Viol au téléphone (1990)

(AKA Sexterror) A Michel Ricaud film about a porn studio which is burglarized. Compromising photos are stolen and used as blackmail against three actresses to make them perform a number of humiliating acts.

Actresses wait for their turn to audition. Christoph Clark and Rocco Siffredi are porno producers who are conducting the audition.

Teresa (Cindy Labare) is the first to audition for producers Christoph (Christoph Clark) and Rocco (Rocco Siffredi). Of course they ask her to undress and pose for them.

Christoph is snapping polaroids of the auditions. This will be important later.

The producers make it clear that they know all of these girls have day jobs and so anonymity and discretion is imperative.

Next, Tracey (Tracey Adams) takes her turn.

The producers are impressed with Tracey.

Again there is the assurance that these photographs will be kept discrete. They understand these ladies have other jobs and would be compromised if their employers found out.

The producers call Marie (Sandrine Van Herpe) and ask her to come down to audition.

Marie arrives quickly and undresses. Once again, she is assured these photographs will be kept under lock and key.

The producers take the three winners to dinner: Marie, Tracey and Teresa. While they are at dinner, the studio is burglarized and photographs stolen.

The blackmailer (Roberto Malone) calls Teresa.

Teresa receives a threatening letter and some of the compromising photographs. If she doesn't do what he says, he will make these public and ruin her life.

The blackmailer tells Teresa to go to an abandoned house. She calls Rocco to accompany her. The blackmailer watches from a neighboring house. Per the blackmailer's command, Teresa and Rocco have sex. Unfortunately, this is just creating more blackmail material - as he is taking pictures of the whole thing.

Marie receives a threatening call from the blackmailer.

The blackmailer calls Tracey while she's at work. Tracey, understandably concerned, connects with Marie.

Marie confirms she's been contacted by the blackmailer as well. She's also received compromising Polaroids with a threatening message to do as he says.

Tracey also receives a message and Polaroids of herself in compromising positions. The message she and Marie receive gives instructions to go to a certain address. It's the same empty house that Teresa visited.

Tracey and Marie go to the house together. In an empty room they find a telephone. The blackmailer gives them instructions.

The blackmailer tells them to have sex. Little do they realize, he is in the neighboring house taking further blackmail pictures.

The blackmailer gives Tracey and Marie instructions each step of the way via the telephone.

That evening, Teresa is instructed to go the empty house - but this time she is to come alone.

She is quite surprised by what she sees. A remote control car scoots through a small opening - and it is holding a compromising picture of her.

The car has a small spool of paper and a printer which types: "If you want your photos, get undressed".

Teresa does as instructed, with the remote control car (operated by the blackmailer) circles around and around her.

Teresa keeps her eyes on the car, but this means she's spinning around as well. She starts to get dizzy.

Eventually, Teresa collapses to the ground and passes out.

The RC car slams into her head waking her up.

It prints out instructions to put on a blindfold, get in a doggy style position and "atone for your sins".

The blackmailer then enters the room and has sex with Teresa (still blindfolded).

Later, Teresa relates the whole sordid affair over the phone to Marie and Tracey.

Marie is told by the blackmailer to put on a show from her window.

Marie does as commanded and puts on a show for the street below.

The blackmailer enjoyed the performance but has an additional task for Marie.

Marie is instructed to masturbate in a public toilet (!) As various men open the door they are shocked to find Marie fondling herself on the john. Eventually, the blackmailer joins her and they have sex in this disgusting place.

The blackmailer leaves. Marie begs him to explain, and to stop this torment. But he just walks away, fading into the busy streets.

The blackmailer tells Tracey to seduce the people at her workplace. She starts with her boss (Charles Franzi). She strolls up to his desk and pulls up her dress.

But the boss wants nothing to do with this and pushes her away. The problem is that Tracey is not sure who the person in the office is who she is supposed to have sex with.

Tracey heads downstairs where a janitor (Franck Balard) is picking up trash. She's not sure if this is the correct guy, but she has no choice but to give it a whirl.

After taking care of the janitor she seduces some sap in the bathroom (Dominique Lesage)."Fuck me" is written in lipstick on the mirror.

Tracey tries with a gentleman in her office - spreading her legs under the desk.

This dude is horrified and leaves abruptly. Tracey is running out of options. Who could this blackmailer be?

Perhaps the waiter (Alain L'Yle)?

PAUSE: Let's take a moment to reflect on the fact that the entire reason these ladies are doing everything the blackmailer says is to prevent the Polaroids from getting out. But isn't having sex in a public restroom, on your workplace stairs, etc. just as bad, if not worse?

Marie is given further orders from the blackmailer. She is told to get on top of a car in a parking lot and masturbate.

She is joined by the blackmailer... and also Christoph and Rocco. The blackmailer takes off his disguise. He is working with Christoph and Rocco - this was all a scheme to get footage for their next porno, and it worked beautifully. You might say you just watched the film they made. Very meta. THE END

VZ6 SCORECARD

A lot better than your average porno.  All the actresses are smoking hot. No tattoos. The story is genuinely engaging - or odd enough to be interesting. There are a ton of sex scenes, but  they don't make them too long. Example, Tracey Adams has sex like five times in her office back to back all in like ten minutes. Plus there's batshit insane material which makes it memorable. I will never forget the remote control car scene. I also really enjoyed the late eighties fashions. 

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 7/10