The Trip (2003) is a minuscule budget horror film, vengeful ghost variety. A bunch of collage pals are off to spring break. On the way, one of their number runs over some roadside death memorial markers. This pisses off the ghosts, who clearly saw Spielberg's first film, and a truck with an unseen driver becomes the evil presence out to kill all of the kids. The film makers were also familiar with Duel, as they refer to it in dialogue as being a lot like what is happening to them. One of the ghosts is a topless Mindy Ferguson, who tries to seduce one of the guys in very bad light. This is essentially a chase movie, but shot at night, making it hard to see. 8 voters at IMDb have it at 5.4. I agree. It is not bad for a low budget effort, even though it is derivative, and is hence a C-.

Wild Things 3 (2005):

See if you recognize this movie description:

The scene is a snooty community in Florida called Blue Bay. The most popular girl in school comes from a very rich family, but can't seem to break her inheritance free from the grasp of her family. Meanwhile, a trashy brunette from the trailer park near the swamp accuses an authority figure of rape. When the first push comes to the first shove, and layer one of the onion is cleared away, it is revealed that Miss Popular and Miss Trailer Trash are actually in cahoots to fabricate the rape as a means to embezzle funds from the former's family. Even though the two girls seem to hate one another in public, it turns out that they are not only in partnership, but are lesbian lovers as well. Oh, yeah, and they also enjoy having three-way sex with an adult male who is in on the scam.

As the film progresses, we find that other people are also in on the scam, including one of the investigating officers, but as the layers continue to be peeled away, we find that various members of the conspiracy have been keeping secrets from various others, that still other secrets have been hidden from the audience, and that many additional double crosses eventually ensue. The rich girl will end up dead, as will the false rapist, as will a member of the Blue Bay police force. At the end, a sleazy lawyer will turn out to have a far more significant role than originally thought.

The veil is finally lifted during the closing credits, when we get to see all of the off-camera plotting that we were not aware of.

I suppose you movie buffs recognize that as the plot of Wild Things. It is also the plot of Wild Things 3. You can't really call this a sequel to the original for a few reasons: (1) It doesn't use any of the same characters. (2) It may take place either before or after the original. (3) It is basically the same plot told again with new characters. A sequel, on the other hand, is a new plot with the same characters.

How does it stack up against the original? Well ...

• The first film had some solid star power: Neve Campbell and Denise Richards played the Wild Things, and they were ably supported by Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Bill Murray, Kathleen Turner and Robert Wagner. The second film basically consists of unknowns and Dina Meyer. Even Dina, while always good, is nowhere near the A-list.

• A gimmicky plot like this only works once. The first one worked because it was original and the plot twists were at least somewhat unexpected. What is the fun of watching it again with the characters re-named? It's like watching a local dinner theater presentation of Camelot after having already seen Burton, Andrews, and Goulet on Broadway.

• Let's face it, the only thing that stayed the same was the plot, and the first film had a hokey plot to begin with. That was part of the point - it was a genre film gone wild. Besides the originality, what really made Wild Things work was the complete swamp ambience mixed with sleazy charm and a lot of humor. There isn't really much of that in Wild Things 3.

• On the other side of the ledger, a summary of the the conjunctive abbreviations reveals that film has more F&S than the original and a bit more T&A (although still not very much). Like the original, it has no S&M and A&W. Although holding the root beer content steady, the filmmakers did step up the  hot girl-on-girl action. There is even a lesbian shower scene.

Summary: Basically a re-make of Wild Things without the fun, the originality, and the stars, but with a bit more nudity.

• Sarah Lain (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
• Sandra McCoy (1, 2, 3, 4)
• I don't know
• Dina Meyer (no nudity)

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Today the Ghost takes a look at the 1996 thriller, "Listen".

First up is Brooke Langton, the co-star of "Swingers" and "The Replacements" in a couple of very sexy scenes. She keeps her clothes on, but she still looks great. Especially in vids #3 and #4 where she does a pseudo-masturbation-phone-sex scene.

• Brooke Langton (1, 2, 3)
• Brooke Langton zipped .wmvs (1, 2, 3, 4)

Next we see Kim Calderoni topless in and after a sweaty sport-humpin' scene.

• Kim Calderoni (1, 2, 3, 4)
• Kim Calderoni zipped .wmvs (1, 2)

Finally we have an unknown actress and an unknown actress with a name. Both are topless.

• Michelle Lefler
• Michelle Lefler zipped .wmv

• Unknown

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