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The First Turn-On!!

  • 1983
  • R
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
4.2/10
837
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Georgia Harrell, Elizabeth Kaitan, Heidi Miller, and Michael Sanville in The First Turn-On!! (1983)
Comedy

A group of teenage summer campers and one counselor share the stories of their first sexual experiences when an avalanche traps them in a cave...A group of teenage summer campers and one counselor share the stories of their first sexual experiences when an avalanche traps them in a cave...A group of teenage summer campers and one counselor share the stories of their first sexual experiences when an avalanche traps them in a cave...

  • Directors
    • Michael Herz
    • Lloyd Kaufman
  • Writers
    • Georgia Harrell
    • Michael Herz
    • Lloyd Kaufman
  • Stars
    • Georgia Harrell
    • Michael Sanville
    • Googy Gress
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    4.2/10
    837
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Michael Herz
      • Lloyd Kaufman
    • Writers
      • Georgia Harrell
      • Michael Herz
      • Lloyd Kaufman
    • Stars
      • Georgia Harrell
      • Michael Sanville
      • Googy Gress
    • 13User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Georgia Harrell, Elizabeth Kaitan, Heidi Miller, and Michael Sanville in The First Turn-On!! (1983)
    The First Turn-On!! (1983)
    Googy Gress, Heidi Miller, and Michael Sanville in The First Turn-On!! (1983)
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    Georgia Harrell
    • Michelle Farmer
    Michael Sanville
    • Mitch 'Stud'
    Googy Gress
    Googy Gress
    • Henry Putz
    John Flood
    • Danny Anderson
    Heidi Miller
    • Annie Goldberg
    Al Pia
    • Alfred Zitzler
    Betty Pia
    • Mrs. Anderson
    Gilda Gumbo
    • Madame Gumbo
    Lara Grills
    • Lucy the Hooker
    Kristina Marie Wetzel
    Kristina Marie Wetzel
    • Barbara Billingham
    Frank Trent Saladino
    • Joff
    David Berardi
    • Johnny the Maniac
    Ted Henning
    Ted Henning
    • Ted
    Donna Winter
    • Mona the Ball Buster
    Sheila Kennedy
    Sheila Kennedy
    • Dreamgirl
    Mark Torgl
    Mark Torgl
    • Dwayne
    Donna Barnes
    • Jane
    Sioban Fergus
    • Cathy
    • Directors
      • Michael Herz
      • Lloyd Kaufman
    • Writers
      • Georgia Harrell
      • Michael Herz
      • Lloyd Kaufman
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    • Trivia
      Vincent D'Onofrio's film debut.
    • Quotes

      Johnny the Maniac: Zingo!

    • Crazy credits
      Production Naturalist: Ruth Kaufman Production Foot Doctors: Ed Wolf, Charles Kaufman Tarantula's Foot Doctor: Susan Kaufman
    • Connections
      Featured in Apocalypse Soon: The Making of 'Citizen Toxie' (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      You Were the First (To Turn Me On)
      by Anne Benjamin and Terry Fabrizio

      Performed by Terry and the Tornadoes

    User reviews13

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    Sex, lies, and Penthouse Pets (and Vincent D'nofrio)
    I used to hate 80's teen movies (it was bad enough actually BEING a teenager in the 80's without having to watch a bunch of crappy movies about it). But now a warm glow of nostalgia (or incipient senility) has set in and I kind of like some of them. I still don't care for some of the more famous ones ("The Breakfast Club", "Dirty Dancing", etc.), but I like some of the ones that are kind of realistic (if somewhat depressing) like "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "The Last American Virgin", or, on the other hand, films like this one that are so ridiculous you can't take them seriously at all. Since this film was made by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz of Troma, it is of course very self-consciously campy (if not quite as much as their more famous "Toxic Avenger" series). It takes place at a strange camp where the "campers" all seem to be in their early twenties. A counselor and four "campers" get trapped in a cave and decide to pass the time by telling each other stories of their "first time".

    The stories are all REALLY dumb, but this movie uses an interesting device where the flashbacks on screen often contradict the story the character is telling. I remember a few years later a mainstream critic practically wetting himself when overrated film genius Steven Sodeberg did this in "sex, lies and videotape". Of course, this device is much more incompetently rendered here and a plot twist near the end really makes hash of it (but then again "sex, lies, and videotape" doesn't end in a big orgy like this one does).

    But I'm sure nobody but me cares about any of this so let's get to the two most important things--the "T", and of course, the "A". There's plenty of it here naturally as in any Troma movie. Most of the girls, however, aren't stunningly attractive except for Sheila Kennedy, who was a former Penthouse Pet and years later appeared in the TV "reality dreck "Big Brother" (and I don't which of these is the skeleton in her closet). This movie is definitely a skeleton in the closet of Emmy and Academy Award-nominated actor Vincent D'nofrio. I certainly don't agree with Lloyd Kaufman's introductory comment that Sheila Kennedy is better in this than D'nofrio was in "Full Metal Jacket", but she's better than he is in this movie (of course, she doesn't have to stretch herself too much since she's actually playing a Penthouse Pet here). Anyway, those that enjoy this kind of celebrity early-career embarrassment will certainly enjoy Vince here.
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    • Release date
      • November 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Troma
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die grosse Anmache
    • Filming locations
      • Hancock, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Troma Entertainment
      • Grande Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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