Elixir

Elixir (1998)

* (out of 4)

Yet another Joe D'Amato "adult" film, this time a magic potion makes women feel "young" again, which is cause for them to go wild with various men. This D'Amato porn features some rather unerotic sex scenes and in the end there's really nothing special here. At times, while going through the director's porn movies, it really seems like he hates what he's doing and the film comes off uninspired. D'Amato has said he hated making these films and it shows here.

Director Joe D'Amato will always be remembered for his horror films like BEYOND THE DARKNESS and ANTROPOPHAGUS as well as his long running Emanuelle series with Laura Gamser. After the Italian horror market dried up, D'Amato had a comeback with the softcore ELEVEN DAYS ELEVEN NIGHTS, which eventually led to the director doing porn titles. The director had previously mixed sex and horror in such titles as PORNO HOLOCAUST and EROTIC NIGHS OF THE LIVING DEAD but those films were a long way off from his later day porn.