Allyson Is Watching

A soft core erotic thriller

Reasons for watching : Caroline Ambrose and Jennifer Hammon are both young and very fit and they both enjoy a long sequence of lesbian love making . Very erotic , and fairly graphic for a soft core film .

Reasons for not watching : The production values are very low , the sets are cheap and I don`t know if it`s the fault of the cinematographer but the picture quality is poor . And there is an fairly nasty thriller sub plot about a psycho killer .

Watch it if you want . Just make sure you don`t watch it in front of your relatives

Familiar late night erotic movie from Channel 5 in the UK.

Young country girl seeks fortune and fame in LA by taking acting lessons.

Moves in next door to another fantastic looking girl who seems to enjoy a bit of hanky panky (Bridget). The goings on next door excite Allyson and she gets more than she bargains for when she looks through to the apartment next door when Bridget is getting it on with someone.

Allyson seeks help from Bridget in how to control men for a part she is rehearsing.

Allyson is obviously attracted to Bridget and the two of them get together in a very erotic scene which, quite frankly, is the best bit of the movie - made me very excited.

Story and plot are the usual standard, only worth watching for the T and A.

In a perfect world, this would be an average soft-core porn flick. Cute lead, nice lesbian sex scene, actors apparently conversant with the basic principles of sexual intercourse. Since this is *not* a perfect world, you should go rent this right now just to prove to yourself that it is possible to get these things right. I've read that there's a lobotomised version floating around, so be careful you don't get that one.

Considering the usual level of Made-For-Playboy movies, "Allyson is Watching" represents a landmark exception. Jennifer Hammon has the smile and charm of Sandra Bullock and her straight-forward performing style elevates this low budget (simulated) sex film beyond the norm. Allyson is an aspiring young actress who learns about sexual matters by spying on her prostitute neighbor and fighting off the advances of a pushy acting partner, an acting coach of questionable integrity, and a landlord with evil on his mind. Hammon jumped from this film to a regular role on the ABC soap "Port Charles," so you are not likely to see her in this type of film again. Now that she's moved on to Prime Time guest appearances, she's an actress worth watching.

The film starts off with country girl Allyson (Jennifer Leigh Hammon) saying her goodbyes to her boyfriend in the only way possible in a film like this, by having great sex in the back of a pick-up, halfway up a mountainside! Taking acting lessons, she moves LA and just happens to take a room adjoining that of Bridget, (Caroline Ambrose) a woman who makes it her business to pleasure men in any way they desire. Allyson is turned on by what she sees through the keyhole and she and Bridget are drawn together. An assault by a photographer friend and a disappearance give the film the look of a well written production, plus, of course some steamy sex scenes.

This brings me to the main gripe with this film and indeed other films of its type, the use of overly loud music. Is it just me who finds this music annoying? For me, the sounds of love-making are just as important as the visuals in the erotic experience but the film-makers do not seem to think so; or could it be that they have been doing it this way for so long that they do not consider any alternative. Thank goodness that this film has some positive aspects.

The two leading ladies are well chosen for their roles. Caroline Ambrose with her obviously enhanced body gives it all she has got as the good-time girl who tutors Allyson in all things carnal, not that she needs to be taught anything judging by her other sex scenes. Jennifer Leigh Hammon plays it well as the natural looking fresh-faced young innocent. It is a pity that these two ladies seem to have disappeared from the acting scene. The acting honours though, go to Jack Deleon as the creepy landlord, Mr Merry, who gets creepier with each appearance. Overall then, a production well worth a good look.