Michel Lemoine Movies

Michel Lemoine and Elizabeth Tessier are as professional as possible under the circumstances in A Chambermaid's Dream. Tessier is the chambermaid, Lemoine her employer. When the house is empty, the maid fantasizes about her master. And then, one day, he comes home early. This soft-core exercise holds few surprises; still, the photography is excellent, even in the "sraight", non-erotic scenes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Le Seuil du Vide tells its story through fantasies and dreams. The young painter is someone who cannot resist a mystery; because of this she is swiftly drawn into a disturbing and fantastic world. After she rents a room in Paris from an old woman, she finds a door leading from her room into nothingness. She sets up her studio just inside the door and experiences visions which she paints. Her paintings are well-received by the art galleries, so she continues. The visionary state induced by the room continues even when she leaves it, and she is struck by a car as she crosses the street. During her recovery in the hospital, she resolves to give up the room. When she returns to her room for her things, she succumbs to the temptation to take another peek at the void. This proves to be her undoing. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

The Sensuous Teenager was also released as Libido and Forbidden Passions. No matter what the title, we get the idea. High schooler Sandra Julien starts getting teasing sensations south of the navel. Rather than dole herself out in small portions, she gives her all to everyone she meets. Since this soft-core endeavor was not made in the US, the producers may not have been required to use certified adults (over 18, that is) in the cast, so perhaps the title has more veracity than usual. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

This plodding, pretentious effort makes the directorial debut for Pier A. Caminneci, who also appears in the feature. Janine Reynaud play the double role of Isabel and Fabienne, and Hans Meyer plays Marc. The uneven and confusing plot concerns sex and criminal activity among car racing fanatics. It is hard to follow which character Miss Reynaud is portraying at any given time due to the scattered presentation of the film. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

This strange, surrealistic German horror film from cult director Jesus Franco stars Janine Reynaud as Lorna Green, who performs a pseudo-snuff nightclub act involving erotically staged S&M murders. Lorna's mind is controlled by a man who might be Satan (Michel Lemoine), and she slowly loses her tenuous hold on reality, moving increasingly closer to the night when she begins to really kill. Lorna's nightclub act and the final scenes -- involving a wild orgy where Lorna viciously murders a man named Bill Mulligan (Jack Taylor) -- were cut drastically in some of the film's several release versions. Prints run 93, 84, 81, and 78 minutes. Acclaimed director Fritz Lang called Necronomicon "a beautiful piece of cinema," but its edgy sexuality and hallucinatory tone struck most viewers as confusing and off-putting. This eerie, haunting film co-stars Howard Vernon and Nathalie Nord, while producer Pier A. Caminnecci (who co-scripted) and singer-filmmaker Adrian Hoven also appear. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

In this low-budget sci-fi adventure, Martian light creatures employ mind control to overtake the Earth. Fortunately, Earthlings are tougher than they look and quickly send the evil beings back to Mars. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Gordon Scott portrays Glaucus, the son of the king of Pyras, who journeys to the neighboring kingdom of Mycene, which is ruled by the evil cult of the god Moloch. There he assumes the name of Hercules and distinguishes himself in the arena, becoming a trusted member of the household guard. This allows him to organize and lead a rebellion against the followers of the murderous Moloch, then against the monster himself. The acting and production values of this sword-and-sandal adventure film are above average, with very elaborate battle scenes involving far more than the usual number of extras, a large visual canvas, and an ambitious finale set in a maze of caverns in which two contending sets of gods use the character as their pawns. A rich score by Carlo Rustichelli also enhances the viewing of this lively, action-filled fantasy-adventure, although parents might want to keep younger viewers away from this movie, with its depictions of Moloch mutilating the beauty of the women sacrificed to him. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi

In this French thriller, two rival mobsters fight for control of the local drug traffic. The film also includes a lesbian nightclub act. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

In this rather sordid French drama, an unhappy couple go on vacation to an isolated resort owned by a different couple. The proprietor's husband has been sick for a long time and she ends up falling in love with the visiting husband. When her long-suffering husband finally dies, the other man begins trying to blackmail her by threatening to inform the police that the woman helped her husband die. In exchange for his silence, the man demands that he and his wife be allowed to stay at the hotel's expense. Eventually the blackmailer's wife gets bored with the slow-paced life and ends up doing a coochy dance for the bartender. The hotel owner learns of this, and to make the extortionist jealous, entices his wife into a lesbian affair. Unfortunately, the ploy fails and the married couple ends up reconciling briefly. They then fight, causing the husband to make love to the proprietor on the beach. The wife comes back and threatens to blackmail them both. In the end, the proprietor admits that she really did kill her husband. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi