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Young Playthings (1972)

  • This is the kind of movie that died with the advent of hardcore porn. The late great Joe Sarno made sex movies steeped in psychology and Jungian myth. While actual naughty bits aren't on display (much) there's tons of nudity, bad acting, and weird behavior. He filmed this one on a budget of about $5 in Sweden. All the actors speak in English with thick Swedish accents. 

    In attempt to set up a threesome, two longtime girlfriends hole up in an apartment building and run into a weird chick named Britt who fixes (grotesque) old toys and gets everyone to  put white pancake makeup on, get naked, and then put on crowns and capes and act out fairy tales to the sound of Bitt's sister on a tape recorded accompanied by out of tune piano music. 

    Something like an early 1900's version of the sybian comes out, things get crazier and it turns out Britt's sister and her are one and the same. In the end the whole thing just falls apart. 

    There's a long essay about it in ReSearch's Incredibly Strange Films book by someone who understood this flick better than I did. If you HAVE to see this, read the essay first and, although I have no way of knowing this, it'll probably make viewing this more bearable if you do a lot drugs before watching.