Curse of the Erotic Tiki - The Movie?!

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[ Edited by: tikigreg on 2004-04-06 15:24 ]

I love that pepper mill! Not for $40 though. That's like $60CAD! Looks too much like a bastardized mug...I'd rather make a lamp out of one personally.
-Tikiwahine

[ Edited by: Tikiwahine on 2004-04-06 15:28 ]

I'd buy that peppermill, but yeah,the bidding is too high.

The DVD is available May 11 through Amazon http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001UZZOA/qid%3D1081291935/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-3304098-6065455
And it is cheaper than the Buy it Now price. It looks like it could be a laugh riot...one of those movies thats so bad it's good! We just purchased one so we will keep you posted!
D&C

On 2004-04-06 15:27, Tikiwahine wrote:
I love that pepper mill! Not for $40 though. That's like $60CAD! Looks too much like a bastardized mug...I'd rather make a lamp out of one personally.
-Tikiwahine

Yeah, but it's got vintage pepper in it! That's gotta be worth a couple bucks.

Well it shows you how naive I am.
I thought the pepper mill went along as a prop with the movie.
(Just kidding)

On 2004-04-07 08:01, freddiefreelance wrote:
Yeah, but it's got vintage pepper in it! That's gotta be worth a couple bucks.

Ewww! Maybe some moths will crawl out and infest the world?
I'm good with fresh pepper. Infact, why would they even tell people there was still pepper in it? That's gotta put the price down a couple of bucks :wink: Unlike an old bottle of Trader Vic's mix.

TikiVixen~
Is there something that we should know? :lol:

I was on Amazon the other day and came across a DVD called "Curse of the Erotic Tiki". Has anyone seen this fiick? Apparently the DVD is being released on May 11th.

The description for it reads:
When the Mystic Tiki of Weyamoa turns up at the little shop known as the Bikini A Go-Go, all sorts of mayhem breaks loose! It seems whoever wears the necklace loses their sexual inhibitions and literally loses control! Meanwhile an evil villainess unleashes her robot henchman to bring back the tiki at any cost, resulting in a riotous free-for-all!

Somehow I get the feeling that this is a straight to DVD movie.

Sounds like a porno.

I thought it might be as well, but it was on Amazon and they wouldn't sell porn.

I should point out that they did not have an image available. Hmmmmmmmm.

[ Edited by: MachTiki on 2004-04-13 17:24 ]

too bad, sounds like it would be a good one :wink:

Tikigreg kicked off a discussion about the flick here:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=8463&forum=5&7

Being a smutty sort of chap who loves the 'vintage' look, and well as being into Tiki, it sounds right up my street, but it would be nice to read a review from someone who knows their onions.

Trader Woody

Trader Woody,

Mahalo for pointing out the post to me. I did a search for "Curse of the Erotic Tiki" and didn't see that.

MachTiki,

Not a problem at all - I'd debated bringing up the subject again myself, as it seemed to be lost under a vague topic title.

This could be a cheesy Tiki classic or a real cheesy stinker....

Someone has had to have seen it?

Trader Woody

Wow, I can't even find it on imdb.com. However in my search, this came up:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0136166/

Vintagegirl,

My German's a little shakey, but I think "Hänsel und Gretel verliefen sich im Wald" means "Hänsel & Gretel Got Very Sick After too Many Mai Tai's".
You see, to help prove this... "wald" means "World". The name "Mai Tai" means "Out of this world"... Need I say more?

Excellenct job finding that one.

Apparently, the porn Hansel and Gretal was part of a trend of fairy tale/classic story pornos in the 1970s. (I've seen the early 70s version of Alice in Wonderland.) But apparently, the pinnacle was Cinderella from 1977 in which the prince has sex with every girl int he kingdom before finding his Cinderella.

There was also the The Erotic Adventures of Heidi - 1974, The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio - 1971, The Erotic Adventures of Frankenstein - 1972, The Erotic Adventures of Robin Hood - 1969, The Erotic Adventures of Don Quixote - 1976, The Erotic Adventures of Zorro- 1972 and The Erotic Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - 1975. For those looking for something more current, there's Planet of the Erotic Ape - 2002.

