Ravishing Dany

RAVISHING DANY original English trailer from Mondo Macabro on Vimeo.

Director - Willy Rozier (Sin and Desire, The Girl in the Binkini)

Starring - Sandra Julien (House of Cruel Dolls, Nada), Jurgen Drews (Short Night of Glass Dolls, Night of the Flowers), and Michael Paulin (The Masters of Time, The Man Without a Face)

Release Date - 1972

Genre - Comedy

Tagline - "The story of a girls adventure on the road"
Format - Bluray (Personal Collection) (Screener)

Rating (out of 5):

     I love pairing movies and have marathons or double features when I can finally sit down to enjoy one. That’s why I love the boutique labels like Mondo Macabro, Vinegar Syndrome, Severin Films, and so many more. Sometimes they pair like minded films or works from the same filmmakers together to give genre fans and collectors more bang for their buck. Mondo Macabro has released several double features over the years and recently put out Ravishing Dany that had a bonus second film titled The Girl Can’t Stop. While I did watch The Girl Can’t Stop first I decided to go ahead and follow it up with the second film. While I did enjoy The Girl Can’t Stop, Ravishing Dany is the prize of this set. Like always, I want to thank Mondo Macabro for sending this one over for review. 

      The film follows an aspiring model named Dany that hitchhikes to the various destinations that she needs to visit. This results in some random nudity and awkward situations as the various patrons that pick her up reveal their true intentions with the beautiful young lady. 

      I went into Ravishing Dany after watching The Girl Can’t Stop and was pleasantly surprised to find that the film was nothing like the bonus film included on the disc. With that being said, I fucking loved it. The humor doesn’t always find it’s mark but I laughed more at this one than I have any sleazy comedy in the past. The acting in this one is decent but it does get awkward at times. The cast is having a lot of fun with the film which shows but the acting is very loose here. It doesn’t take away from the film but it does lack from memorable characters aside from Dany herself. The story for this one is simple and the perfect set up for a sexploitation film. While it’s not as exploitative as most sexploitation films it does have plenty of humor. In fact, I was very surprised by how funny it is. It is a bit too long but it doesn’t over stay it’s welcome. It would greatly benefit from some clever editing to remove some of the more pointless scenes. Finally, don’t expect blood or gore here. We have humor and skin so if that is your thing then you are in luck. Overall, Ravishing Dany is one of the more entertaining films released by Mondo Macabro. This release will go mostly unnoticed by genre fans but if you dig exploitation or foreign film then I highly recommend it. It’s a lot of fun.