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Murder, Prostitution and Black Lace Panties
This Something Weird Video triple feature has the binding themes of prostitution, murder and black lace underwear. It's a winning exploitation combo, though not all the movies on this DVD are winners. The first movie, "Rent-A-Girl," made in 1965, is the least interesting. The flimsy story is told in flashbacks as the heroine recounts how she became witness to the murder of a wealthy client after getting involved with a brother-and-sister-run "modeling agency." Along the way there's a little bit of whipping, a little bit of lesbianism, an extended body-painting sequence, and branding. Though it has higher production values than the Olga movies or the twisted features of Michael and Roberta Findlay (the closest comparisons for this movie), "Rent-A-Girl" lacks an intriguing screen presence like Audrey Campbell or the enjoyably sick outrageousness of the Findlay films. It's a roughie with a limp whip.

Far superior is the 1966 movie "Aroused," which plays like a real movie--that is to say it has something of a plot, some full-fledged (if cliché) characters, decent acting, stylish direction (by Anton Holden) and even some moments of real suspense. This briskly-paced, trashy thriller revolves around the hunt for a "sex killer," with hardened hooker Ginny (Janine Lenon) out for blood and tortured cop (Steve Hollister) out for an arrest. It's still exploitation, so there's lots of sex, nudity and gore, but it's all done a lot more imaginatively than other movies of this type. This is the best of the three.

The title of the last movie, "Help Wanted Female," has little to do with the actual film, but that only makes sense in this nonsensical movie from 1968. The bulk of the movie centers on Sebastian Gregory (as Sebastian Gregory) dropping acid and telling the hooker he's hired for the evening about two murders he's committed, the loony details of which are revealed in flashback. The hooker, a toothy blond who looks a cross between Doris Day and Martina Navritolova, does lame striptease routines and tells Gregory she doesn't believe a word he's saying--until she discovers blood in the bathroom and a foil-wrapped head in the fridge. It's silly but fun to watch, especially Gregory (think Ray Liotta made up to play John Ashcroft in a TV movie), who's dancing scene is almost as embarrasing as Charlotte Rampling's boogying in "Swimming Pool." There's even a "Weekend at Bernie's"-type sequence when Gregory inexplicably takes one of his dead victims to the beach.

Not many extras on this one, just a trailer for "Aroused," a gallery of stills and a bondage short, "Lesson of the Strap" (five minutes of a bound woman in her underwear being spanked by another underwear-clad woman--in short, a Madonna video circa 1992). Still, this one gets four stars on the strength of "Aroused" and "Help Wanted Female." If "Rent-A-Girl" was as entertaining as those two movies, I would've given five.