A pimp named Derek (Nicky Fylan) and his hooker girlfriend Angela (Janice Duval) are looking to make a big score. They devise a way to blackmail, cheat, and swindle rich clients by luring them into sessions with “photographer’s models”. They then take incriminating photos of the men and use them for extortion. Trouble brews when Angela starts getting a little too cozy with their latest mark (Arthur Roberts from Not of This Earth), which drives Derek crazy with jealousy.
Directed by Ed (The Brain) Hunt, this Canadian softcore flick has perhaps a bit too much plot, but it features plenty of nudity. Things get particularly repetitive late in the game as there are probably two too many scenes of the pimp being jealous that Duval is off getting busy without him. Duval is easy on the eyes though, and she drops her drawers at a moment’s notice, which helps keep you watching even when the movie is chasing its tail.
The subplot centering around the head of the local moral brigade (Tom Celli) makes for the most memorable moments. He gets a great introduction scene where he sits in his office and burns a Playboy centerfold to show just how serious he is about wiping smut from his community. Not to be outdone, once the centerfold goes up in smoke, he sets a match to Burt Reynolds’ nude spread for Cosmopolitan! This guy is an equal opportunity smut smasher!
Another highlight is when he breaks into a nurse’s apartment and forces her to use a vibrator at gunpoint. (“Don’t play innocent with me!”) It hilariously backfires on him when she winds up getting turned on and tries to seduce him, effectively flummoxing the creep and sending him running off into the night. If only the movie had one or two more scenes like this, it could’ve been a minor classic.
While Celli’s plotline is a lot more fun than the blackmail stuff with Roberts and Duval, his big orgy scene is a bit of a bust. The editing in this sequence is a bit choppy too, so I have to wonder if I was stuck watching a cut version. Even if there were some juicy tidbits still intact, I don’t think it would’ve been enough to completely salvage Corrupted. However, it remains a decent enough skin flick, warts and all.
AKA: Pleasure Palace.
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