A lot of people seem to have been disappointed by this movie because they stepped in hopping to find a simple sexploitation film (I believe because it was issued by Vinegar Syndrome). In that sense, it isn't very graphic indeed. If you're in for that you'll find only a short orgy scene.
But there's much more to find here. It is more like a B-movie thriller and it's good at it. The film is more to be compared to films such as 'The Sadist' (1963), 'The Thrill Killers' (1964), even if the car and shooting scenes are concentrated in the beginning of the movie. The rest of the movie shows what led to this through flashbacks and the suspense is rather well maintained. The events of the beginning are serious and weird enough to make us want to know more and it's rather satisfactorily resolved.
It would be irrelevant to compare it to the work of a David Friedman or a Doris Wishman, though some themes aborded could be similar. The movie addresses subjects such as nymphomania, serious oedipus complex, over-possessive mother, mother-daughter rivalry, but it's not illustrated by lame makeout scenes that would be shown as enjoyable to a creepy turned on audience. That would have make me feel bad. The movie is overall a slightly disturbing thriller, which I enjoy much more.
The actors are fairly good. Sandra Lynn manages rather well, at least she gives emotions and delivers her lines with some small talent. I liked her performance very much.
Compared to a normal A production it isn't much of course, but compared to the four 1-hour 1960s sexploitations films I watched in a row yesterday that included around 15min of interesting footage and the rest being lame and uninteresting strip teases and faked intercourses, I was more than happy to watch this one, and even more to find that it was interesting all the 1h40min!
The only other film by Albert Zugsmith I've seen for now is 'Confessions Of An Opium Eater' (1962) and I enjoyed both a lot. I hope to discover more of his odd work in the furure.
