I Am a Nymphomaniac

Director - Max Pecas (Sweet Taste of Honey, Brigade of Death)

Starring - Sandra Julien (House of Cruel Dolls, Freddy), Janine Reynaud (Two Undercover Angels, Operation White Shark), and Yves Vincent (Surprise Party, Knights of Terror)

Release Date - 1971

Genre - Drama

Tagline - "You have read about it.  The Sensuous Teenager is now a motion picture"

Format - Bluray (Personal Collection) (Screener)

Rating (out of 5):

     Exploitation cinema is one of the main reasons behind why I started writing reviews.  I wanted to cover forgotten direct to video action flicks and the thousands of exploitation films lost to time.  I've always been fond of exploitation flicks with blaxploitation and hixploitation being my favorite sub-genres of it.  When I started my run writing reviews I never expected to find sexploitation flicks sent to my mailbox for review but over the years I've reviewed dozens, if not hundreds of them.  Hell, I've actually enjoyed most of them when I reviewed them.  A few weeks ago Mondo Macabro sent over a double feature of I Am a Nymphomaniac and I Am Frigid...Why?  The first one of the chopping block was I Am a Nymphomaniac which was originally releases as The Sensuous Teenager.  Like always, I want to thank Mondo Macabro for sending this one over.  

     This one follows a beautiful young woman who sees a man for the first time and finds herself becoming hot and bothered.  Not paying attention to where she is going, she falls down some stairs and hits her head.  She walks away from the accident with minor injuries but the incident forever changes her.  A once prude woman, she is now consumed with sex and tries frantically to screw everyone she can while trying to live a rather normal life.

     I went into this one completely blind aside from the fact that it was an erotic drama.  It wasn't until I wa putting my review together that I saw that it was directed by Max Pecas who also directed Brigade of Death, or Death Squad, that was also released by Mondo Macabro.  I was lucky enough to review this several months back and really enjoyed it and was surprised to see that he helmed both of these films.  I Am a Nymphomaniac is a solid sexploitation flick that does rely heavily on the sleaze but still delivers a decent enough story.  The acting in this one is great.  You will see several familiar faces from genre films and they all give it their all.  With that being said, no one in this film will be winning awards for their performances but they are still solid especially for a skin flick.  The story for this one id so fucking clever for a sexploitation flick.  A stuck up woman hits her head and becomes sex crazed.  That's absolutely brilliant and instead of that being the end of the film we get the added stress and drama you would expect from a person obsessed with sex as they try to hold down a real job and so on.  It's a well written film that does a great job holding the viewer's attention.  Finally, no blood in this one for you sick fucks.  Instead, a lot of skin and some moaning for the other sick fucks.  Overall, I Am a Nymphomaniac is a surprising fun skin flick that has one of the most fitting stories I've seen this far in my writing career.  I highly recommend snagging a copy from Mondo Macabro.