Love is a four letter word фильм 1966

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• 1966
• R
• 1h 1m

Reality and fantasy blur as a sexually frustrated college student turns to voyeurism to satisfy his deviant urges. Looking beyond his prudish girlfriend and sleepy town to fulfill his needs,… Read allReality and fantasy blur as a sexually frustrated college student turns to voyeurism to satisfy his deviant urges. Looking beyond his prudish girlfriend and sleepy town to fulfill his needs, he travels south of the border for an orgy of peep shows and pills — but his lust pushes … Read allReality and fantasy blur as a sexually frustrated college student turns to voyeurism to satisfy his deviant urges. Looking beyond his prudish girlfriend and sleepy town to fulfill his needs, he travels south of the border for an orgy of peep shows and pills — but his lust pushes him to the brink of insanity.

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Nudie film with a plot

I’m disappointed to find few if any details of this film here. I recall seeing it while in college and recall being entertained and engaged by the story line as much as by the photography. A scene depicting an initiation dance in which the members danced in robes carrying candles in a ring around the novitiate with haunting music as the robes first opened and then fell as particularly effective. A low camera angle added a dramatic touch. An early B/W film of the nudie genre, going credibly beyond simple exploitation. Surprisingly memorable.

• dragonslayor
• Jul 2, 2000

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«Love is a Four Letter Word», aka The Love Girls (1966) appears to be the first full-length film to show a fetishistic sorority initiation ceremony. The hazing includes bondage, blindfolds, ice rubbing, and hard spanking with a big sorority paddle. A sexploitation gem by Bob Cresse and R. L. Frost. They specialized in harsh grindhouse «roughies», but this obscure film is more of a dark psychological study of repressed desire.

It’s a Lee Frost-Bob Cresse venture, so you know it’s bound to be a bit odd.  The story involves a college student who becomes obsessed with voyeurism to the point where it destroys his life.

 Jerry (Harvey Shain) is just a normal college student.

His goody-two-shoes girlfriend Sheila (Dianne Michaels) rushes back from class.

 Jerry wants to get busy, but Sheila wants to take a shower first.

We see Sheila (Dianne Michaels) through the frosted glass; about as close as you’ll get to full frontal nudity in 1966.

But Jerry’s not thinking about Sheila.  He’s eyeing all the naked women in the dorm windows nearby.

 When Sheila returns, Jerry acts erratic, seems overly aggressive and runs out of the room.

Jerry walks the city streets to find an outlet for his sexual frustration.

 He looks at forbidden books and catches a stag film.

 Jerry and Sheila are in psychology class together.

All Jerry can think about is the legs on the girl in front of him…

 Then he fantasizes about a couple of the girls he spied through the dorm window.

Jerry and Sheila go to a swingin’ party. 

 One of the girls gets on a coffee table and strips.

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Jerry imagines he’s in a room with just Sheila.

 She strips for him.

When Jerry snaps out of it, he finds he’s manhandling the party girl.

 She and everyone at the party laugh and point.

 Shamed, Jerry flees to south of the border.

 There, he goes to a seedy little Mexican strip show.

Next, Jerry goes to the Omega Delta Omega sorority.

He watches the sorority initiation through the window.

Promotional photograph

The two pledges are tied up and spanked.

Jerry returns to Sheila.  When she won’t put out, he leaves in a fury.

 But he sticks around to peep through her window.  He finds she has a lesbian lover!

 Sheila strips for her partner.

Distraught, Jerry overdoses on pills and dies.  When the police arrives, one says, «Looks like he took pills. Wonder what his problem was. Hell, if I had his looks I’d have been making out with every girl on the campus.»

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Bob Cresse infuses this with enough oddball energy and groovy music to elevate this above your average-forgettable mid-sixties skin flick.
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