Flesh Gordon (1974)
Planet Porno Bombards Earth with Sex Rays! ...Send For Flesh!...
Directors Michael Benveniste, Howard Ziehm
Writer Michael Benveniste
Cast
Jason Williams - Flesh Gordon
Cindy Hopkins - Dale Ardor
Joseph Hudgins - Dr Flexi Jerkoff
William Dennis Hunt - Emperor Wang
Candy Samples - Chief Nellie
Mycle Brandy - Amora
John Hoyt - Prof Gordon
Steve Grumette
Review By Gary F Taylor
Flesh Gordon (1974)
Extremely Enjoyable Cult Parody of the Classic 1930s Serial,
Everything from ROBINHOOD to KING KONG gets a whack from this early 1970s parody of the 1930s FLASH GORDON serial, which has a story line in keeping with the sexual revolution of the times. A mysterious "sex" ray that turns otherwise normal people into sex maniacs is plaguing the earth--and is eventually traced to the planet Porno, ruled by evil Emperor Wang. And so our hero Flesh, his lady love Dale Ardor, and their scientific genius Dr. Jerkoff set out for planet Porno to defeat Wang... only to find themselves victims of his REALLY kinky ways!
As film-making goes, the quality of this parody is often quite poor, the material itself is extremely uneven, and the performers merely so-so--but what the filmmakers lack in experience they more than make up for in imagination. Witness the attack of the dreaded Penisaurus! Behold Prince Precious' Reward! Beware the initiation of the underground lesbians! With everything from stop-motion animation monsters to some truly Freudian art design, cult-film fans and most others will probably find lots to enjoy.
There are two versions of the film, one "uncut." In truth there is little difference between the two. Although I would not describe either as pornography there is a great deal of nudity there are one or two couples well gone into X territory in various crowd scenes--whatever the case, it's not the sort of thing you want to throw in the DVD player for your fifteen year old's birthday party; it's better left to the grown-ups, especially those who recall the period in which it was made.
Flesh Gordon (1974)
Review by Wane Malin
Dreadful,
Cheap, silly porno spook of Flash Gordon. Flesh and Dale Ardor with Dr. Felix Jerkoff (ho ho) go to the planet Porno (where else?) and face off against the evil Wang and try to get...something. I don't know. I got bored and fell asleep.
I saw the extended DVD version. There's no hardcore stuff but tons of nudity, a fairly explicit lesbian sequence and (surprisingly) a gay sequence! The jokes are all terrible, stupid sound effects are heard throughout, lousy music and terrible acting across the board. And, seriously, Jason Williams really should of worked out more seeing he's nude most of the time and is the hero. This movie thinks it's really funny--but it isn't.
There is some excellent stop-motion animation monsters here but they're pretty brief and not enough to save the movie.
Might be funny if you're dead drunk. Rock bottom--DO NOT SEE!!!! |
