Film Credits

Written by: Cash Markman

Directed by: Scotty Fox

Starring: Savannah, Mike Horner, April Rayne, Candace Heart, Missy Warner, Randy West, Tom Byron

Review

Ecstasy is supposedly is an erotic spoof of Stephen King's Misery, but it's neither too erotic nor funny. Bill Dollars (Mike Horner) is the writer of a popular X-rated video series featuring Desiree Bouvier (Savannah). Only problem is, Bill's tired of his creation and wants to write other things, so he sets off to the mountains for a week to work in solitude on Desiree's swan song video. On the way back from his self-induced seclusion, Bill gets in a car accident, is unconscious for several days, and wakes up to find himself being cared for by his Number One fan, Norma Bates (April Rayne). Only problem is, Norma's read his final Desiree script, isn't at all pleased with having her favorite character killed off, and she holds Bill hostage until the two of them can rewrite the script so that Desiree survives. Candace Heart, Missy Warner, Randy West and Tom Byron co-star.

The video was written by Cash Markham, who seems to have a big chip on his shoulder about his job, if only because of the repeated snide remarks appearing in it about how porn writers get no respect. As it stands, Ecstasy has very good production values, but it's very slow-moving and borders on boring. Some of the erotic segments are fine, but there's a problem with lead "fantasy" actress Savannah -- she's cutesy and easy on the eyes, to be sure, but she's very distant in all of her scenes, as if her mind is out shopping on another planet while her body is busy on Earth. Additionally, Ecstasy is yet another Scotty Fox-directed effort containing his usual two gals, one mechanical device scene (give it a rest, Scotty).

This LaserDisc Entertainment/Legend release was shot on videotape, and has received a very good transfer. The picture is fairly sharp-looking, and the colors are excellent. The CX-encoded digital mono soundtrack has some background noise, but is passable. Ecstasy was pressed at Pioneer, is Table of Contents encoded, and contains six chapter markers (the jacket index listing is off quite a bit).