I first saw this on a rented vhs in the early 90's. I can never forget the incident. When i picked up the vhs from the shelf, the owner of the library scolded the sales staff for displaying the vhs n not hiding it. He didnt allow me to take the vhs. I thot mayb it must be one of those nasty horror films.
Later behind the owners back i rented the vhs from his other staff out of curiosity.
I picked up the vhs considering it to b a deadly horror film since the title was Devil in the Flesh, the poster missing n the library owner's behavior.
I got the surprise after playing the vhs that it was a semi porn film.
Lots of nudity, non erotic sex scenes, the action scenes were laughable n the budget micro. We get to see a toy helicopter flying far off.
For titillating effects, none of the hospital nurses were wearing bra under their uniform.
I remember all this cos I recently revisited it on a fast forward mode.
A piece of knowledge I unearthed, it's directed by the same guy who gave us Antropophagus n Absurd.
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Talentless in all departments
SMK-417 September 1999
There have been several films with the title 'Devil in the flesh' over the years (half a dozen at least), typically all of related genres which makes them easy to confuse; atomic-12's comments are about a 1998 film, not this one. The best known (and best) of the lot is probably Marco Bellocchio's from 1986.
This film here is a very-low-budget exploiter about a group of guerillas/bandits taking over a remote hospital, apparently somewhere in Latin America. They have one of their group medically cared for and take the opportunity to have sex with the all-female staff. Overall this is a lousy effort: the script is very poor, the characters lack conviction, the photography is dull, the actors lack screen presence, both the rumpy-pumpy and the (mild) violence are unimaginative. Talentless in all departments.
This film here is a very-low-budget exploiter about a group of guerillas/bandits taking over a remote hospital, apparently somewhere in Latin America. They have one of their group medically cared for and take the opportunity to have sex with the all-female staff. Overall this is a lousy effort: the script is very poor, the characters lack conviction, the photography is dull, the actors lack screen presence, both the rumpy-pumpy and the (mild) violence are unimaginative. Talentless in all departments.
AKA War Baby
BandSAboutMovies13 December 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Money obsessed mercenaries Sammy and Klaus are on a mission to escort the seriously ill prime minister of a South American country that has just been taken over by rebels. And by South America, I mean Louisiana. But no matter - the rebels are on their trail and our protagonists make their way to a hospital filled with three female nurses and a female doctor that they force to heal the prime minister, then they assault each of them in softcore non-sex sex scenes and - of course, it's Italy - the women fall in love with the guys as if they had a meet cute.
Even a staunch D'Amato defender such as myself has a hard time saying there's anything good in this one. Maybe Joe was getting tired, maybe he thought military sex romps were what was hot for '91, maybe he'd made too many adult films by this point or maybe this was all he could do at this stage in his career. This is the kind of movie where nurses get worked up about their co-workers getting attacked by military men, so you know, it's as scummy as his other films without the energy and art to make up for it.
War Baby is a really good title, though.
Even a staunch D'Amato defender such as myself has a hard time saying there's anything good in this one. Maybe Joe was getting tired, maybe he thought military sex romps were what was hot for '91, maybe he'd made too many adult films by this point or maybe this was all he could do at this stage in his career. This is the kind of movie where nurses get worked up about their co-workers getting attacked by military men, so you know, it's as scummy as his other films without the energy and art to make up for it.
War Baby is a really good title, though.
Excellent in all departments
alexferdman22219 February 2015
To write about movies you have to have benchmark or basic point which is always one--movies are illusion. If they reflect on reality it cannot be proved as everybody has different opinion about past and present. With this in mind this flick is excellent and I don't care about plot which is reasonable in this case, female characters which are all hot in their designer's underwear, fair amount of sexual activities etc. Illusion?--yes. Do I care?--no. Why?--D'Amato fits my definition of excellent. Maybe I am wrong?--maybe. But I pay attention to which movies I remember and which dissipate without trace. And I remember how piece of propaganda called Battleship Potemkin was considered one of 10 best movies of all time and as I knew all this propaganda first hand I said--whatever but D'Amato is on my list.
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