Widow Blue! (1970)

Excellent but underrated film

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Widow Blue! (1970) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Ultra bizarre film has lovers Eve (Susan Wescott) and Nick (Alex Elliot) agreeing to kill each other's spouses so that they can run off together. Even forces her brother to seduce Nick's bi-sexual husband and soon enough blood is flowing.Walt Davis' WIDOW BLUE! is without question one of the stranger hardcore films as it mixes in a bunch of sex with some rather gory violence. The film really does come across as your typical sex film but then out of nowhere it likes to throw is some Herschell Gordon Lewis style gore. If you're looking for something a tad bit different then this will be right up your alley but then again, all of Davis' films are rather strange.This one here really benefits from some bizarre scenes of violence. To be fair, there are only two scenes of violence but both of them are very well-done and features some extremely bright red blood that just leaps off the screen at you. There's no question that these scenes appeared to be influenced by the gore films of Lewis but of course you've also got hardcore sex scenes here.I thought Wescott was actually pretty good in her role as she was quite attractive and seductive. The film was obviously shot on a very low budget but if you're a fan of these types of films then it's worth watching.

Originally I had got it from Something Weird Video, It was called Sex Psycho.It was advertised as being made in 1971.Then I got the DVD upgrade .It was retitled ,The Demon in Miss Jones.It was an awful print some of the scenes were shifting to the pink side .The color of the back ground looked mono tone.The print was not sharp .It was fuzzy.Well now I got the restored one ,from Amazon, Vinegar Syndrome label. It was great!Now for the first time you could see the details of the color of the back ground.The Bringing in the coffin and the friends come visit unexpectedly sequence,the whole of the wall was pure white ,No dirty color tint over it,like the bad print.The restored version came with credit titles .Surprisingly the gay sex scene ,between Charles and Walt, was a bit longer then the non restored version .You could clearly tell that Walt Davis was either gay or bi . He had no problem getting an erection,but, Charles clearly was all an act and as a heterosexual was not enjoying it.He was not getting no erection.You did not see the penetration that scene cause it was all fake.The cum was fake.This restored version you see poor Charles struggling to Jack off on another man .You saw no ejaculation ,cause he never got off.It was advertise originally as being made in 1971,but, I would find out later it was made in 1970 ,probably right at the same time Mona came out. You had some early porn a stars in it .John Holmes, in the beginning of his hard core sex career.Susan Westcott ,Charles Lish and porn stalwart of the early seventies ,Nick Elliot ,whom appeared in another John Holmes classic ,flesh of the Lotus ,1971.The restored version revealed the blood being so fake ,look more like acrylic paint.It also revealed in one scene where Susan smudged some of the paint on her face to give an impression it got on her hands.There was one thing that the non restored version did not have ,the ending was vague.In the restored version ,it revealed that she was just having a bad dream.If your a fan of sex and violence and horror ,this would be god for you.This is the type of movie that if a pseudo liberal conservative politicos ,especially if they were gay. if they got this movie in their hands ,they would scream Snuff film and homophobia ,before they ever finish seeing it.They would try to have it banned on the allegation that a film like this can cause homophobia and influence them to murder gays with meat cleavers .Conservative and Pseudo liberal conservatives don't even know this film exist .Fair early porn, 11/5/14

Two extramarital affairs lead to alarming outbursts of savage violence and wanton sex in this truly unhinged "only in the 70's" hardcore outing that combines graphic gore and raunchy copulation into one singularly off-kilter mix. Writer/director Walt Davis happily plumbs super sick depths in jaw-dropping tastelessness: Amorous couples not only do the deed on a bed alongside a freshly slain corpse and on top of a coffin, but also one hapless lass bites off a man's penis (ouch!) while performing fellatio on the guy and chokes on the dude's dismembered member. Yep, this beautifully bent'n'berserk baby takes a convoluted soap opera-style plot to its most deliriously trashy and delightfully outrageous extreme, with shoddy sub-Herschell Gordon Lewis splatter, seamy gay and straight sex scenes, hammy acting, and a blithely twisted'n' scuzzy tone. Fortunately, the hilariously gross sense of pitch-black humor and jolly feeling of absolute depravity ensure that this sordid outing is more amusing than offensive, although it certainly helps if one has a penchant for uncompromisingly warped 70's alternative cinema. It also helps that sexy and attractive hardcore regulars Andy Bellamy and Sandy Dempsey are along for the crazy ride, plus John Holmes and his famously enormous phallus pop up (and out) for a group orgy set piece. Maney White's stark no-frills cinematography provides a suitably grimy look. A real sleazy pip.

When it was released, Sex Psycho wouldn't have been for everyone tastes even in the Grindhouse circuit. It could still be considered not to everyone's taste of the usual sexploitation / exploitation / Grindhouse / drive in / porn / themes. What Sex Psycho is, is simply uncategorisable within any one of these genres. Director Walt Davis goes about making sure his film sits firmly on the outside of the fence, thus explaining why his first movie was never screened officially in cinemas or on video. Which is such a shame because in contains all those elements from the above genres and brings some new ones to the proceedings as well. Homosexuality, necrophilia, incest, murder, adultery are some of the running themes looked at here. With the inclusion of the scenes of homosexuality, this would have simply caused the film to fail to get distribution among its much-deserved audience. As a porn film it doesn't fit into, traditionally, that category for mainstream pornography. Homosexuality and straight sex rarely feature together in any porn movie... both aim to reach two separate audiences. There are some exceptions to this underwritten rule, see for example the excellent porn classic 'The Opening of Misty Beethoven' directed by the master Radley Metzger (aka Henry Paris) or even his wonderfully, sexually liberating classic 'Score'. But I'm getting way ahead of myself... Sex Psycho was made several years before these movies and before hardcore pornography had become mainstream in cinemas. For that reason alone I respect Walt Davis and his unflinching stance at directing this mini classic and attempting to break down the barriers of porn before they even existed! That's right, Walt Davis was simply a porn pioneer attempting to pave the way forward for the genre. But of course, at the time, his values would have been the films downfall. As for many of the other themes mentioned above, they are wonderfully apt for this type of movie. Bad taste is prominent throughout it's running time, the 16mm film stock looks like it was stored in an open can, next to the spare wheel in the boot of Walt's car for a year before production. And the dialogue is just simply wonderful to the ears... In one of my two favourite scenes, Walt can be heard directing our two actors sex scene off camera! When they fluff their lines by talking over each other, Walt ask's them to say their lines again... then looking directly into the camera, exclaims for the second time "What was that noise"? I loved it!!! The other is simply the inclusion of the sorcerers apprentice musical score... played, hysterically during the scene when the couple are shagging on the same bed as the recently 'throat hacked' and departed husband. And then, if standards weren't low enough, I shall forever have a flashback, when watching Fantasia, of the woman, while having sex, leans over and gives her murdered husband a blow job exclaiming, to the distaste of her partner... "Well he couldn't keep it hard when he was alive!!!? Pure brilliance. I'm so thankful that this movie didn't get an official release because, one thing is for sure, that wonderful score would have not been included! Did Disney just say "TREASON!" This was the first Walt Davis film I have watched and I am looking forward to seeing other films offered by a director that, here, shows great promise and just what he is capable of creating. What follows, I'm sure, will be a more competent attempt allowing his mini masterpieces of bad taste a chance to find their rightful audience.