Deviation (1971)

Deviation (1971). 1h 29m

“If youu0026#39;re a fan of director Jose Larraz, you probably wonu0026#39;t find this obscure early effort as good as u0026quot;Vampyresu0026quot; or u0026quot;The Coming of Sinu0026quot; (both of which, unlike this one, have been released on legitimate DVD), but itu0026#39;s better than his recently unearthed (and somewhat disappointing) first effort u0026quot;Whirlpoolu0026quot;,and itu0026#39;s definitely better than most of his later work.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA middle-aged man and his young mistress crash their car and end up in the eerie country estate of a creepy young man (the same actor from u0026quot;Whirlpoolu0026quot;), his sultry sister, and a bed-ridden aunt who seems to be alternately psychic and psychotic. Not surprisingly, the young man is an amateur taxidermist with an interest in tattooed flesh, and the sister turns out to be a crazed sex killer. Strangely though, Larraz doesnu0026#39;t play up the incest angle like he did in u0026quot;Whirlpoolu0026quot;. He also throws in a couple sex orgies with the brotheru0026#39;s hippie friends that are pretty gratuitous and really detract from the eerie isolation of the estate. Still this movie has a lot more atmosphere than u0026quot;Whirlpoolu0026quot; and it has acting that, while certainly not good, does not take away from the plot at least. Probably the he oddest thing about this movie is the sexual coupling of some very unattractive middle-aged and elderly men (including a hilariously horny druggist)with very attractive young women. (If I ever become bald and paunchy and sprout a pair of bad pork-chop sideburns, I think Iu0026#39;ll relocate to the English countryside where all the action apparently is).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is probably not the best place to start if youu0026#39;re not already a fan of Jose Larraz, but those already familiar with this offbeat director will no doubt find it pretty entertaining.”