Personally, I like the UK title for the Hansel and Gretel movie which was "Hands off Gretal!"

Vintagegirl,

Your research into these films astounds me!... Although, I'm a bit afraid to think about "The Erotic Adventures of Don Quixote"... He chased windmills, right?!

So, do you know if "The Curse of the Erotic Tiki" made by this same film company?

They all appear to be made by various directors and producers. I think they just tended to put more thought into the storylines back then. (Or at least relied on the classics for a decent plot.)

If you want a porn director that really put a lot of thought into his productions check out the work of Radley Metzger. He also used some classics for storylines like Camille 2000 (1969) (even Sven was impressed by the cinematography in that one) and Carmen, Baby! (1967). Just keep in mind that these are only softcore (but fun and titillating nonetheless). But later in his career he went to hardcore and set a standard at the time with a porn remake of Pygmalion called The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976).

And now an apology to the moderators for once again taking a thread a bit off topic.

On 2004-04-14 13:18, MachTiki wrote:
I'm a bit afraid to think about "The Erotic Adventures of Don Quixote"... He chased windmills, right?!

Yeah, he chased the windmills in the west end of Golden Gate Park. :D

(The west end of the park has been a big anonymous gay cruising spot for at least the last 40 years.)

Okay, all that being said - Let's get this topic back on line for the moderators.

So, has tiki culture now moved into softcore porn?

In the below thread: "1960s Tiki Erotica (WARNING: NUDITY)"
https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=1389&forum=1&57
we saw that this is nothing new.

I now pose this question to you TCers: Do you think we'll start seeing mainstream movies like; JLo in "TikiGigli" or "Lord of the Tiki's"?

[ Edited by: MachTiki on 2004-04-14 14:52 ]

I now pose this question to you TCers: Do you think we'll start seeing mainstream movies like; JLo in "TikiGigli" or "Lord of the Tiki's"?

Yes.

The Tikinator

-Z

On 2004-04-13 17:08, MachTiki wrote:
"Curse of the Erotic Tiki"...Somehow I get the feeling that this is a straight to DVD movie.

Let us hope it is at least as good as "She Gods of Shark Reef".

On 2004-04-15 10:23, Atomic Cocktail wrote:
Let us hope it is at least as good as "She Gods of Shark Reef".

Now that is not even a good Corman flic (and my DVD from Alpha Video is really sub-sub-quality, too), the poster and lobby cards are better than the film, promising more Tiki than there actually is:

"BEAUTIFUL MAIDENS RULED BY A HIDEOUS STONE GOD!"

And all you get to see (barely) is one and the same take of a Tiki submerged in murky muddy water....

But HALT! A closer look at his Tiki reveals: It is the SAME Tiki used for Martin Denny's FORBIDDEN ISLAND and the Mills Brothers GREAT HAWAIIAN HITS cover photos, (plus for the double page pin up in "Tropical Paradise" a men's nudie mag from 1961).

I suspect it was a Rent-a-Tiki from the famed ROSHU prop house in Hollywood.

On the subject of the "Erotic Tiki" flic: That director is known among fans of absolut bottom barrel budget soft core flics as a veteran of such, but to me, contemporary B-movies like that that are aware of their cult following are often too self-consciously silly, which doesn't work. It might be fun to MAKE them, but to BE funny, the filmmaker has to take himself and the project absolutely serious.

Anybody have any clue as to what the DVD's "Hooter Horn" might be?

Ya OK,
Netflix just got it on their library, so I rented it (Yes post your Unga jokes here).As you would guess, capital B movie. Hooter rating?, 3 out of 5 tikis I’d say. :)
SugarCaddyDaddy was right:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=8463&forum=5&vpost=85255
There was a TikiVixen / Cherry Capri thing goin there,(I mean that respectfully, regarding the hair and glasses) which made it nostalgic. :)
Netflix made it easy to rent, I would not go out of your way to rent it though.

[ Edited by: Unga Bunga on 2004-06-09 15:47 ]

[ Edited by: TNTiki on 2004-11-06 18:27 ]

On 2004-04-15 12:30, Iolani wrote:
Anybody have any clue as to what the DVD's "Hooter Horn" might be?

