Softcore Reviews

The Alcove pairs the frequent nudity of Joe D’Amato’s softcore work with some of the cruelty of his horror movies, and glosses it over with the high society sheen of a Tinto Brass epic. It ain’t your ordinary D’Amato film, and it finds him branching out into new directions…

The title comes from one of the more artistic of these short films. If you’re looking for a collection of horror-themed nudie cuties, well, you’re out of luck because that’s the only one. Mostly the loops are just shots of your grandma when she was young and hot, writhing on the bed, probably for a little pin money and some cigarettes…

We are going through a Golden Age of reissuing 1970s softcore on DVD, and have given a long-debased genre its due, uncovering rare and surprising items. Here we have a series called Classics of French Erotica, featuring three forgotten independent French movies from the early to late 1970s. Unfortunately, when you’re mining for gold, sometimes you end up digging up lumps of coal instead…

It’s not often that we review hardcore movies here at Softcore Reviews. We’ll make an exception for this one on the basis of historical relevance…

He’s had a career spanning five decades, working in every genre from drama to comedy, from softcore to hardcore. So here’s our list of Joe Sarno’s best work…