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The Last Step Down (1971)
sex and the Hollyridge Strings
Well, this film isn't for everyone. It is in my possession because it stars one of my favorite sexploitation actors, Malta. It also stars Uschi Digart as her partner in crime. The two are hookers and as the film begins they are entertaining two "monks" in hooded robes. One of them provides some sort of chalice which contains a liquid. He dunks a dildo in it and proceeds to massage our girls upper bodies with it. These guys are twisted and the one with the massager definitely needs some dental work. All of the sex is this film is of the soft core variety, seeing as it was produced around 1970. After their monks are satisfied it's home for the girls, where they discuss their exploits and await the arrival of a new trainee. They have to break this girl in and prepare her for a life of prostitution. That new girl is played by Terry Johnson, another sexploitation starlet from that era. Before her arrival however Uschi and Malta, aka Neola Graf, get down to some girl/girl action on the living room floor. The picture quality on my print, which I have in VHS and DVD is between poor and fair. An interesting side here is the soundtrack, which laughably switches like clockwork between some hard driving organ/guitar rock and, of all things selections from the Hollyridge Strings. For those unbeknownst, the Hollyridge Strings produced musak sounding versions of Beatle tunes and, I suppose other rock standards amongst other things. I couldn't believe hearing them as background to some of the perverse things I was seeing on the screen. Terry arrives and the two decide to introduce her to their crazy monk friends. What follows is more of the same. To be into this film, you would have to be into the leading ladies,Uschi Digart and Malta, who have appeared together in other features. Either that or you would have to be an awfully big fan of the Hollyridge Strings. some definitely unintentional laughs here.