Corruption (1983 film)

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Corruption
Corruption (1983 film) poster.jpg
Directed byRoger Watkins (as Richard Mahler)
Written byRoger Watkins (as Richard Mahler)
Produced byRoger Watkins (as Richard Mahler)
Starring
  • Jamie Gillis
  • Kelly Nichols
  • Tiffany Clark
  • Tanya Lawson
  • Tish Ambrose
  • Alexis X
CinematographyLarry Revene
Edited byRoger Watkins (as Richard Mahler)
Music byJames Flamberg (as Andrew James)
Release date
1983
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Corruption is a 1983 American pornographic film written and directed by Roger Watkins under the pseudonym of Richard Mahler. The film, a loose adaptation of Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold,[1] is about a group of shady businessmen seeking a mysterious briefcase which offers its owner untold power, on the condition that the owner renounce love.

Cast[]

  • Jamie Gillis as Williams
  • Michael Gaunt as Franklin
  • Tiffany Clark as Doreen
  • Milton Ingley as Frederick (as Michael Morrison)
  • George Payne as Alan
  • Samantha Fox as Woman at Desk
  • Tanya Lawson as Girl in Blue
  • Marilyn Gee as Girl in Red (as Mary Constantine)
  • Tish Ambrose as Girl in Black
  • Kelly Nichols as Felicia
  • Nicole Bernard as Dancer
  • Bobby Astyr as Larry
  • Alexis X as Lesbian #1
  • Sabrina Vale as Lesbian #2
  • Melissa Strong as S&M Girl
  • Vanessa del Rio as Erda

Release[]

The film was released in a Blu-ray + DVD combo pack by Vinegar Syndrome in 2016.[2]

Reception[]

The reception to the film has been mostly positive. Cinema Blue called the film a "thinking man's porn", stating that "This is something different: this may challenge and provoke you, but it won't bore you, that's for sure".[3] Writing for Blu-ray.com, Brian Orndorf called the film "artfully made and slightly unnerving", and compared the film positively to the works of David Lynch.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Kerekes, David (2002). Headpress 23: Funhouse. Headpress. p. 127. ISBN 1-900486-18-0.
  2. ^ a b Corruption Blu-ray (Limited First Pressing Edition of 2000), retrieved 2021-09-08
  3. ^ "Blue Revue: Corruption: The Year's Quirkiest Fuck-Flick". Cinema Blue. May 1984. p. 34-37.

External links[]

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