House Arrest
Its gritty look typical of '60s NYC porn, this film depicts the uninteresting activities at a Manhattan bordello, run by Ezmerelda (Jennifer Welles). The attempt at showing us a behind the scenes look…
House Arrest
Its gritty look typical of '60s NYC porn, this film depicts the uninteresting activities at a Manhattan bordello, run by Ezmerelda (Jennifer Welles). The attempt at showing us a behind the scenes look is more boring than arousing. The film begins with thugs working for kingpin Mr. Martini shanghaiing three girls off the street for forced servitude as unwilling "recruits" for his brothel. One of the three (Laura) is not a hooker, but no matter, she will be taught how by madam Ezmerelda & Co. Tryout period is 30 days (to be paid $500) for each girl. Ezmerelda takes a lesbian liking to Laura, and vows to protect her. There's a roughie segment when a goateed john (Larry Hunter) arrives via Rolls-Royce, and the guy beats up a blonde while surf music plays. The violent customer gets his comeuppance when the girl punches him in the groin. What passes for black humor is Mrs. Richardson, a lesbian client, when a girl she has in bondage won't cooperate. The girl gets punished but when Martini finds out Mrs. Richardson can't pay her overdue $1,800 tab with the brothel he ties up the older lady and forces her to work off her bill as a prisoner of the brothel. Plot line dovetails too neatly when the violent customer returns in the final reel and fondles Richardson tied to a chair, getting carried away and choking her to death. En route to this downbeat demise, she has to service various sleaze-balls. A dull party Martini throws to raise money ($250 admission fee per head) has kinky action (underling Bruno "brands" a chick with a cigar) plus Laura given over to two lesbians. Climax is totally amateurish, as Ricky and Bruno fight in the basement and Welles is stabbed. "Bruno, I think you killed a defenseless woman" is dubbed in as voice-over for Ricky as he and Laura ascend the stairs and THE END title is slapped on the screen. A truly clumsy finish.
House Arrest
Comedy
Film Details
Its gritty look typical of '60s NYC porn, this film depicts the uninteresting activities at a Manhattan bordello, run by Ezmerelda (Jennifer Welles). The attempt at showing us a behind the scenes look is more boring than arousing. The film begins with thugs working for kingpin Mr.
Martini shanghaiing three girls off the street for forced servitude as unwilling "recruits" for his brothel. One of the three (Laura) is not a hooker, but no matter, she will be taught how by madam Ezmerelda & Co. Tryout period is 30 days (to be paid $500) for each girl.
Ezmerelda takes a lesbian liking to Laura, and vows to protect her. There's a roughie segment when a goateed john (Larry Hunter) arrives via Rolls-Royce, and the guy beats up a blonde while surf music plays. The violent customer gets his comeuppance when the girl punches him in the groin.
What passes for black humor is Mrs. Richardson, a lesbian client, when a girl she has in bondage won't cooperate. The girl gets punished but when Martini finds out Mrs.
Richardson can't pay her overdue $1,800 tab with the brothel he ties up the older lady and forces her to work off her bill as a prisoner of the brothel. Plot line dovetails too neatly when the violent customer returns in the final reel and fondles Richardson tied to a chair, getting carried away and choking her to death. En route to this downbeat demise, she has to service various sleaze-balls.
A dull party Martini throws to raise money ($250 admission fee per head) has kinky action (underling Bruno "brands" a chick with a cigar) plus Laura given over to two lesbians. Climax is totally amateurish, as Ricky and Bruno fight in the basement and Welles is stabbed. "Bruno, I think you killed a defenseless woman" is dubbed in as voice-over for Ricky as he and Laura ascend the stairs and THE END title is slapped on the screen.
A truly clumsy finish..