The wild world of the adult copycat film.
The parody might currently be the mainstay of the narrative-based adult film industry, but it’s nothing new. For as long as people have been making X-rated movies, they have been riffing on mainstream hits. The only difference is that they used to have more interesting titles.
The gallery below is the tip of the iceberg, and will expand from time to time…
New York Post (7/76)
New York Post (2/77)
The Village Voice (8/75)
The Village Voice (5/74)
The Village Voice (8/75)
The New York Post (12/78)
New York Post (4/78)
New York Post (5/78)
New York Post (3/77)
New York Post (4/81)
New York Times (10/74)
Los Angeles Times (12/75)
The Village Voice (10/73)
New York Post (2/80)
Variety (5/75)
Detroit Free Press (9/78)
New York Post (5/75)
New York Post (10/80)
When porno filmmakers weren’t ripping-off mainstream sources for inspiration, they ripped each other off, as here… From the New York Post (6/81).
New York Post (9/77)
New York Post (12/75). Both the title and the catchline blatantly – if rather belatedly – allude to Clint Eastwood’s PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971).
Los Angeles Times (ca. mid-’70s)
A month after this ad ran in The Washington Post (4/75), for it’s screening at the Mitchell Brothers’ O’Farrell Theatre in San Francisco – evidently due to threat of legal action from AIP – the film was ‘subtly’ retitled as BEACH BLANKET BONGO instead. It was also released at some point as BEACH BLANKET BANGO! With beach blanket bimbo Rene Bond in the rquivalent Annette Funicello role.
New York Post (4/79)
New York Post (2/80)
New York Post (7/81)
La Presse (8/80)
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