Orgasmo nero (1980)

User Rating:

2.4/10   

Director:

Joe D'Amato

Writer:

Joe D'Amato (writer)

Release Date:

14 May 1982 (West Germany)

Genre:

Horror | Romance

Plot:

A man is doing research on an island where a strange tribe lives. The man's wife gets into a (sexual)...

Plot Keywords:

Tribe | Island | Sex | Child | Violence

Cast

Nieves Navarro	...	Helen (as Susan Scott)
Richard Harrison	...	Paul
Lucia Ramirez	...	Haini

Also Known As:

Black Orgasm
Orgasmo negro (Dominican Republic)
Sex and Black Magic (USA)
Voodoo Baby

Runtime:

Germany:90 min

Country:

Italy | Dominican Republic

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM18

Company:

Santo Domingo Universal

Movie Connections:

Featured in Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut (1999)

Horror fans beware, porn fans go ahead

Horror fans beware: there is one scene of cannibalism during the opening credits (and the victim is already dead anyway), then a "shock ending" (which you'll easily see coming) in the last 2 minutes. The rest of the movie is completely horror-free. Porn fans go ahead: "Orgasmo Nero" / "Voodoo Baby" is literally one sex or masturbation scene after another, with only a few dialogue passages in between. At first I had two reservations about this: Susan Scott looks too old for this kind of movie (she was 42 at the time), and Lucia Ramirez has absolutely no breasts! But they are both so game and so convincing that ultimately I forgot about these reservations. The movie stays mostly in softcore territory, with only one (unneeded) hardcore scene which, as the extras reveal, was part of an entire hardcore sequence that was filmed but didn't make it to the final cut. For what it is, the film is pretty good, with production values you don't often get in this genre. Just don't expect anything horror-related. (**1/2)