Loose Screws: Screwballs II
Severin Films
R1 DVD
Roger
Corman’s 1985 B-grade classic has now been cleaned up
and re-released on DVD. Severin has done a great job on the transfer and it
probably looks better than it did when it was first released on video.
It’s
typical American 80’s teen humour, and being a Roger Corman
production it is both technically good and highly suggestive. It is full of the
expected sexual innuendo, bad sex-based puns, and carefully-contrived sexually
suggestive names (Hugh G. Rection??? Just so you know
what to expect). It has absolutely no subtlety at all and is simply designed to
show lots of attractive females wearing as little as possible and to give as
many sex-based jokes as the writers could fit into the script. Politically
correct? Definitely not, but who cares?
I
was a little surprised at just how far the film went for its day. Near nudity
in mainstream film was still a touchy matter and the film certainly drew the
censor’s attention in more than one country. This version is the original,
completely uncensored. Despite its age it seems to have more skin than later
similar films like American Pie. Were we more broadminded in those days or were
we more prepared to accept the film for what it was – just a raunchy bit of
comedy?
I
am not a great fan of American humour, but I have to confess I enjoyed the film
when it first came out and I enjoyed the rerelease just as much. It is not
mentally taxing – minimal plot, no character development and few if any
redeeming social values, but it is simply great fun. Get your friends, grab a
few beers and enjoy it once again.
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