American Erotica

Erotic Thrillers and «Women-in-Jeopardy» films are Hollywood's endangered species. Profits are drying-up for low budget movies cloning Basic Instinct.

Pamela Green on «Peeping Tom»

Chronicling her debut in a shocker that provoked global rage, Britain's Bettie Page recalls the «strange» director and a missing scene «that has eluded restoration».

Michael Powell on «Peeping Tom»

Michael Powell's horror legacy was plagued by critical hostility and censorship; 20 years after the film derailed Powell's career, Martin Scoresese came to the rescue.

Nicole Eggert

Deja-vu? Cast in a shoot-'em-up, a Baywatch babe plays a futuristic, motorcycle-cruising avenger in The Demolitionist. Eggert sinks her sanitized TV image with feminist RoboCop.

«Night Shade»

Merging Orgy of the Dead with Vampire Circus, a sexy screenplay was mired in «the sort of repressive scrutiny usually wielded by a banana republic».

Pamela Lee on «Barb Wire»

She leaped from print to prime time to steamy direct-to-video films. Will her celebrity survive transition into movie theatres?

Elizabeth Kaitan: Slave Girl from Beyond Infinity

She's often been on the cusp of A-movie stardom, but Kaitan has opted to sustain her celebrity as one of the Sci-Fi Cinema's most scintillating sex symbols.

Ice Queen Mary Woronov

Torrid as sultry eccentrics (Death Race 2000, Hollywood Boulevard, et al), the cult diva's career spans Warhol, Roger Corman and Oliver Stone.

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Covergirl: Pamela Green