Lockout

(2006)

Lockout is an odd movie. It's a low budget horror film with a lot of things going on that don't seem to have much to do with one another until the very end of the film. After a short preliminary scene, the film kicks off with an ordinary white collar man being dismissed from his firm after a decade of faithful service because the business has changed and he's not willing to adapt. The company needs multilingual personnel, or Americans willing to relocate overseas to help teach English in their remote customer service facilities. Dan speaks only English, and has no intention of leaving the country, so he finds himself unemployed. He and his family own a nice home in Chicago and an older place in East Nowhere, Wisconsin. Since the Wisconsin house is not rentable, Dan decides to rent his good property and move with his wife and sister-in-law to rural Wisconsin, thus allowing them to survive without his lost income.

That part of the film is all pretty straightforward, with no real horror elements, although Dan's sister-in-law seems to be a junkie with a secret career as a professional dominatrix, and her episodes provide a sinister undercurrent to an otherwise routine suburban existence in the Chicago area. Once the three of them arrive in Wisconsin, however, things get strange fast and Lockout turns into an old school horror film. There are no jokey sidekicks, comic relief, or CGI, but plenty of gore, sex and gravitas. Dan and his sister-in-law seem to find themselves in the middle of some creepy goings-on involving cannibalism, torture, inbred mutants, mysterious spiders, otherworldly hitchhikers, and God knows what else, all of which has a surrealistic, "WTF?" quality to it, which makes the movie mysterious, but also confusing and irritating at times.

As it turns out, there is a reasonable, if ambiguous and opaque, explanation for what Dan and his family are going through, but the clarification doesn't come out until a series of epilogues which resolve matters by removing the veils, in the manner of Angel Heart. The last ten minutes are over the top, but interesting and fairly unexpected. Before that there are only sporadic pleasures. The film really seems to wander afield from time to time, and I found my interest level waxing and waning dramatically. I'd drift off during some over-long element of seemingly unimportant exposition, then I'd jump back at full attention during some very scary or creepy individual moments. Although Lockout was made with a micro budget and employs some actors who break the fourth wall, it does have a reasonably intriguing air of mystery about it, and a creepy ambiance driven by an effective background score. I'll also grant it a few extra points for originality. Many low budget straight-to-DVD films are just lesser versions of more famous previous films, but this film is fresh. It has some elements which you've seen before, but it also has its own unique presence, for better or worse. Given the limitations of the cast and budget, I'd say the director got some pretty good mileage out of some low octane fuel.

To be honest, it's only a so-so film and it drags in spots, but it gives off a sense that there is an excellent film, in the manner of Angel Heart, lurking somewhere inside, like a tapeworm. If only there had been enough money to lure it out.

 

The clearest nudity is provided by Claire Davenport, with a very brief exposure of her small breasts.

There is also a scene where Davenport masturbates (no nudity from her), while her older sister (Cyn Dulay) gets it on noisily in the next room and flashes quick looks at breasts and buns.

Davenport:

 

Marquis de Sade: Justine

(1969)

 

Today the Time Machine goes way back for a movie also known as "Deadly Sanctuary," which was created by the prolific director Jesus Franco.

This one stars Romina Power (who is the daughter of Tyrone Power and actress Linda Christian). For you youngsters Tyrone is a legend in Hollywood. Romina was only eighteen when she made this flick and mommy was on the set during the shooting of the movie which did not prevent Romina from showing off her tits and becoming a "Babe in Bondage" on two occasions.

 

Claudia Gravy with tits exposed.

 

Maria Rohm with breasts and blink and you will miss it bush.

 

Maria and Marilyn Dexter with still more tits.

 

Rosalba Neri is another topless "Babe in Bondage."

 

Rosalba and Romina Power all tied up with the boobs exposed.

 

Very brief breast exposure from Sylva Koscina.

 

And wrap up the day with more boobage from some unknowns.