Little Girls (1966/Cinema Epoch DVD)
Picture:
C+ Sound: C Extras: C Film: C+
Of the
many silly “Nazi Sex Camp” films made, Bob Cresse’s Love Camp 7 (1967) is the first was much imitated later. He made it and even starred as a sadistic
Nazi, but the year before edited and reshaped Benjamin Edwards’ film Little Girls into a wacky sexfest of
gal show like to “do it for the fun of it” while being filmed, pimped and
exploited by a man who pretends to be their friend. The then-M-rated (yes, this was a real film
rating briefly) would be an X/NC-17 today and is now on DVD from Cinema Epoch.
Cut down
and redubbed, sometimes badly, there is sex, sexploitation, men pretending the
gals are underage and even a silly (badly, oddly misdubbed) S&M beating scene
of then-famous pin-up gal Michelle Angelo.
Running only 67 minutes, the makers knew the limits of their material
(we wish more like them today did) and pushed the envelop as much as they could
without much absolute hardcore material, but in intent and graphicness, this is
still somewhat shocking for any time and that plus being from the almost more
innocent time period it is from are the only reasons to see it not unlike the
Radley Metzger films we have already covered.
That it is this shocking in black and white is also oddly interesting,
as we think most such sexploitation is in color film, while any black and white
is tamer. This kills that myth.
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.85 X 1 image is soft, with problematic Video Black
and a Gray Scale a bit off, but considering this is the only print around and
is in as good condition as it is, the company did a good job on the transfer. The Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono is from the
print’s optical track and not as rich as one would hope for, but at least this is
not as noisy as it could have been, so the track is not “hot” as some untreated
tracks are. Extras include a text essay
on Creese by Bill Gibron and a slide section on other Grindhouse releases from
Cinema Epoch, most of which we have covered on this site.
- Nicholas Sheffo
