Starring - Sandra Julien (The Shiver of the Vampires, House of Cruel Dolls), Marie-Goerges Pascal (5 Kittens, Good Little Girls), and Jean-Luc Terrade (Dossier 51, Bel Ordure)
Release Date - 1972
Genre - Drama
Tagline - "She was hot ice... learn how she melts"
Format - Bluray (Personal Collection) (Screener)
Rating (out of 5):
Sexploitation may not be everyone's cup of tea. In fact, I've met an handful of fans over the years and while I am fairly knew to the exploitation sub-genre, I've been fortunate enough to review dozens of these films over the years. It's a sub-genre that I never expected to like but once I dipped my toes in, so to speak, I was absolutely hooked. Not many boutique labels cater to this type of filth but companies like Mondo Macabro has released several must see titles from the exploitation heyday. Recently, they sent over a double feature of works from Max Pecas. The films, I Am a Nymphomaniac and I Am Frigid....Why?, feature similar stories but told from very different aspects. After I watched the first film in the set I quickly made my way to the second. Like always, I want to thank Mondo Macabro for sending this one over.
The film follows a young woman who finds herself being taken advantage of by a man and his sister. This destroys her sex drive so she resorts to sleeping with everyone she can in hopes of re-awakening her sex drive.
I Am Frigid...Why? is a solid sexploitation film that does foster similarities to the other film included in this double feature. Both of these films are rather enjoyable, especially for a first time watch, but I don't see myself revisiting them anytime in the near future. These are the types of films that you can watch once every decade or so but anymore than that will leave you feeling a bit bored. The acting in these fit the film very well but there was several scenes where the cast just didn't feel that dedicated to the film. While these scenes were short in nature, they do stick with the viewer and become somewhat unintentionally funny. The remainder of the film is well acted which makes these scenes in particular stand out more than normal. The story for this one has a lot of similarities to I Am a Nymphomaniac. The film follows a woman who suffers a traumatic experience and is sent down a lustful path in order to cure herself. In I Am a Nymphomaniac, a woman suffers a horrible fall and awakens a nympho. In this film, a woman is abused by a man and his sister and turns to sex in order to rekindle her sex drive. While both stories are similar in that regard, they are very much different in how the scenarios play out. We get a lot of sleaze and a surprisingly large amount of character development. It's a well written film that has great pacing and a lot of skin to look at. Finally, this is not a bloody flick that most of my readers would expect. While the one scene may be unnerving for some, the remainder of the film is more mellow with lots of skin to look at. Fans of sleaze will truly appreciate this one. Overall, I Am Frigid...Why? is a solid sexploitation film. It's not one that has a lot of replay value but if you are looking for something a bit different then this one is for you.
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