Girl Busters (1985) User Reviews

Mid-Eighties XXX Feature Introduces "Pamela" for the 2nd time.

[FEF312 · 4/10 · 31 August 2002]

A classic porn film of the mid-eighties is the VCA release "Passage Thru Pamela" (1985), starring Kimberly Carson, Sharon Kane, Barbie Dahl, Sheer Delight, Joey Santini, and introducing Pamela. Seven years before "The Crying Game", this was the story of a beauty pageant winner from Argentina (Pamela), who signs a contract with a NY based modeling agency. Pamela turns out to be a pre-op transsexual. She came to NY to earn money for a sex-change operation. At a time when many transsexuals were unappealing or grotesque, Pamela was both pretty and believable as a female; her un-tweezed eyebrows and high cheekbones remind me of Polish actress Joanna Pacula. Her English was hard to understand, though I thought it added to her charm. "Passage Thru Pamela" earned its classic status because it was well made, good photography, believable dialog, good music soundtrack, and its enigmatic star "Pamela". At the end of this movie, it is announced that Pamela had a sex change operation in real life, and would soon be appearing in "Passage Thru Pamela II". Never happened, and PTP was touted as "the only film appearance" of Pamela. From time to time, the question has been raised about any other film appearances by Pamela. The answer is YES. There was another VCA 1985 release that included Pamela. I became aware of it a few years ago, but it had been unobtainable till recently. The title of this "lost" Pamela film is "The Girl Busters". It appears to have been made around the same time as PTP, if not before. It stars Barbie Dahl, Sheer Delight, Joey Santini, all of whom appeared in PTP. Again, "introducing Pamela"!! The director was J. Angel Martini, the executive producer of PTP. The plot: Barbie Dahl (who played the brown haired hooker in PTP) has placed an ad for a new roommate that her mother will approve of. First response to her ad is a group of masked men who barge into her apartment and gang-rape her. Next a man, then a couple, respond (and have sex with Barbie; they are rejected as unsuitable. Last responder is a Colombian exchange student named Elena or Alana. It's Pamela but playing a different character, with a different look. Instead of her own light brown hair, she is wearing what looks to be one of Karen Dior's cast off red wigs. Her English is as poor as ever, and she only has 2 or 3 lines. Barbie and Pamela exchange pleasantries, then retire to her bedroom to see what they can "exchange". In a scene that is very, very similar to the PTP scene with Pamela and Sharon Kane, Barbie undresses Pamela, discovers her "secret", and without any apparent suprise, gives Pammie oral pleasure. There are clear closeups of Pamela's organ, and it is obviously real.. Barbie then wakes up, realizes it was all a dream, then answers the doorbell. It is the masked men again! (The Girl Busters?). The first scene is partially repeated, then fade to black, The End. In comparison to the classic PTP, this "lost" Pamela film fares poorly. While PTP had good production values, and direction, "Girl Busters" was produced on videotape, poorly directed, no music at all. The scenes were not really appealing, particularly the first scene, which was basically a home-invasion and rape. I believe that first scene is the reason why this video is seldom seen - it is unpleasant, and could have had legal repercussions. Pamela's scene is the only one that interested me. It began about 55 minutes or so into the video. The intrigue re this scene is that is seems to be a "rough draft" of the Sharon Kane/Pamela scene in PTP that won some kind of award. The moves are very similar (Pam licks her upper arms), except for Barbie's total lack of suprise at Pamela's secret, and that Pammie doesn't have intercourse with Barbie. It is a bit jarring to see Pamela in the phony red haired wig. I don't know if the light brown page-boy in PTP is her real hair; it certainly looked so, unlike the fright wig. Her make up is a bit heavy handed, as compared to PTP, where it seemed just right. She wears underwear similar to what she wore in PTP, except that she hides the noticeable breast enhancement scars that were prominent in the "Passage". The transsexual who played Pamela in PTP has long intrigued me. She made an impression in her (second) debut film, then disappeared from the industry. I've made numerous searches through the net to find any background on Pamela - what happened to her, etc. Nothing. Just adds to her allure. I can't recommend "Girl Busters", even if you could find it. A very poor, unerotic release from VCA, the complete opposite of Passage Thru Pamela. The one positive: the "lost" debut of the enigmatic Pamela. The only scene that I watched more than once. So, for those who wonder if Pamela made any other film appearances, the answer is YES - "Girl Busters" (1985) VCA/Classix, Pamela as "Alana" a Colombian exchange student. One scene, Barbie Dahl/Pamela, a weak precursor to the hot Sharon Kane/Pamela scene in PTP.

A Roughie: Barbie needs a roommate

[lor_ · 7 December 2023]

This is an unusual, and quite awful, VCA Pictures release from 1985. Instead of the porno chic or big-budget movies VCA is famous for, it's a totally incompetent Roughie, reminsicent of those late '70s NY-made violent rape pornos. It has value only as an artifact bearing that ugly grindhouse look (and with terribly flat acting).

Entire story concerns busty Barbie Dahl advertising in the paper for a roommate. First arrival, pretending to be a delivery, consists of four guys wearing ski masks, who gang-rape Barbie. She gets double-penetrated/airtight sex and is quite enthusiastic about it, but it's still clearly rape. Hack director Jack Bravman does a terrible job in all departments, especially the haphazard construction of the film, which has zero credibility and soon becomes merely a set of sex vignettes.

Next up we see David Christopher having sex with his femdom girlfriend Sarah Bernard. After they're done, David drops her flat, saying he's off to answer the roommate ad. He arrives at Barbie's pad and f*cks her, but there's no cum shot, just David faking the throes of porno stud passion.

With zero continuity, Bravman cuts to a couple making love on the floor by a roaring fireplace: Frank Serrone and busty Sheer Delight. After they're done, Frank announces (like reading the phone book aloud) that they're about to be evicted, so the couple heads to Barbie's as her next potential roommates.

She greets them but informs them there's only one tiny bed, so she'll have to sleep on the couch (this belies the "need a roommate" premise for the movie, of course). Instead, the trio head for the bathroom and have sex in Barbie's jacuzzi.

Next prospect is Pamela, an attractive exchange student from Colombia. She & Barbie head to the bed and make love immediately, with Barbie pleasantly surprised that Pam has a dick! She's selected to be the roommate, but lo & behold, the whole mess is just a dream, as Barbie wakes up on her couch and the movie starts over. Bravman has the gall to replay about 5 minutes of the first scene so we see Barbie gang-banged again (as if her dream was a premonition) and the crappy picture just ends.

Silliest element of this junker is a Faye Dunaway poster from "Mommie Dearest" on the wall of Barbie's only bedroom, gazing over the two sex scenes taking place there.