Shannen Doherty engages in kinky bondage that just so happens to resemble the work of a local serial killer in 1992's Blindfold: Acts of Obsession. This is a gloriously ridiculous bit of softcore porn.
Did you know the USA network used to air stuff like this? This one's got a lot of nudity, a lot of sex. I've developed a lot more respect for Doherty after watching this, just for her straight face when she delivers lines to her psychiatrist/lover (Judd Nelson) about how satisfying her sexlife is now. Neslon deserves accolades for keeping a serious expression when he tells her to be careful as she goes down this path. The dangerous, forbidden path of having sex in handcuffs and a blindfold.
Yep, this was pre-internet, before everyone of all ages routinely heard about erotic asphyxiation or various forms of bestiality and erotic body modification. Just yesterday I saw a video of a girl getting fucked by spiders. Shannen Doherty comes off as so sweet and innocent by comparison.
Apparently she and Judd Nelson had an affair during filming. This really is more of an aphrodisiac than a movie.
On a more sombre note, I see that Doherty has terminal cancer now. She can take some heart in knowing she has left this movie to humanity for all time.
For as much as people decry the slightest signs of inappropriate sexual imagery, millions of those same people still happily indulge in rape fantasies. It's a very different thing from true rape, existing in a fantasy world wherein stimulating surprise and loss of control are carefully arranged in a perfect cocktail of titillation, the sort of thing that doesn't tend to happen by accident. A great example is 1973's 
The artwork is fantastic. The film clearly had a very low budget, even for '70s anime, and many scenes are simply still images with audio only dialogue. But the animators are strategically deployed for some of the most fascinatingly crafted abstractions of orgasm I've ever seen.
When Jeanne (Aiko Nagayama) is first taken to the castle and gang raped by the lord (Masaya Takahashi) and his court, we see her whole body seemingly split down the centre to turn into bright red bats that flutter away.
When she decides to give herself to the Devil (none other than Tatsuya Nakadai!), we see her wrap her legs around the giant, throbbing red man with a distinctive cap.
So she becomes a witch and incites the whole town to uncontrolled lust. This is visually represented by a vast, pulsating ring of hair created by that of all the women in the town, and tangled in the hair are the townspeople, phasing in and out of animal forms as they undulate in pairs or with objects.
The incidents that form Jeanne's misfortunes become increasingly unlikely. First she's an innocent maiden who falls prey to primae nocta, then she inexplicably becomes a money lender. She's wealthy and hated but for some reason doesn't think to hire bodyguards so she's unprepared when the townsfolk tear all her clothes off.
Despite the fact that this fascinating, full length dream sequence seems to present its impression of violence entirely to titillate, it ends with a random statement about how Jeanne's sacrifice somehow led to the French Revolution. Considering some of the political events of the past seven years in America, I do wonder if some people take fantasies like this very, very seriously. But fortunately it doesn't distract me from appreciating brilliant artistry.
Belladonna of Sadness is available on The Criterion Channel.
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Entire doors were dashed for dizzy wrath.
Elected clubs beheld the sequined gown.
Relentless hands create the songless path.
Dessert was second string to sweets to-night.
Delicious cake was cheese or choc'late loaf.
Arranging grains of sugar makes it right.
When choosing single cards just gather both.
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To-morrow strolls along the crooked street.
To touch the wall's to feel a heavy beat.