: The film's success in the early 1980s marked a moment where independent adult-oriented dramas began to receive more attention regarding their production standards and narrative ambitions.
The "story" is largely a framework for extended scenes shot on low-budget 16mm film. The dialogue is minimal, the acting is wooden by mainstream standards, and the lighting is famously flat. Yet, for fans of the genre, this aesthetic is the appeal. It captures a pre-AIDS, pre-Reagan-era rawness that later 1980s glamour productions (like those from Vivid or Wicked Pictures) would sanitize. taboo+1+1980+imdb
The story follows (played by Kay Parker ), a sexually frustrated single mother whose husband has recently left her. After a series of disappointing dates and uncomfortable advances from men her own age, she begins to develop an erotic fascination with her college-aged son, Paul ( Mike Ranger ). : The film's success in the early 1980s