Pleasure Spa

I like watching these stupid things since they are so lighthearted that they relax me and put me to sleep (used to, when I had premium satellite package).

My favorite of this movie is Reena Sky, because she looks like someone I knew from high school. Other than that, there's nothing here!

Same Frankie Cullen B.S. Why is this a guilty pleasure for certain people like me, in the same way that they elderly watch soap operas, I have no idea. A man wiser than myself said best: it is what it is.

Heather Vandeven is really hot in this one. Her scenes are worth watching. The rest of the cast is passable and not worth watching. I wish she had done more movies.

Pleasure Spa (2013)

*** (out of 4)

Dusty (Cindy Lucas) is running a massage parlor with all sorts of beautiful ladies. A couple new clients enter the business and what Dusty doesn't realize is that they're actually undercover cops trying to see if the ladies are doing a tad bit more than rubbing backs.

PLEASURE SPA comes from director Jim Wynorski who is one of the best directors out there when it comes to "B" movies. He has worked in pretty much every genre and that includes making several of these sexploitation movies for television. These type of movies were big back in the day because places like Cinemax and HBO would show them on Friday and Saturday nights. Today the genre isn't as big but I must say that PLEASURE SPA was one of the better films I've seen from the genre.

Wynorski always makes entertaining films and that's certainly the case here because there are some really good scenes throughout. Of course, this is a sexploitation movie so there are countless scenes of simulated sex and the scenes are extremely well done and I might add quite erotic as well. The cast is full of beautiful ladies so there's never nothing good not on the screen. There are some very erotic moments as well as some downright fun ones including one sequence where six ladies try to fit into what has to be the largest shower ever.

Perhaps the highlight of the film is a topless tennis match, which has to be the greatest tennis match since Alfred Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN. If you're looking for a hard-hitting drama or something to make you warm and fuzzy on the inside then this movie isn't going to be for you. If you're looking for some cheap fun with plenty of naked ladies then PLEASURE SPA delivers.

Defiantly one of the better late night softcore flicks helmed by Jim Wynorski under the alias of Sam Pepperman. Mostly because the girls are all attractive and the sex scenes are well staged. The songs played during said scenes are the highlights though. One of which has a woman repeating pussy pussy bang bang.

There are various familiar faces for those who watch late nite soft porn (the cops are repeat players as are people like Heather and Brandin), but the whole thing was pretty lame. We even have one or two shots of the girls apparently posing to the camera after doing their thing. The sex is not very sexy and the story particularly lame. If you like big boobs, this might work for you in small installments.

The three stars are mostly for nostalgia of better films some of these people are in. Brandin Rackley has a quip or two, for instance, that reminds us of better options. I do admit to liking Raven Alexis here -- she has a cute girl next store look, at least, while clothed.