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 THE
BEAST (Cult
Epics) aka La Bete. 1975. Erotic French flic. Approx 90
minutes. NR, nudity, sexual situations. A cute woman travels to a French
estate to marry a member of a crumbling aristocratic family to hopefully
carry on the once venerated name. Upon arrival, the woman’s dreams
revive a two hundred year old legend of a horny beast that lives in the
woods.
To be honest, I requested this DVD from Nico at Cult Epics due to
its cover. That side view of the woman pictured on the cover is my
favorite part of a woman. If a woman’s leg/thigh/waist/butt cheek side
view look hot, like the DVD cover (minus the gash on her leg), then denis
likie. Hell, if a woman fits the description in the previous sentence, she
could look like Dom DeLuise and I wouldn’t care. On to the movie; the
plot is stupid and I have no idea if this movie was meant as an erotic
fairly tale joke. The Beast runs around sporting a full husky and attacks
a frightened woman, who eventually enjoys the sexual experience. Even
though the scene is shot somewhat explicitly and the woman is fairly hot,
the entire episode fails to be erotic due to the ridiculousness of the
Beast and his “oozing” schlong. Outside of the beast sex, there are a
few other sex scenes that may ignite something in your sexually frustrated
self. Oh, I could have done without the horse breeding mating scene.
Either The Beast was made to confuse the viewer, or the filmmakers had one
too many Twinkies before taking on this project. Definitely a fucked up
flic.- Denis Sheehan
12.01.2004
note: Cult Epics
has re-released The Beast as a three DVD set. The set includes the
originally released version, a director’s cut, and a third disc loaded
with movie features; interview, making of, stills, etc.
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