After murdering a bunch of busty babes in the nasty minor Exploitation classic "The Touch Of Her Flesh", misogynistic psycho Richard Jennings is once again killing sexy chicks one by one, in what may very well be one of the sleaziest films of the 60s. "The Kiss Of Her Flesh" of 1968 is the third part of Michael Findlay's infamous "Flesh" trilogy, following "The Touch Of Her Flesh" (1966) and "The Curse Of Her Flesh" (also 1968). I haven't seen the second part, "The Curse...", yet, but I think I can still say that this third one is positively the sleaziest part of the trilogy. The first part was basically a sleazy slasher, in which Richard Jennings (played by director Michael Findlay) was just a maniac who went on a killing spree after catching his stripper girlfriend in bed with another man. He is still a maniac here, but a more perverted one than ever, and instead of just shooting girls with a crossbow, he murders them in sadistic (and even more absurd) ways. The female characters are entirely sex-crazed, and it is therefore easy for Jennings to find new victims. He murders one victim, for example, by poisoning his own semen (!) before she performs fellatio on him. Sexy Maria (Uta Erickson) decides to put an end to Jennings' cruel deeds, and she's not afraid to use her female charms to achieve her goal.
The murders (and the plot) are secondary here, however, since the main focus lies on the sleaze. One sex scene follows another, the sleaze includes lots of full frontal nudity, lesbian scenes, incest (two sisters having sex with each other) and sadistic sexual tortures. This film is somewhat of a phenomenon for its time. While the black and white photography and the terrible sound quality (the sound is asynchronous to what is seen, since the movie was shot first and synchronized later) seems like extremely low-budget 50s cinema, the extreme sleaze seems like it comes directly from the rancid 70s. It is quite hard to rate a film like "The Kiss Of Her Flesh". On the one hand, it is an incredibly awful film that has hardly a plot. On the other hand the extreme sleaze and nastiness are pioneering for the time it was made, and for an Exploitation fan it is an incredibly fun film to watch. Also, it is fun to know that Earl Hindman, who is famous for his role in the sitcom "Home Improvement", started his career in a sleazy exploitation flick like this one. Recommended to my fellow fans of Exploitation!
The murders (and the plot) are secondary here, however, since the main focus lies on the sleaze. One sex scene follows another, the sleaze includes lots of full frontal nudity, lesbian scenes, incest (two sisters having sex with each other) and sadistic sexual tortures. This film is somewhat of a phenomenon for its time. While the black and white photography and the terrible sound quality (the sound is asynchronous to what is seen, since the movie was shot first and synchronized later) seems like extremely low-budget 50s cinema, the extreme sleaze seems like it comes directly from the rancid 70s. It is quite hard to rate a film like "The Kiss Of Her Flesh". On the one hand, it is an incredibly awful film that has hardly a plot. On the other hand the extreme sleaze and nastiness are pioneering for the time it was made, and for an Exploitation fan it is an incredibly fun film to watch. Also, it is fun to know that Earl Hindman, who is famous for his role in the sitcom "Home Improvement", started his career in a sleazy exploitation flick like this one. Recommended to my fellow fans of Exploitation!