Recent DVD Pick Ups: Slaughter Disc and Not Now, Comrade

 

An anti-porn porn film? kind of, I suppose. Slaughter Disc is actually pretty good given its lack of budget. It's essentially a horror film with hardcore sequences. Or is it a hardcore film with horror sequences? Well, it works either way as far as I'm concerned.

The lovely Caroline Pierce stars as murderous porn queen, Andromeda Strange, whose debauchery knows no bounds. Her latest fan is Mike, a porn addict who's on the lookout for new kicks. But it's not long before he discovers that porn kills as the gorgeously gothic Andromeda's craving for blood becomes ever more urgent.

The DVD boasts a nice selection of extras including a making of sequence and a couple of photo galleries. On the downside, the menu options are horribly placed so that they effectively run over the side of the screen which makes navigating a bit of a nuisance.




A Russian ballet dancer decides to defect to the West with the help of his striptease-performing girlfriend played by the wonderful Carol Hawkins. Her accomplices are played by Michele Dotrice and Ian Lavender whose frantic attempts to stay one step ahead of the authorities give rise to misleadings and misunderstandings aplenty.

This is a Ray Cooney farce. Much of the action takes place in the living room of one Commander Rimmington (Leslie Phillips). It's a nice living room - big with lots of space for slapstick and swinging doors. 'Not Now, Comrade' isn't quite as much fun as Cooney's 1973 farce 'Not Now, Darling', but it is still a more than pleasant way to spend an hour and a half. The cast also includes Ray Cooney himself along with Roy Kinnear, Windsor Davies and June Whitfield. There's also a cameo appearance from Don Estelle. However, the star of the show is Carol Hawkins.





Oh, Carol!