Softcore Reviews

I wanted to like this one, I really did. Despite its lack of erotic heat, I kinda got a kick out of Seduction Cinema’s parody of Iron Man (see Iron Babe) and was hoping to get at least a few laughs out of this latest effort. But alas, Batbabe: The Dark Nightie was a disappointment; the cheesy special effects and scatological humor was even too low-brow for this low-brow and the sex continues to be tame and posed, with nary a spark in sight…

What we have here is basically a Seduction Cinema “comp.” Our friends at MRG Entertainment have pioneered the format of the compilation film, squeezing every last dollar out of their extensive history of simulated sex on tape. Seduction, through its Retro-Seduction wing, has been pushing their treasure trove of 8mm film loops from the 60s and 70s, and here we have a number of those loops interspersed with a story line featuring newly shot footage…

This parody of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is a bit more coherent than the other Seduction Cinema parodies, but that isn’t saying much. In their version of the game, Julian Wells asks the questions, and with each contestant’s correct response, Bambi (Vivica Taylor) takes off an article of clothing. If the contestant gets everything right, they get to have sex with Bambi…

Softcore is fantasy. You watch it despite knowing that the sex isn’t real – you pretend it is, anyway. That’s that good old nugget of film wisdom, the “willing suspension of disbelief.” Since sci-fi and monster movies operate on the exact same principle, on paper, softcore/sci-fi mashups of the kind that Seduction Cinema puts out should be a natural fit. But what happens when you have a movie where neither the sci-fi or the softcore is any good?

Although we weren’t especially big fans of the original Erotic Survivor, we are even less enamored of the sequel. Even director John Bacchus seems slightly bored while onscreen, introducing the segments with a deader-than-usual deadpan…