At a little over an hour long, “Serena” really is a listless twist on “Cinderella.” This time, we meet Cindy, a slave for her stepmother, who beds men every night, while Cindy watches in corners masturbating and trying to get in on the action. There’s not much of an explanation for anything in the movie, as “Serena” seems to excel on being baffling and weird in many instances. Plus, I’m fairly certain most of the cast were high during the filming.
China Leigh is the narrator and fairy god mother who, I’m almost certain, they pulled out of bed, slipped some tranquilizers in to her, and forced her in to reading some dialogue off of a storybook. Leigh’s sleepy narration and prologue gives way to a pretty dull movie that has no clear narrative and no energy, period. The music is stock, the performers seem fairly bored by what occurs, and star Serena is wasted. That’s a shame considering she’s quite sexy, and looks great through most of the film.
Cindy hopes to meet the prince of her dreams, so her fairy godmother engages in girl on girl with her, before warping her in to an orgy Cindy really wants to take part in, in hopes of finding Prince Charming. During the orgy, Cindy eventually finds her prince. You have to love how after the orgy every performer are sleeping along the floor in one big pile, and the prince is stalking around trying shoes on the naked women. “Serena” is vintage hardcore porn. It’s barely entertaining, but for collectors of restored vintage porn, Impulse Pictures does a bang up job. And hey, at least China Leigh is sexy.