Wet Dreams

Roberta Findlay and Walter Sear's Sendy Film Corp collaborated with Ron Sullivan (Henri Pachard) on this one at the same time as CLIMAX! (1985), which features much of the same cast. It's a quickly-shot lackluster effort about a sexually unsatisfied married woman (Cody Nicole) who is introduced to the magic of erotic daydreaming by her friend (Renee Summers). Most of the sex scenes are snooze-inducing, especially a weak S&M number with barfly Joey Silvera and bartender Sharon Kane surrounded by uncredited performers lightly whipping each other. George Payne brings up the rear with two back-to-back scenes with Taija Rae as a schoolgirl in a sauna shower and Nicole, who finally experiences fireworks (literally, via stock footage inserts) with him when he comes to repair her dishwasher. These two scenes earn the film a full extra two stars, otherwise it would be a total waste of time. At this time Findlay and Sear were transitioning from hardcore to horror and exploitation with TENEMENT and THE ORACLE, both released in 1985, and Sullivan was very busy in his partnership with Nibo Films, resulting in his mammoth miniseries TABOO, AMERICAN STYLE (also 1985). Obviously their attentions weren't on making a good effort with this one, as even their usual noteworthy cinematography, editing, and writing styles aren't at all evident. Why AVN nominated this for a Best All-Sex Film Award can only be attributed to a campaign by home video distributor Caballero to bring their video release some attention.