Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Russ Meyer

Writers:

Roger Ebert (writer)
Russ Meyer (story)

Release Date:

April 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Six Chicks in search of a Cluck! ...and so hilariously funny!

Plot:

Believe it or not even in Smalltown USA there are still people who are unfulfilled and unrelieved in the midst of plenty...

Plot Keywords:

Mexican | Wig | Blow Job | Dress | Cult Favorite

Cast

Uschi Digard	...	SuperSoul
Ann Marie	...	Eufaula Roop
Stuart Lancaster	...	The Man From Small Town U.S.A.
Michael Finn	...	Semper Fidelis
Sharon Ceccatti	...	Nurse Flovilla Thatch (as Sharon Hill)
Ken Kerr	...	Lamar Shedd
June Mack	...	Junkyard Sal
Don Scarborough	...	Beau Badger
Aram Katcher	...	Tyrone
DeForest Covan	...	Zebulon
Kitten Natividad	...	Lavonia / Lola Langusta (as Francesca 'Kitten' Natividad)
Robert Pearson	...	Asa Lavender
Steve Tracy	...	Rhett
Henry Rowland	...	Martin Bormann
Patrick M. Wright	...	Mr. Peterbuilt (as Pat Wright)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | New Zealand:R18 | Finland:K-15 (2006) | USA:X (self applied) | Italy:VM14 (DVD) | West Germany:18 | Canada:(Banned) (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) (cut) | France:-16 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Manteca, California, USA

Company:

RM Films International

Trivia:

The house used in the opening sequence actually belonged to director Russ Meyer.

Quotes:

The Man From Small Town U.S.A.: [the Man From Small Town U.S.A. comes home to find a young guy having anal sex with a large breasted woman in the barn] You know my 14-year-old son, Rhett, but I don't believe you've met my Austrian-born wife, SuperSoul. Say "howdy" to folks out there in Movieland, family.
Rhett: Howdy.
SuperSoul: Wie gehts?
The Man From Small Town U.S.A.: [undressing] Now, son, if you plan on being around for your fifteenth birthday, I suggest you take out that thing you call a dick and let your old man show you how it's done.

Movie Connections:

References Gojira (1954)

Not Meyer's best, but a decent little corny porn comedy

Russ Meyer's films may be silly and irreverent, but they're also great fun, and while Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens is not his best work, it's still great fun to watch and certainly comes recommended to Meyer's fans! In my opinion, Meyer is at his best when he's mixing comedy porn with a thriller plot structure - with Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Supervixens being the best examples of his work. Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens is basically your average porn movie with a focus on a load of set-piece situations, but Meyer keeps the laughs coming and there's no shortage of big breasted ladies to keep the audience interested. There isn't really much plot to speak of, but the film centres on Levonna & Lamar; a couple in "Smalltown, USA". They're having problems in (you guessed it) the bedroom, as Levonna wants to have sex normally, but Lamar only likes to go in through the backdoor. Levonna becomes frustrated, so she does what any woman would do - gets herself a wig, learns Spanish and pretends to be a Mexican dancer to try and change Lamar's sex preferences...

The plot isn't really relied upon and the film is more of an excuse for Meyer to present a load of silly scenes; but that isn't a problem. The situations that various characters find themselves in generally are funny - with the scenes that sees Levonna get her wig and Spanish phrase book, and a sequence taking place in a dentist's surgery being the highlights of the film. There's plenty of nudity as you might expect, and all the girls have overly inflated chests in the true Russ Meyer style. The sex is not exactly hardcore, but there's plenty of it and it's not disappointing. The style of the film seems to be a parody of the American "apple pie" theme and the story is told by a narrator, who seems to be taking on the role of the "all American workman", the twist being that he's always talking about perversion. I don't think Russ Meyer was really trying to say anything with this film - there's a slight hint of a point stemming from the idea of "Smalltown, USA is a normal small town, but look what goes on behind closed doors!", but it's not implemented well enough to have much meaning. Overall, this is a very decent little porn flick from Russ Meyer, and while I'd recommend other films of his over this one; Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens is worth a watch.