The Big Snatch

I don't usually go into these sorts of films with high expectations, but to my surprise The Big Snatch is actually quite good! The title is obviously meant to have a double meaning, but actually it relates to the part of the plot that involves a couple of men going round kidnapping girls, only to have them turned into 'sex slaves'. Naturally, considering that this is a seventies rough porn flick, the acting and production values aren't up to much; but all you can really expect from a film like this is plenty of sex and a few laughs and the film delivers that. The plot works with the film quite well; it offers numerous opportunities for a bit of action, and most of these are capitalised on. The film doesn't feature a great deal of surprises in the first half, we just watch as the girls are 'trained' by their captors, but there's a decent twist around the middle in which the tables are turned and the film becomes a bit more interesting, and also features a few nail biting moments. The sex is mostly just softcore, so the film might not please the fans of the harder stuff, but its all fairly decent.

I just love the 70s and their ideas for a film. A loser decides to kidnap 5 woman and make them his house sex slaves. There is really not much more to the plot than that. The girls don't like the situation they are in and they hatch an escape plan. As they execute their diabolical escape plan, their way of torturing their 'master', as he makes them call him, is a stroke of genius.. for the viewer anyway! The performances from the actors are what you would expect, ie pretty terrible. All said and done the girls are super cute and have great bodies that are regularly nude. There are lots of sex and rape scenes and there is a good twist at the end. A good movie for those wanting some sleaze and no real plot.

Trashfilm legend David F. Friedman ("Blood Feast" etc.) says that "The Big Snatch" was made for a mere $11.000 by a L.A.P.D. cop!! Well, them cops sure got some serious twisted fantasies! No money or talent can't hide the fact that this flick is pretty sick and disturbing. Two lowlives abduct some saucy chicks and abuse them for days even though it looks like the women are enjoyin' the rape!?! It also seems like it would be pretty easy for the women to escape from the isolated ranch. But in the end they've had enough and boobqueen Uschi Digart ("Supervixens", "Getting Into Heaven" etc.) says; "Let's sock it to'em!" and the girls castrate one guy and shag the other to death! I ain't kiddin'. As Un-PC as you can get, so of course any sleazejunkie must possess this roughie from Something Weird!

Although IMDb lists this movie with a 1968 date, the movie could not have been made until at least 1971. During the infamous radiator scene, Bart quotes the famous line, "Love means never having to say your horny." This is an obvious play on the famous line from Love Story, which was not released until December 1970. Peggy Church, who was born in 1954 according to her IMDb entry, was certainly older than 14 in this film (although she could have been younger than 18). In addition, the amount of nudity in the film would have been highly unusual for 1968, but it is pretty much in line for a soft-core film released in 1971.

Just so I am clear about why this $11,000 sexploitation film should be a standard for comparison, let me explain. For anyone who questions whether an exploitation film has drifted into sexploitation territory, I suggest immediately watching "The Big Snatch". Only if the flick in question can match "The Big Snatch" in minute for minute skin, should it even be considered as sexploitation. Another test would be, can you turn off the sound for the entire film and lose nothing? One big advantage of losing the audio is no generic porno music, no lame dialog, but you can still get the gist of a "humpathon" like "The Big Snatch". - MERK