The Notorious Cleopatra (1970) - Bethel Buckalew

History is warped yet again by Box Office International, in this lavish, lewd and ludicrous epic by producer (Mantis In Lace) and occasional director (Secret Sex Lives Of Romeo & Juliet) Peter Perry. According to Perry's version, Julius Caesar is a corpulent grump, lamenting the drab quality of orgy talent while a concubine drapes herself across his royal presence. At the mention of Cleopatra as an exotic addition to his carnal menu, he orders his cohort Mark Anthony (`Rome's greatest lover') to Egypt to check out the talent - with a strict hands-off policy. Cut to Mark Anthony, whose hands are anywhere but off the Nubian nuptials. After a ringside seat at a virgin sacrifice and multi-racial orgy, Anthony and co return to Rome understandably knackered; Cleo and her handmaiden (!!) follow them incognito. She has a thing for Mark Anthony herself, but ambition gets the better of her, and finds the way to a Caesar's heart is through his stomach. Mark Anthony meanwhile becomes the patsy for Caesar's murder, and discovers her treachery while on the run. Exit Cleo, exit Mark Anthony, and historical accuracy is flushed down the aqueduct once more for good luck.

History of a Blue Movie (1970) - Alex de Renzy

From the New York Times
"This humorous and informative documentary traces the history of cinematic pornography back to the 1915 stag film "The Free Ride." Sexual attitudes of society have been carefully researched and explained as films from World War up to and including the year 1970 are examined. Stripper Candy Barr is shown in the classic "Smart Alec", and the mild peep shows of the 1940s and 1950s are examined. All events lead up to the late 1960s where censorship laws were successfully challenged in the courts. The last half hour is a shameless promotion of director Alex de Renzy's current blue movies and adds nothing to the historical perspective of the feature. Color process is not credited, but few porn films before the 1960s were filmed in color. ~ Dan Pavlides"

L'éden et après AKA Eden and After (1970) - Alain Robbe-Grillet

 

 Quote: A group of students go to the Eden club where they play bizarre and cruel games including fake Russian Roulette, strange rituals, rape, blood-drinking and poison, until a mysterious stranger appears and ups the ante. After a bloody magic trick, he provides an African drug to a girl who sees a montage of fearful images and then slowly appears to live them, wandering into a strange fluid factory and into a postcard of Tunisia, where murders, S&M sex, dancing and a nonsensical plot of kidnapping and torture in order to locate a painting take place. The film is an experience, a reality created by illusions, hallucinations and drugs, with bizarre visuals and details emerging little by little as some images develop into scenes, albeit incoherent ones.

Obscene House (1969) - Henry Blake

 

 "Meet Fat Mamma, a 400-pound madame in a mini-dress, who opens a brothel, employing four fantastic hookers." Feature film debut of Lillian Parker, popular nude model and star of many 8mm peepshow reels, though she is officially uncredited. Though there is a female narrator, there is no recorded dialogue by anyone onscreen.

Camille 2000 [Extended Version] (1969) - Radley Metzger

 

 Quote: Marguerite, a beautiful woman of affairs, falls for the young and promising Armand, but sacrifices her love for him for the sake of his future and reputation.

La philosophie dans le boudoir AKA Beyond Love and Evil (1969) - Jacques Scandelari

Zenoff enters a heavily guarded country mansion. He finds a vast orgy occurring within, presided over by Yald, a debauched libertine seeking to orchestrate an atmosphere of unbridled sensual pleasure with no concessions to conventional morality. Zenoff is quite shocked, particularly when Yald announces he's about to be married and that he expects all his guests to have their way with his wife-to-be Xenia-who it just so happens is also Zenoff's true love.

Le altre (1969) - Renzo Maietto

 

 The direction of the film is normally attributed to the producer Renzo Maietto, who is said to have hidden behind the stage name Alex Fallay: in reality the real director was the Iranian Alex Fallay who, by law at the time, could not sign an Italian film. Erna Schurer was already the star of the Salamanders, while Monica Stroebel was launched by Fernando di Leo's films. "Courageous, grotesque, exciting, funny." Nocturno

School for Sex (1969) - Pete Walker

 

 Plot: British Sexploitation/Sex Comedy. Lord Wingate, aquitted after appearing in court for fraud, starts up a 'finishing school' to teach girls how to extract money from rich men, in return for a percentage of their gains. He enlists the help of the Duchess of Burwood (Alcoholic Aristocrat played by Rose Alba) as a teacher and Hector (Cockney Geezer played by Nosher Powell) as fitness instructor. A probation officer friend supplies the first batch of pupils fresh from Holloway prison via a clapped out old mini bus. Suspicious neighbours and police together with newspaper reports naming the prison girls now hobnobbing in high society results in a raid and new court appearance for Lord Wingate. The Judge sentences him but plots to start up his own 'school for sex'.

Yuganda Kankei AKA Perverse Relations (1965) - Kôji Wakamatsu

 

 Quote: A doctor, gynaecologist, discover the corpse of his wife. His nurse advises to him to declare her death a simple heart attack, to clear himself without the slightest doubt. He refuses and calls the police force there. The interrogation of the doctor, then other witnesses, slowly reveals the truth of her demise..

