This must surely be one of the great Lucio Fulci's most odd films. Erotic drama thriller .... bah!
What's so unusual about that you may think, that was a staple type of film in the 1980's, the often
awful erotic thriller. Yes, the erotic thriller or dramas of the 1980's are mostly unwatchable today
with it's lame softcore sex and annoying actors,
BUT .... NOT SO with Fulci as he makes a uniquely weird and very stylish entry to the genre.

Yes, this film could maybe be described as an inept film with bad acting and bad dialogue,
but there's always a but with maestro Lucio Fulci as he also makes this film to be a very unusual,
actually captivating and a weirdly stylish watch, and with the almost insanely beautiful Spanish
actress Blanca Marsillach giving a very special and unique performance, most often in the nude
and looking both angelic and scary.

Above: US Severin 2024 4K UHD & Blu-ray2 disc edition - reversible sleeve

Blanca Marsillach, the 1966 Barcelona born actress being the sister of Christina Marsillach (from
Argento's Opera) and unfortunately she's trash talked here in the extras. We're told that she was
very troublesome and unliked by everyone during the filming and even that one of the films
producers left her at the airport and punched her in the face.
Name of the Creep: Vincenzo Salviani. Probably guilty of Assault or aggravated assault

What a disgusting despicable PIG and if that's true he should've been sent to jail, the creep

It's an undisputed fact that Blanca Marsillach makes this film, she IS the film and she gives a
unique performance, and she should've been credited with this fact.
My God she was beautiful, like a mix of Eva Green and Isabelle Adjani and i don't give a shit if
she was troublesome during the shoot as long as she delivered and gave this brave performance.

In the audio interview with Lucio Fulci from the bluray disc he seemed to be very satisfied with
the film (and I guess that included also the lead actress).
Miraculously Blanca Marsillach makes a 2024 interview (found in the 2024 Severin bluray extras)

Pic above: Reversible sleeve to the 2017 US Severin blu-ray edition

Jessica (Marsillach) and saxophone player Johnny (Stefano Madia) are lovers and th
e film starts with an unhinged saxophone playing sex scene too weird to be described.
A young beautiful couple that enjoys life and having a lot of healthy sex, but ....

Surgeon Simpson (Brett Halsey) visits prostitutes and has marital problems with wife
(Corinne Cléry). When Johnny is having an operation after a motorcycle accident the
nervous wreck Dr. Simpson bungles the operation and Johnny dies.
Jessica is heartbroken and blames Dr. Simpson and starts to harass and stalk the Doc.
"Why did you let him die"? Then she kidnaps him and keeps him on a leash, like a
dog, and a strange S&M relationship evolves between them and with many scenes
actually managing to be strangely erotic. Lucio Fulci was indeed a talented director
that handled many genres without any problems and obviously he could have been a
successful sex film director too, if he really had wanted to and maybe even outdoing
Tinto Brass in this field.

Above: US Severin 2017 Blu-ray edition

US Severin presents this film in widescreen 1.85:1 with english or italian audio mono
with english subtitles.

4K UHD edition region ALL and Blu-ray region A

Extras on 4K UHD disc : Trailer

Extras on Blu-ray disc: Sex, Lies and Videotape: Interview with Blanca Marsillach (in
english 2024, 15 minutes) - My comment: She's still beautiful and amazing that she wants
to make an interview as the filming was a horror for her. She was young and gave a full
throttle performance trying to add emotional depth to the role

Archival audio interview with Lucio Fulci (6 minutes in italian with english subs, 1990
- Lucio says that he made a typical 1980's erotic thriller, a S&M tinted sex melodrama

The Devil's Halsey: Interview with Brett Halsey about his B movie career (17 minutes in
english, 2017) - Brett: Blanca Marsillach was a bad actress and a troublemaker - ....
OK? But she outshines you regarding acting, you pathetic fart, that's for sure

Wild Flower: Interview with Corinne Cléry (in italian with subtitles, 12 minutes)

Producing Honey: Interview with producer Vincenzo Salviani (in italian with subtitles,
13 minutes, The Devil's Sax: Interview with composer Claudio Natili (in italian with
subtitles, 9 minutes), Stephen Thrower on The Devil's Honey (21 minutes), Audio essay
by Trey Howarth on Fulci films (17 minutes, 2017), trailer, alternate opening