Blood of 1000 Virgins

Playboy Playmate Nikki Leigh is your enchanting hostess for this brief (72 minutes long) compilation film showcasing trailers for some of the most enjoyably lurid exploitation, sexploitation, and cult movies in existence. In fact, one may wish that she were seen a little more often throughout, but the trailers here are so much fun that one can have a good time with this. This is directed by Charles Band, made as a Grindhouse Flix original to go along with the movies that his company Full Moon has recently acquired for distribution. And it's written by Leroy Patterson, clearly with a real affection for the subject matter.

As one can see, virgins are the common theme among these trailers, which are grouped according to the basic film content:

• Male virgins - Female virgins - Reasons for staying a virgin - Who hunt virgins - Revenge of the virgin

If this film has done its job, it will have whetted your appetite to see the titles presented - or revisit them, if you're already familiar with any of them. Among the assortment of decadence on display are trailers for "Teenage Mother", "The Teacher", "Brides of Blood", "Ms. 45", "They Call Her One Eye", "Chatterbox", "The Blood Spattered Bride", "Savage Streets", "I Don't Want to be Born", "The Curious Female", "Charley and the Hooker", and "The Harrad Experiment". Some of them get some absolutely priceless narration, by men solemnly declaring that the movie in question "shows things never seen before on film". The gorgeous Ms. Leigh keeps the tone of her segments refreshingly light, and participates in an amusing little wrap-up.

Lovers of adult films should be quite entertained sitting down to watch this with a bag of popcorn close at hand.

Seven out of 10.

Have to admit, when I saw the title I thought this was more about horror movies. You know virgins being a big part of horror movies themselves. But no sir, this is about exploitation movie - well more about them than horror. Because there are also horror movies included. And the whole thing is done in sections.

All is being introduced by a lovely (but never nude, in case you were wondering) Nikki Leigh. And she tells us about themes, before we get to see trailers for some movies. I expect that most of us will not know the movies that are being shown here. The 70s were quite something ... one standout for me was the Chatterbox. Now ... how do I explain this? You know how it is being said that some men think with their penis? Well in this case a woman is speaking through her vagina ... though the vagina may have a mind of his ... her own ... no pun intended.

Unfortunately I could not find the movie at any streaming provider - also the trailer may be much funnier than the movie itself. I think that is fair to say about some of the other movies too. A fun ride through obscurity ... if you are willing to take it.