Waves of Lust

70's Eurosleaze That Aims To Please A Select Audience...
[WAVES OF LUST - 1975 - Widescreen 1.85:1 - In English or Italian w/ English subtitles - directed by Ruggero Deodato - 88 min.] Although he had a highly respectable career as a television and commercial director, Ruggero Deodato is best remembered for his notorious exploitation classics, 'Jungle Holocaust' (1977), 'Cannibal Holocaust' (1980) and 'The House on the Edge of the Park' (1980). He even directed a notable crime drama 'Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man' (1976), but this entry from the previous year is unlike his known body of work, for better or worse. BTW, Lamberto Bava was only one of four co-writers here, and had nothing to do with its direction.

Two couples bump shoulders at a seaside resort, one wealthy, one not, and get entangled in each others crosshairs with typically wretched results. Highly despicable and wealthy financier Giorgio (John Steiner) and his virtual slave of a lover and part-time subject of abuse, Silvia (Elizabeth Turner), hook up with Irem (Al...

Waves of Lust
Ruggero Deodato is another one of the prolific Italian directors from the sixties and seventies, who made a career in horror, romantic, and thriller films. In his case, he was also successful in advertising. He helmed the cult classic "Cannibal Holocaust," which has been referred to as "one of the most infamous splatter films of all time." "Waves of Lust" is an exquisite erotic thriller, one of his masterpieces that are finally getting a well-deserved new opportunity to be enjoyed at its highest quality..

Barbara (Silvia Dionisio, Deodato's real-life wife) and Irem (Al Cliver) are an easy going couple that wanders around in the beautiful coastal town of Cefalu. While walking around the beach, they notice Giorgio (John Steiner) mistreating Silvia (Elizabeth Turner), his girlfriend. Barbara and Irem don't appreciate what's going on, and purposely make friends with Giorgio and Silvia. Giorgio is a spoiled rich-boy who owns a yacht, which happens to be anchored off coast. He...

Rub-A-Dub-Dub Four Swingers In A Tub
Deceit, lies , and full frontal nudity (female, of course) abound in Director Ruggero Deodato's 'WAVES OF LUST'
aka 'ONDATA DI PIACERE'- 1975, a slick, enjoyable Euro thriller camouflaged by its soft core porn milieu. There were many of these types of films being made at that time in Europe. Directors Jess Franco and Aristide Massaccesi aka Joe d'Amato lensed them throughout the late seventies/early eighties and yet, Deodato's film comes off so much better as the sleaze factor is forced into the background and allowing the story to unfold at its own pacing. The film is constantly compared to Director Roman Polanski's second feature 'KNIFE IN THE WATER' -1962 but only slightly hints at it. The screenplay and ideas by Lamberto Bava, Gianlorenzo Battaglia, Franco Bottari and Fabio Pittoro introduce many elements such as blackmail, domination, an early suicide (or is it murder ) which is never explained and envelops the viewer into a spiders web spinning into horrible possibilities...

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