The Playbirds

1978

Action / Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

11
IMDb Rating 4.2/10 10 692 692

murder sexploitation

Director

Willy Roe Photo
Willy Roe

Top cast

Alec Mango Photo
Alec Mango as Ransome
Pat Gorman Photo
Pat Gorman as Expert 3
Sandra Dorne Photo
Sandra Dorne as Dougan's Secretary
Dudley Sutton Photo
Dudley Sutton as Hern
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858.52 MB
1204*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 4
1.56 GB
1792*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Coventry 3 / 10

1, 2, 3, 4, ... strangled models on the floor

"The Playbirds", which I found - to my great surprise - in Netflix' catalogue, is a movie that really can't decide what it wants to be. Shall we go for a raw and mean-spirited British giallo about a serial killer who targets nude models in London's raunchy underbelly? Or do we aim for a simply and profitable sexploitation flick? That's what the producers must have been discussing about before landing on the unwise decision of doing a combo. And, to make things even worse, there's also a lot of irrelevant gibberish around witchcraft and too much boring horseracing footage.The (strictly blond) centerfold models of the London nude-magazine "Playbird" are found brutally strangled in their apartments; - not raped but with serial numbers marked on their foreheads. The magazine's editor-in-chief is the police's principal suspect, but he's mainly just interested in bedding the models and gamble on horse races. After four victims, of which the last one was killed practically in front of them, the incompetent police inspectors are under so much pressure they decide to use a sexy female cop as undercover bait.The suspense and whodunit aspects are vastly inferior to showing as much full-frontal nudity as humanly possible. The absolute low point of the film is when the two inspectors hold "casting sessions" themselves, during which they call in policewomen into their office, request them to strip off all their clothes and leave again. It doesn't get any more gratuitous than this.
Reviewed by kchowdry 5 / 10

confused movie . . .

This is a strange one ...whoever was in charge of directorial reins did not know if they were making a carry on style comedy ..a hardcore porn movie...a cop thriller in the style of the sweeney ..or an outright Horror movie replete with Psychopath ...-the end result is a confuse mish mash , not without some appeal --but with a lot of 'Non-appeal' at the same time..adding to the Euston-films cop show feel is Glynn Murphy ( Dave from minder ) as a detective sergeant who actually has the funniest line in the whole movie ( when i say it is 'F off' you will know the overall standard of writing )--his associate is the bloke off 'Thats life' and there are cameos from famous British faces including Derren Nesbitt whose screentime amounts to 2 mins and he looks like a Treacle-sponge ...-Sad spectacle in a way yet remains watchable for its entire duration ..when the 'supposedly shocking ending' comes you think ...yeah , that about makes sense ..-overall worth a watch for the nudity and dodgy performances .
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