{"id":38932,"date":"2014-06-11T01:39:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T05:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=38932"},"modified":"2023-02-19T01:44:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T06:44:21","slug":"the-chambermaids-1974-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/11\/the-chambermaids-1974-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chambermaids (1974) (DVD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Impulse Pictures apparently restored \u201cThe Chambermaids\u201d from a nearly destroyed theatrical print, and boy does it show. Despite the attempts to keep it pristine, \u201cThe Chambermaids\u201d still looks like it was carried over from a projector. But for folks that appreciate the faux grindhouse aesthetic, it might add to the experience. What\u2019s more entertaining is the inadvertent comedy, bad acting, really bad sound looping, and shadows of crew members during certain scenes. \u201cThe Chambermaids\u201d is only seventy minutes long and wastes absolutely no time establishing its plot. Or what little there is.<\/p>\n

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After the title card, we meet Mary Ellen and Sally, both of whom are bored and decide the best way to remedy the tedium is by sleeping with the residents of the hotel. Surely enough in the next scene, there\u2019s many a frolicking and hardcore sex to be had. The plot basically takes a back seat, but then it\u2019s only just a catalyst for the repeated hardcore sex that ensues. They\u2019re bored, so they decide to romp around with the guests. What else do we need? \u201cThe Chambermaids\u201d is a fairly routine and humdrum seventies stag film, with some gorgeous women, and hairy men rolling around in bed, and much of the narrative only introduced to bring us in to the closing title card.<\/p>\n

What little narrative there is involves a comical mix-up between the hotel managers\u2019 wife and a resident, and a sub-plot about a wife having trouble arousing her husband. The film ends on an overlong double take of a dumb founded male character when he realizes he\u2019s slept with the hotel managers\u2019 wife. It\u2019s a comical shot, but not for the intended reasons. Valerie Marron is very voluptuous and is looks very good in most of her scenes.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a real kick to see busty Valerie True (singer of disco classic \u201cMore, More, More\u201d) engage in a lesbian three way, and flash her very appealing body for the second half of the movie. True looks dynamic on-screen and she\u2019s the highlight. \u201cThe Chambermaids\u201d is Impulse\u2019s best attempt to restore a nearly lost adult film, and it\u2019s worth a watch if only for the really bad filmmaking style.<\/p>\n