The wife and I rented this from Netflix (okay, okay, I rented it). Anyway, we watched it and um...... ah........ YES it is softcore porn.

Lolani asked what the "Hooter Horn" was;
That was actually pretty funny. In the menu set-up you can turn this feature on, then everytime breasts are about to be exposed.... AOOOOOOOGA..
At the beginning of the film this guy explains that they added this feature in case you are in the other room and don't want to miss hooters popping out (why didn't Orson Welles think of this first?).

I might add that when there were hooters, all but one set were really bad boob jobs.

I do NOT recommend this movie, but if you do rent it, the Narrator is hillarious. He's filmed in black & white and looks like Ward Cleaver. He just pops in during sex scenes and spouts out fatherly words of advice while smoking a pipe.

P.S. We were both pretty surprised that Neflix had this film for rent.

[ Edited by: MachTiki on 2004-06-18 10:26 ]

On 2004-06-18 10:23, MachTiki wrote:

On 2004-04-15 12:30, Iolani wrote:
Anybody have any clue as to what the DVD's "Hooter Horn" might be?

The wife and I rented this from Netflix (okay, okay, I rented it). Anyway, we watched it and um...... ah........ YES it is softcore porn.

Lolani asked what the "Hooter Horn" was;
That was actually pretty funny. In the menu set-up you can turn this feature on, then everytime breasts are about to be exposed.... AOOOOOOOGA..
At the beginning of the film this guy explains that they added this feature in case you are in the other room and don't want to miss hooters popping out (why didn't Orson Welles think of this first?).

Oh, that is excellent! Brilliant, even. Botched hooters aside, Are the wahines good looking?

On 2004-06-18 12:26, Iolani wrote:

Oh, that is excellent! Brilliant, even. Botched hooters aside, Are the wahines good looking?

Hmmmmm. the lead (and the only one with real breasts) was pretty cute - that is, compared to the rest.

Btw, the couple's names in the movie are Brad & Janet. That was pretty funny as well.

I was going to mention this before, but afraid I'd look like a perv. I did a search for "Tiki" and added the Kon Tiki and saved the upcomming release in my Newflix watch list.

I thought the best part was the intro. I wasn't expecting it too be that "Adult". I was expecting something like Malabu Bikini Shop, or Pokey's. Netflix doesn't even have Badder Santa.

In the intro the director explains that sometimes your paying for a Piza or in the Jon when the boobs come on the movie. So every time something sexy is about to happen an alarm goes off so you can rush back in and watch the action. Or your girl or squeemish guy friends can cover their eyes. But if it your guy friend you better find some new friends.

It had the look of Rocky Horror Picture show, the couples names here Brad & Jannet too. But it also reminded me of the Episode of the Brady Bunch, with the Tiki.

I didn't watch the whole thing, might have if I was in the right mood at the time, but I wasn't.

_ Jay

[ Edited by: TNTiki on 2004-11-06 18:29 ]

Jay_G,
Welcome to Tiki Central.
You should read your threads before you post.
It'll save you a lot of typing.

On 2004-04-13 17:16, MachTiki wrote:
I thought it might be as well, but it was on Amazon and they wouldn't sell porn.

Amazon sells softcore videos. I was searching for a DVD of an early 80's movie that had the same name as some softcore flick. Click on the "people who bought this also bought..." and you get all kinds of grade Z videos.

Hey gang...I had to post my two cents about this "Curse of the Erotic Tiki" flick, since my wife got it for me (from Amazon) for Christmas.

I thought it was going to be one of those silly, poorly acted 'USA Up-All-Night' B-movies with squeeie boobs and cheesy lines...

I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED!

The 'Hooter Horn' feature was as described above and, while watching it Christmas Day with my wife...and my parents, it was a bit embarassing, but funny at the same time. (It was much easier to watch when I fast forwarded the sex scenes after a while). Now, that is not to say that I wont go back and watch the porn by myself, but it kinda looses something when your parents are sitting in the room with you.

All in all, I think this dvd lived up to what I precieved it to be. My wife, unfortunately, thought it bordered on "raunchie" and was slightly disappointed. (What did she expect?)

