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I rented this movie from one of my local video stores and hunkered down to watch. I wanted to love it. I really, really did, but...

While I love Judy Tenuta and always will, but her performance was rather weak, and her scenes at the Butch Camp were horribly directed and boring. In fact, it didn't seem like much of a camp at all. Perhaps "camp" in the title was supposed to mean that this film was supposed to be campy (which it wasn't).

But overall, the acting was probably the best thing about this meager attempt to be funny (which it rarely was). I guess it probably broke ground as a gay film when it was originally released, but the plot was incredibly flimsy and rambled a bit. I didn't care about most of the characters. There seemed to be many good ideas, but none of the plot lines offered much of a payoff in the end.

I rented Surge of Power from Blockbuster and found it to be good, clean campy fun. Even though I agree with some of the comments regarding the weaker acting performances, but overall I thought some of the strongest performances came from Tangen, Roth, Venturini, and the slew of guest stars like Nichelle Nichols, Lou Ferrigno and Noel Neill. This was kind of a throw-back to the old campy Batman series starring Adam West and Burt Ward, so I think the performances were supposed to be tongue-in-cheek and over-the-top. I especially liked the battle scenes between Surge and The Metal Master and I really enjoyed the bank robbery scene with Noel Neill. The costumes were great and the cheesy effects added to the kitsch. The gay stuff was ambiguous so I think everyone of all ages could enjoy this movie. I can't help but wonder -- is there going to be a Surge 2?

I caught this film at Outfest and found it to be positively raunchy, over-the-top fun. It was a lot like a live-action South Park with smatterings of classic John Waters. This film ran the gamut of filth from artificial insemination to talking sperm to a lesbian scientist gone mad. The pace moved briskly. The acting performances from Angela Box, Tom Tangen and Maria Quinones were fantastic! I think my favorite character was Jennie Jones played by Ayana Cahrr. Her character never speaks, but I found myself in stitches every time she was on screen. There seemed to be a lot of attention to the color and the look of the film including the washed out whites and brilliant reds and greens. It looked like an old unearthed 1950's sci-fi film. The soundtrack was great, too. I wonder if any of the music is available in stores or online? Since this was a comedy and not a horror film, I'm not sure why it was called Succubus, but I'll definitely look for it whenever it comes out on DVD.