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Emanuelle’s Revenge
AKA Emanuelle E Françoise Le Sorelline
Directed By Joe D’Amato
Released: 1975
Starring: George Eastman, Rosemarie Lindt, and Patrizia Gori
Running Time: 96 minutes
Region: 2 PAL
DVD Studio: X-Rated Kult
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Carlo (played by George Eastman) is a scumbag actor
who is using his girlfriend Françoise (Patrizia Gori) like a prostitute.
He uses her body to pay off gambling debts and to get parts in films until
he gets bored and dumps her. Françoise is heartbroken and throws herself
in front of a train. When her sister, Emanuelle (Rosemarie Lindt), finds
out, she seduces Carlo and then kidnaps him. Instead of killing him,
Emanuelle forces him to watch her bizarre sex games. Carlo thinks this is
his fate, to watch forever until thirst (or horniness) gets the best of
him. That is until Emanuelle reveals the final and most demented part of
her plan of vengeance.
We enter the twisted world of director/cinematographer Joe D’Amato (Anthropophagus)
once again to find that he has double-dipped us into sleazy sauce with
Emanuelle’s Revenge.
Psychosexual torture, anyone? As usual, D’Amato’s camerawork is sumptuous
and the almost blindingly bright lighting is near perfect. While the plot
is pretty clunky and painfully simple, this film still manages to
entertain. And thankfully, it takes a detour into horror with a sweet
hallucinatory sequence full of blood, violence, and cannibalism. Thank
you, Joe.
The not-so-gentle giant, George Eastman (Rabid
Dogs), plays another piece of shit frighteningly well. I
really love Rosemarie Lindt’s performance as Emanuelle. Lindt manages to
portray a woman whose mission of vengeance is wearing her down and is
making her careless. Did someone say depressing? Wow, Patrizia Gori is
fantastic as the doomed Françoise. While it is impossible to feel too much
pity for someone who is throwing their life away (literally) for a
destructive relationship, I couldn’t help but feel twinges of pain for
her. That's right, this softcore trash made me a little misty. What of it?
I must say that when a movie makes you feel this dirty, it has to be good. While
nowhere near my
favorite of Joe D’Amato’s efforts (try
Death Smiled At Murder instead),
Emanuelle’s Revenge
definitely has its plusses. Like any Euro-sleaze worth its salt, this film
has the required amount of J&B, cool cars, a brazenly funky film
score, scuzzy sex scenes, and even a cameo by Italian genre
cinema regular (and my hero), Luciano Rossi. As far as erotic thrillers go, you could certainly
do worse.
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DVD Stuff:
X-Rated Kult’s presentation of
Emanuelle’s Revenge
is decent but not great. The non-anamorphic DVD’s print has rich colors
and deep blacks but it shows wear in some scenes. Audio is a mixed bag
with the English dub sounding very tinny and somewhat quiet. The Italian
audio sounds much clearer (no English subtitle option) and the German
version sounds the most clear but the soundtrack is totally different (and
awful).
There is a plethora of extras on the disc. There are two alternate credit
sequences, some extended sex scenes, an interview with Joe D’Amato (in
Italian with German subtitles), the German trailer for the film, a
pointless “bonus” scene, photo gallery, and some selections from the
Italian soundtrack. This disc isn’t exactly English-friendly but it is
easy enough to navigate and folks may find some interest here. I have to
tell ya, I really hate these grubby and continuity-destroying extended sex
scenes but that’s just me. But I do love that totally misleading cover
art.
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Links:
Get this DVD from
Xploited Cinema.
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