{"id":51355,"date":"2020-09-12T10:23:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T17:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51355"},"modified":"2020-12-18T18:19:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T01:19:07","slug":"beneath-the-valley-of-the-ultravixens-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51355","title":{"rendered":"Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens (1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The dawn&#8217;s early light comes to Small Town every day &#8212; and with it, the events of the night before are forgotten.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-the-Valley-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-the-Valley-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-51357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-the-Valley-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-the-Valley-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-the-Valley-Poster-178x270.jpg 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-the-Valley-Poster.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA woman (Kitten Navidad) whose sexual appetites can&#8217;t be fulfilled by her husband (Ken Kerr) tries everything she can to help him learn how to have sex the &#8220;right way&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adult Films<\/li>\n<li>Marital Problems<\/li>\n<li>Russ Meyer Films<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Sexuality<\/li>\n<li>Small Town America<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nRuss Meyer&#8217;s final feature was this satirical take (scripted under a pen name by Roger Ebert) on <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=32826\"><em>Our Town<\/em><\/a>, in which an earnest narrator (Stuart Lancaster) tells us about the strange sex lives &#8212; both fulfilling and otherwise &#8212; of various residents in Smalltown. It&#8217;s as close as Meyer ever came to making an actual hardcore film, and I&#8217;m categorizing it as such here (it received an X rating) &#8212; but once\/if you get beyond the relentless sex scenes, it&#8217;s possible to reflect on the humor and absurdity of the situation, in which Kerr nearly loses his job working for a female dump station owner (June Mack) because of his preferences, and only an ultra-busty evangelical radio announcer (Ann Marie) can potentially &#8220;save&#8221; Kerr from his own impulses. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-Valley-Radio.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-Valley-Radio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-Valley-Radio.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-Valley-Radio-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-Valley-Radio-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-Valley-Radio-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Homosexuality is most definitely mocked and denigrated, with a dentist\/counselor named &#8220;Dr. Lavender&#8221; (Robert E. Pearson) attempting to force Kerr &#8220;out of the closer&#8221; using a chainsaw &#8212; but is that any more ridiculous or offensive than the many other sex-based scenarios taking place? Not really. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A sometimes humorous take on &#8220;Our Town&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-the-Valley-Our-Town.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-the-Valley-Our-Town.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-the-Valley-Our-Town.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-the-Valley-Our-Town-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-the-Valley-Our-Town-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Beneath-the-Valley-Our-Town-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see for Meyer completists. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078846\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1429\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fwfr.com\/film\/?FID=604\">Four Word Film Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/beneath-the-valley-of-the-ultravixens\/review\/131903\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The dawn&#8217;s early light comes to Small Town every day &#8212; and with it, the events of the night before are forgotten.&#8221; Synopsis: A woman (Kitten Navidad) whose sexual appetites can&#8217;t be fulfilled by her husband (Ken Kerr) tries everything she can to help him learn how to have sex the &#8220;right way&#8221;. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Adult Films Marital Problems Russ Meyer Films Satires and Spoofs Sexuality Small Town America Review: Russ Meyer&#8217;s final feature was this satirical&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=51355\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51355"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58424,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51355\/revisions\/58424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}