American Taboo

1983

Drama / Romance

1
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 80%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 4.6/10 10 368 368

alcohol age difference reclusiveness

Plot summary

Paul, a shy photographer of 30 years, avoids relationships in favor of the safety landscape photography. He is drawn into intimacy by a teenage youth who moves in next door and insinuates herself into his life.

Director

Steve Lustgarten Photo
Steve Lustgarten

Top cast

Suzette Taylor Photo
Suzette Taylor as Model
Ki Skinner Photo
Ki Skinner as Model
Jerilyn Tabor Photo
Jerilyn Tabor as The Couple
Ann Celsi Photo
Ann Celsi as Hooker
720p.WEB
859.7 MB
1280*914
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   es   fr  
29.97 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 22

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by trashgang 6 / 10

power slide

It's strange that Steve Lustgarten, the director, his flick Power Slide isn't available on IMDb. So I had to do it this way. Sure, Power Slide is out on VHS but Belgium used to have a label called EmporiumMovies that were known to bring out hard to get flicks on DVD as a VHS rip. That's easy to spot because you can see the typical VHS faults. As soon as they came out whit their label the sooner they vanished from earth and no those DVD's are only to find by collectors at flea markets. Was it worth the search? Yes and no. Yes, because there's was action going on and no because it didn't deliver anything new and looked like those old exploitation flicks.The story itself was rather simple. When Kyle Lockwood returns after years to his home town he soon learns that the local mob has the town in hands like a vice grip. When he learns that one of his friends vanished he's sure he's being killed, but cops are corrupt too so it's up to Kyle to do some research. It do has a few shoot outs but nothing is shown on-camera. It's a bit tame on the red stuff but somehow I kept watching due the story itself. Only for the buffs of old school drive-in flicks with old school cars from the seventies.Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5
Reviewed by okpilak 4 / 10

Watch paint drying instead

Paul is a 30 something who works as a photographer's assistant, and seems introverted. When we see his place, he lives like a slob. He gets a fixation on a young neighbor, and in some ways she leads him on. But she is underage, and he should know better. The movie I saw suggests it being very low budget, and the copy shows the passage of time, meaning it isn't in the best condition. It is very slow paced, and in many places quite boring. He takes her to where he works, and while he is developing film, she takes advantage of the make up and costume room, and turns into quite a siren. And that has the desired effect. Later we find he has a daughter, and when she asks about her, he says he was 17 and she was 15, and abortions couldn't be obtained, which causes her to cry. A rather heartless remark by him showing how he considers women. It is hard to care about the Paul character and one can be concerned about how Lisa will go on in life.
Reviewed by BandSAboutMovies 6 / 10

Wow

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