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Not-So-Notorious Fanny Hill
This Something Weird Video double feature of producer David F. Friedman's nudies "The Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill" and "The Head Mistress" is something of a letdown, saved only by Friedman's commentary on both movies. "Fanny Hill" features Stacey Walker in the title role, and while she's a riveting screen prescence, her face and body alone are not enough to make this movie compelling viewing for 70 minutes. The thin narrative is ideal for porn, but not enough to sustain this tease of movie. Even Friedman notes that this "audaciously adult" movie would only get a PG-13 rating if released today. Like most movies of this type, the acting is second rate at best and anachronisms abound (I don't think ball point pens and polyester negligees were too common in the Victorian era). For what it is though, the production values are above average.

"The Head Mistress" is cheaper and tackier, but a lot more entertaining. The movie opens with 1960s women pretending to be 17th century schoolgirls enjoying a topless picnic--as 17th century schoolgirls are wont to do--drinking punch out of plastic cups and munching cookies off Chinet plates. From there, we move on to the sex scenes, which are more explicit than what you'd see in "Fanny Hill," but not by much. Imagine a man pinning a naked woman to the bed while she suffers an epileptic seizure and you get the idea. The head mistress herself, the ample-bodied Marsha Jordan, is in "the twilight world," i.e. she's an insatiable lesbian. Marsha nuzzles the tummies of her naked charges while they lie there staring vacantly. Marsha even whips one of the mischievous minxes, and she still doesn't get much of a reaction. She gets more response from a plant in a scene that employs high school play calibre special effects. To distract you from this fact, Marsha Jordan keeps her breasts bared. The hypnotic power of Marsha's nipples can only sustain a movie for so long, though. For the last ten minutes of the movie I kept checking the clock. Like "Fanny Hill," this one's more interesting viewed with Friedman's commentary.

Like other Something Weird DVDs, there are trailers and short subjects included with the extras. This DVD includes trailers for other Friedman-produced and Fanny Hill-themed movies ("Brand of Shame," "Fanny Hill and the Red Barron," "The Lustful Turk," etc.), a Stacey Walker short and a brief bit of video from when SWV raided Friedman's movie vault. The trailers and the Stacey Walker short ("But Charlie, I Never Played Volleyball") are amusing, but the movie vault raid is a viewing experience akin to watching a video of someone else's vacation.

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Disappointing
This series of "weird" films is very hit and miss and this is unfortunately the latter. I can't even remember what it's about but I can advise against buying it.

Probably not the best review you've read but if I had read this I would have saved myself a few dollars and that's good enough for me.

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Not satisfied
This is a serious affront to the true Fanny Hill. This had very little nudity as one might hope. I was very discontent with the purchase of this dvd. I would not recommend this to anyone. The true Fanny Hill was a great and true skin flick. This is nothing but camera jumping and seen skipping. I AM NOT AT ALL THRILLED BY THIS NUMBER!