Pomeriggio caldo

Bizarre Voodoo Ritual (1987)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

Also known as POMERIGGIO CALDO, HOT AFTERNOON and 11 DAYS 11 NIGHTS 3, this D'Amato low-budget flick doesn't have too much going for it except for some real badness that makes it mildly entertaining. A reporter (Allen Cort) takes his kinky girlfriend (Valentine Derny) to New Orleans where they're going to do a story with a woman (Carey Sally) whose husband was killed in some sort of voodoo ritual. Soon the girlfriend takes off with another man leaving our reporter depressed and just standing outside their window watching them have sex. This is yet another D'Amato softcore effort and it's got some really horrid dialogue and awful performances but these are two reason to actually watch the film. I must admit that I found all three leads to be very bad with their performances and not for a second did I buy any of them in their roles. Cort gets to scream some of the lamest dialogue in film history (If you want to f*** him for now that's fine. When you're done, remember where I am) but his delivery is just as funny. Not for a second did I believe him to be a reporter and I'd have a hard time believing he could actually spell his name. Derny certainly fits her sexual part but her acting still leaves a lot to be desired. The movie actually does do a pretty good job at balancing the "story" with all the nudity and sex. D'Amato uses the New Orleans settings to his advantage and the music score isn't too bad at all. The sex scenes themselves are pretty bad as you'll be feeling more laughs than any type of erotic nature. Fans of the director will probably want to check this out even though the subject of sex and voodoo had been used by him in his early 80s period with films like EROTIC NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD and the horrible PORNO HOLOCAUST.