you see them, they take hold of you, but prior to that? Like in the phone discussions. Maybe I am just not hip to the ins and outs of the fur industry?
Right there with you on the fur. I guess some people just really like raccoons. This is one of my favorite MOH too.
Pretty blah story with amazing effects. The story “idea” was cool, but I could not get past the idea of raccoon pelts being valuable enough for “all you dreams to come true.” I understand once you see them, they take hold of you, but prior to that? Like in the phone discussions. Maybe I am just not hip to the ins and outs of the fur industry?
Right there with you on the fur. I guess some people just really like raccoons. This is one of my favorite MOH too.
Am I the only one here who sort of likes all of them?
Pretty blah story with amazing effects. The story “idea” was cool, but I could not get past the idea of raccoon pelts being valuable enough for “all you dreams to come true.” I understand once you see them, they take hold of you, but prior to that? Like in the phone discussions. Maybe I am just not hip to the ins and outs of the fur industry?
Right there with you on the fur. I guess some people just really like raccoons. This is one of my favorite MOH too.
Am I the only one here who sort of likes all of them?
The Argento MOH are v. cool. Jennifer was totally transgressive for Argento. I love that he’s doing that. As for Pelts, it’s from one of my all-time favorite F. Paul Wilson collections and the fact that it’s a reunion of Saxon/Argento. Was Meat Loaf sleazy or what?
I think Argento’s and Carpenter’s were stellar. Overall, the MoH series produced some duds, but a lot of them were great. Late.
Pretty blah story with amazing effects. The story “idea” was cool, but I could not get past the idea of raccoon pelts being valuable enough for “all you dreams to come true.” I understand once you see them, they take hold of you, but prior to that? Like in the phone discussions. Maybe I am just not hip to the ins and outs of the fur industry?
Right there with you on the fur. I guess some people just really like raccoons. This is one of my favorite MOH too.
Am I the only one here who sort of likes all of them?
The Argento MOH are v. cool. Jennifer was totally transgressive for Argento. I love that he’s doing that. As for Pelts, it’s from one of my all-time favorite F. Paul Wilson collections and the fact that it’s a reunion of Saxon/Argento. Was Meat Loaf sleazy or what?
I think Argento’s and Carpenter’s were stellar. Overall, the MoH series produced some duds, but a lot of them were great. Late.
I liked the Joe Dante MOH episodes. Actually Chocolate the one Mick Garris did is the only thing I ever have liked that he has done, I think he is way over-rated. The Argento ones are pretty cool, liked Jenifer more than Pelts however. John Carpenter’s Cigarette Burns was the best of the batch for me. Why can John Carpenter, and I am not afraid to say this, one of America’s greatest horror film makers,not get more films made? I don’t know why some of the directors out there making horror films get attached to projects and a great film artist is just stting there. Granted some of his later films are not great but In The Mouth Of Madness was cool and Vampires is certainly a giulty pleasure.
hey Samurai, did you see Private Lessons? is it just me, or was that pretty f**d up? and yes, J Depp was in Private resort, but i dont know about DiceMan. you may be thinking of Casual Sex?
Holy crap! Sylvia Krystel was also in Private School. I dont remember it, but im sure she gets naked. Anyone remember if Phoebe Cates gets naked,too? that would be worth a look.
Yes I have seen that film several times.....those sexual awakening films of the 80’s are bizarre to watch nowadays....my personal fav of that genre is My Tutor......there was just a lot of inappropriate behavior in those films.....I think there was even a scene in a film called Hamburger The Movie or some shit that had a co-ed hot for an older woman and who can forget Rob Lowe and that dude from Pretty in Pink in “Class”.......MILF ALERTS!!!!!
