A Climax of Blue Power (1975)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Lee Frost

Release Date:

17 January 1976 (Japan)

Genre:

Adult | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Finally Hollywood Has Made One...

Plot:

In his off hours, a creepy security guard masquerades as a police officer, hassles prostitutes who think...

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Prostitute | Murder | Security Guard | Impersonating A Police Officer

Cast

Jason Carns	...	Eddie
Angela Carnon	...	The murderess (as Linda Harris)
Betty Childs	...	Hooker
Mary Tomkins	...	Massage parlor girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wes Bishop	...	Detective

Also Known As:

Deviate in Blue (USA)
The Impersonator (USA)
The Passion of Blue Power (USA) (bowdlerized title)

Runtime:

USA:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:X (self applied)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Trivia:

Although she is listed in the credits, 'Robyn Hilton (I)' only has a three-second topless scene.

Hard-edged Hardcore

Though he tries to hide behind the pseudonym F.C. Perl, director R.L. Frost can't disguise his style in the nasty "A Climax of Blue Power." This adult film follows a security guard (Jason Carns) who's got some serious hang-ups about women. In his free time he masquerades as a cop--even going as far as converting his Ford LTD into a black & white police car--and "busts" prostitutes, offering to let them go in return for sexual favors and/or fulfilling his sadistic whims (the first victim is ordered to "crawl around in the mud like a dog!"). While bumming around the beach one day, Carns hears gunshots at a nearby house. Peeking through the windows, he witnesses a woman (Angela Carnon) murder her husband. Carnon quickly becomes the focal point of Carns' obsessions. Even a three-way in a massage parlor or watching a porno movie at home can't get her out of his mind. When he learns the murder is written off as a suicide, Carns decides the murderess shouldn't get off that easy.

"A Climax of Blue Power" is hostile and gritty, and without a trace of political correctness. It also plays like a real movie, with a plot, characters and believable acting. There's even a car chase. Carns is effective in his role, his physical attractiveness (he sort of looks like a young Kurt Russell) never overshadowing his creepiness. Carnon, who's made numerous softcore movies ("Drop-Out Wife," "Booby Trap"), is another standout. (Incidentally, Carnon's scenes in this movie all appear to be softcore; an obvious stand-in was used for the hardcore close-ups). Also appearing are Frost's frequent producing partner Wes Bishop, as a detective, and Uschi Digard in a non-sexual and, surprisingly, fully-clothed cameo.

Director Frost made some of the most stylish roughies of the 1960s ("The Pick-Up," "The Defilers," "Hot Spur"). "A Climax of Blue Power" essentially uses Frost's roughie template and repackages it in a hard-X format. Though the movie has a few shaky production and story issues at its beginning (like why does a hooker keep flagging down johns in front of a police car and an unconvincing day-for-night scene), this is a must for fans of Frost's work, as well as aficionados of rough sex.