Fantasm (1976)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Richard Franklin

Writers:

Ross Dimsey (writer)
Antony I. Ginnane (idea)

Release Date:

16 July 1976 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Professor Jurgen Notafreud explores the 10 most common female sexual fantasies.

Plot Keywords:

Steam Room | Orgy | Stripper | Incest | Explicit Sex

Cast

Dee Dee Levitt	...	Abby (segment "Beauty Parlour")
Stan Stratton	...	Hairdresser (segment "Beauty Parlour")
John Green	...	Manicurist (segment "Beauty Parlour")
Sam Compton	...	Barber (segment "Beauty Parlour")
Maria Arnold	...	Barbara (segment "Card Game")
William Margold	...	Host (segment "Card Game")
Kirby Hall	...	Husband (segment "Card Game")
Robert Savage	...	Other Man (segment "Card Game")
Helen O'Connell	...	Girl #1 (segment "Card Game")
Wendy Cavanaugh	...	Girl #2 (segment "Card Game") (as Wendy Cavenaugh)
Gretchen Rudolph	...	Gabrielle (segment "Wearing the Pants") (as Gretchen Gayle)
Con Covert	...	Intruder (segment "Wearing the Pants")
Rene Bond	...	Felicity (segment "Nightmare Alley")
Al Williams	...	Rapist (segment "Nightmare Alley")
Maria Lutra	...	Francine (segment "The Girls")

Also Known As:

Fantale (Australia) (working title)
World of Sexual Fantasy (USA) (wide-release title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:X (self applied) | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Australian International Film Corp. (AIFC)

Trivia:

The film was refused a UK cinema certificate in 1977 and only passed the following year after heavy BBFC cuts.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Fantasm Comes Again (1977)

worth checking out!

this is a pretty good soft-core sex comedy, with some pretty hot women (and a few not so hot). the 'professor' guy is pretty goofy and induces a few chuckles, and some scenes are genuinely funny. the emphasis is on sex, but the director seems to be of an indecisive mind (unless something's missing from the current DVD version of the film): some scenes are so tame, they're hardly R material, while some are more intense, including one with John Holmes that crosses over into hardcore X territory (but fleetingly, and it's all underwater)!

there's a lot more explicit nudity and sexual heat in the film than most of the current or recent soft-core films, and most of the women are naturally beautiful. on the minus side, the technical aspects are a bit shoddy, and the whole thing is (intentionally) lame-brained. but it's definitely worth checking out if you like this sort of stuff.