Sei no horo AKA Vagabond of Sex (1967) - Kôji Wakamatsu

 

 Quote: Vagabond of Sex (性の放浪 Sei no Hōrō?, 1967) was a parody of Imamura's A Man Vanishes (1967). In Wakamatsu's film, a man leaves his family in Tokyo to travel and engage in various sexual escapades. When he returns home he finds out that his wife is starring in Imamura's documentary about her search for her missing husband.

Namari no bohyo AKA Lead Tombstone (1965) - Kôji Wakamatsu

 

 Quote: LEAD TOMBSTONE tracks the progress of a young sociopathic rake who had, immediately post-WW2, rescued his country farmer mother from rape by stabbing the offending American soldier in the back with a pitchfork. Once grown, the boy continues his violent life as a hoodlum on the run, repaying an outlaw couple who have sheltered him by raping the wife, then, at his boss's behest, murdering the husband. He's also not above strangling a girl in her bathtub for kicks. The one spot of normalcy in his life is his shop girl girlfriend, an innocent who, once she discovers his other life, confronts his boss..

Hakujitsumu AKA Daydream (1964) - Tetsuji Takechi

Quote: A very early example, perhaps the first ever, of Japanese "pink" cinema from infamous director Tetsuji Takechi. A woman visits the dentist and ends up descending into a world of surreal S&M fantasies...

Seihanzai AKA Sex Crimes (1967) - Kôji Wakamatsu

 

About the escape of a boy and his girlfriend who murdered a friend. Inspired by Godard and the nouvelle vague movement.

Gendai sei hanzai ankokuhen: aru torima no kokuhaku AKA Dark Story of a Sex Crime: Phantom Killer (1969) - Kôji Wakamatsu

 

 Quote: Part of Wakamatsu's ongoing fascination with sexual predators. It's an incel film avant la lettre, executed in true Wakamatsu style. Certainly not his most prominent or polished work, though fans of Wakamatsu won't be disappointed. Others should probably seek out his more famed work first. The film follows a frustrated young man. He yearns to be in the company of a woman, but seems unable to make any kind of meaningful connection with them. When a friend of his offers to share his girlfriend, he accepts reluctantly, but his first sexual experience awakens dark feelings that will drive him to commit violent crimes. Wakamatsu offers another glimpse into the mind of a very troubled soul. It's certainly not a pleasant film, let alone a titillating one, so if that's what you're after you can better skip this one altogether. If on the other hand you like a stylized and frank descent into the rotten mind of a violent pervert, Wakamatsu has you covered.

Tokugawa onna keibatsu-shi AKA Shogun's Joy of Torture (1968) - Teruo Ishii

 

 Quote: Set in 17th century Japan, when members of the Tokugawa clan ruled the country with fear and terror. Punishment for those who broke the rules set by the Shogunate was brutal and severe. "Shoguns Joy of Torture" tells three terrifying stories about guilt, crime and punishment. The film is loaded with some truly shocking torture scenes, so some unprepared viewers will be offended. Women are decapitated, burned alive, beaten, whipped or torn in two by oxen. The production values are high, the cinematography is polished and the soundtrack is moody and sad.

All the Sins of Sodom (1968) - Joseph W. Sarno

 

 Shot back-to-back with Vibrations in 1968, All the Sins of Sodom has been hailed as “one of Sarno’s most captivating films” (Video Watchdog). Encouraged by his agent, Henning, a struggling NYC photographer, begins a daring portfolio of his model, Leslie. But all too soon, jealousies erupt when another model vies for his camera and bed in this penetrating study of ambition, romance and lust set in the world of fashion photography. “Sexploitation auteur Sarno is at the top of his game” in this elegantly filmed time capsule of late ‘60s New York (DVD.com).

La vampire nue AKA The Nude Vampire (1970) - Jean Rollin

 

 A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman being chased by sinister masked figures at night. He tries to track her down, and learns she’s being held captive by his father and colleagues who believe she’s a vampire.

The Ultimate Degenerate (1969) - Michael Findlay

from IMDB:
Starts out as if this is going to be one of Findlay's better efforts and certainly the performances are bright enough and the voice over/lip sync works well enough, this just loses it about two thirds through. I don't know whether it was the umpteenth use of whipped cream or the over enthusiastic use of corn on the cob, but after being fairly well paced and well shot with decent sexy action, this treads water as if everyone had run out of ideas or possibly a certain someone had a penchant for the aforementioned activities and wanted nothing else. It's a shame because the first use of the cream being spurted over the nude psychedelic dancers is most effective as was the initial dealings with the phallic vegetable. Lots of oddities and some really good moments just spoiled by the over indulgent final quarter or so.

Acosada AKA The Pink Pussy Where Sin Lives (1964) -Alberto Dubois

An attractive songstress lands herself a performing contract and leaves her home in Buenos Aires. She travels to Venezuela, and when arriving in Caracas, she soon discovers that her contract is a hoax made by a major drug baron.

The Beast That Killed Women (1965) - Barry Mahon

A gorilla runs amok in a nudist camp. What more can I tell you? This is a really bad film, but full of naked breasts.