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Sesso nero (1978)

Sesso nero poster
Directed by
Joe D'Amato
Genre
pornographic film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
18
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man travels to a Caribbean island with his female companion. He becomes involved in voodoo rituals and experiences disturbing events including illness and a violent act of self mutilation.

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What happens

Sesso nero (literally: "Black sex"; internationally: Sexy Erotic Love; United States DVD release: Exotic Malice) is a 1980 Italian adult drama film starring Mark Shannon, Annj Goren, Lucia Ramirez, and George Eastman, who also wrote the screenplay. It was produced, directed and photographed by Joe D'Amato. The film is most notable for being the first Italian hardcore pornographic film to be shown in Italian theatres, and one in a series of four hardcore pornographic films D'Amato shot back-to-back in the second half of 1979 in the Dominican Republic, the others being the porn/horror crossover films Erotic Nights of the Living Dead and Porno Holocaust, and the pornographic thriller Hard Sensation. Although Sesso Nero was the last one of these films to be shot, it was the first to be distributed and shown in Italian theatres. The film is also notable for its thematic richness unusual for the genre, including the theme of illness, voodoo haunting, and the final gory scene of self-castration. It has been called the best film of early Italian hardcore film production by experts on the subject and has become a cult film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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