Just wanted to share my experience. "Curse of the Erotic Tiki" will go right beside my "Tiki Archeology" video in my treasured collection. :wink:

:sheckymug:

http://www.sleazegrinder.com/garb_5-12tikicurse.htm

http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/curseerotictiki.php

Sounds cool to me. I'm looking to do a few get togethers at my house to pay homage to tacky films that should by rights be in drive ins. I miss those things. wish they were not so few and far between.

Human, thanks for those reviews...too funny!

Yeah, who can forget a great line like, "Pound me like a tough steak!"?

Great dialouge! Two thumbs up!

Heavens, I'm sorry I missed this way back when...

She looks like the naughty love child of Tikivixen and Cherry Capri!!!

I may have to rent this myself. Purely narcissistic curiosity, o' course.

xox tikivixen

p.s. As I'm sure Miss Capri knows, Dorothy Parker was WRONG.

"He's filmed in black & white and looks like Ward Cleaver. He just pops in during sex scenes and spouts out fatherly words of advice while smoking a pipe."

--SUBGENIUS PORN?!?

Seriously, I could go for that. I always thought Hugh Beaumont was hot. Too bad the pipe-smokin' guy only narrates.

tikivixen

I was Xmas shopping at the Virgin Megastore on Sunset earlier this month and saw this in the cult section there. Of course, I had to pick one up. It's a Fred Olen Ray flick. Fred used to do cheap Corman-like cheezy B-horror movies in the 80s. Most of them were almost softcore porns then. Jay Richardson, who was a frequent actor in Fred Olen Ray movies is the Subgenius/Ward Cleaver character. Other "name" actors are Nikki Fritz and Stacey Burke. The tiki is a small tiki on a string and looks like one of Purple Jade's tikis, but not with as much style as Purple Jade's. I also noticed the Cherry Capri/Tikivixen resemblance of the main character. I was a bit disappointed. Maybe I was expecting more. Just a silly softcore sex flick.

I have this movie and yes, it's bad.

However, I liked the cheesy art and mounted it on the stairs in my Tiki Room along with the description from the back of the box. (I designed it--it's not the actual back of the box--then laminated it and mounted it on black foam core board.)

I just happened to own the tiki that they wear in the movie. Notice how it's removable in case anyone wants to try it on.... heh heh heh

Behind the steps is canvas waiting to be turned into an underwater mural scene. I've been working on ideas for it, but still haven't gotten to actually painting it...

[ Edited by: exoticat on 2004-12-28 17:28 ]

Alooooha!

If you have Comcast Cable, you can scroll through the cable listings and go to either HBO On-Demand(Free) or ShowTime On-Demand(Free) (I forget which one), look under the "After Dark" or "Mature Audiences" tab (or whatever they call it) and they are playing it through the end of December. It is listed on there as Bikini A Go-Go, not Curse of the Erotic Tiki.

I watched it and yes, it was cheesy. Was this actually an X-rated movie on the DVD version? The scenes look as if they were doing the real deal and not "acting".

Exoticat, I HAVE to ask...how did you come across that prop?

That is too cool!!!

I bought a set of three tikis on eBay in July of 2003. I still have the pic from the auction:

The first two I used as door handles for my tiki mug cabinets and the third I just had lying around apparently awaiting his destiny as a porn pendant. ha ha

I don't know if that it is the exact one used in the film, but every time I saw it, I held up mine and it looked exactly the same!

So you too can get one since they're by Hip and still available (looks like these are from around 1973 or so). Good luck, and if YOU wear it, report back with details. snerk :wink:

Exoticat wrote:
I liked the cheesy art and mounted it on the stairs in my Tiki Room along with the description from the back of the box.

That is the bees knees. But I'm surprised you didn't replace the 'r' in Erotic with an 'x'.

Ahhh...I like it. Curse of the Exotic Tiki! I have yet to do any Paris Hilton type films, but I do recall that YOU are pretty good on video. Maybe Woofmutt will crochet you an outfit. Hmmm let's see..

Don't miss Monkeyskull in "Mucky Muck Madness in the Rongo Rongo Room". I definitely see it having a 60's vibe. Coming in 2005.

Or...well, I'd better stop...