If your Satan isn't a guy in a novelty devil suit, then chances are he's still a guy with a goatee and tights. And such is the case with the devil in The Joys of Jezebel. This movie comes post-nudie cutie era, which means the people can actually be shown having sex and the film maker can actually show pubic hair. Normally, that would be more than enough for such a film, but director Bethel Buckalew (him again!) works with a script by Maurice Smith that layers on an insane amount of plot that seems far more complicated than what the movie needs to fulfill its primary function, which is to deliver lots of nudity and cheap titillation. Oh, and a dude in tights and a goatee.
Personally, I prefer the guys in full devil suits. Just growing a goatee and putting on tights and a cape seems lazy. Pretty much any guy and and probably does do that at some point. Putting on the full red unitard with attached tail, horns, and pitchfork shows more commitment to the part. If you are a minion, then yeah -- maybe you can get away with just some tights, though accessorizing it with cool stuff like the guys in Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil's Son In Law can really complete the look and let would-be soul sellers know you mean business. And remember Pitch from Santa Claus, the Mexican movie where Santa and Merlin team up with a little kid in a sombrero to beat the devil? Now that was a guy committed to sin and evil.
The overly complex plot of The Joys of Jezebel -- which I have to admit is admirable for its sheer willingness to be an insanely complex and convoluted plot in a goofball sex film -- involves Biblical harlot Jezebel, currently trapped in Hell and irritated that she was torn apart by Joshua's attack dogs. Satan cuts a deal with her: if she can deliver the soul of big-breasted virgin Rachel to him, he will let Jezebel return permanently to Earth.
This doesn't seem too hard for the crafty Jezebel to engineer, as she simply swaps her soul into the body of the perpetually confused looking but cute Rachel. Jezebel/Rachel then goes on to indulge her lusty cravings, and if you ever wanted to see a huge fat dude nude and wallowing on top of a hot chick, this movie has you covered.
Meanwhile, Rachel/Jezebel spends her time slinking around Hell, trying to elude Satan -- no doubt disappointed that he didn't go all out and don a horned skullcap.
King Solomon, Goliath, Eve, and that dude who looks like Tom Baker and seems to show up in like every Harry Novak/David Friedman sexploitation film ever also appear in this movie, though at some point I lost track of whether or not they had a damn thing to do with the plot.
The main thing this film has going for it besides the usual bevvy of sexy women, and despite the inclusion of a 300 pound naked fat guy and a devil who half asses his outfit, is that the entire thing is completely bonkers, indulging endlessly in cool psychedelic effects, eerie lighting, and general strangeness. That it tries to shoehorn so much Biblical mythology into a cheap sex film only sweetens the pot. It's been my goal in life to make a big budget, epic in scale, completely literal, hardcore pornographic adaptation of The Bible. Lacking the funds to do that for the time being, I can at least sit back and enjoy this slice of weird Satanic sexploitation. It's full of nudity and weirdness, and that's what makes these movies so much more fun than their contemporary counterparts.
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