SALON KITTY is a strange slice of Nazisploit cinema. It's a film that starts off high on the sleaze-meter, but gradually evolves into a serious "period-drama" - and in my opinion - this is what kills the film. The first half-hour or so get you psyched up for a raunchy and perverse exploit film, but as it goes on, SALON KITTY turns into a romantic drama and serious war film. That's not to say that I can't enjoy a serious film, but that's not what I was expecting going into this one...
SALON KITTY is actually the name of a whorehouse, run by a madame named (you guessed it...), Kitty. The Nazi's shut down her house-of-ill-repute and set her up with some new digs, complete with surveillance devices in the girl's rooms for spying on their fellow Nazi comrades in order for power-hungry Helmut to get the dirt on his pals. Meanwhile, Margherita and a bunch of other SS sluts are handpicked to be ho's for the new salon (keep an eye out for the cross-eyed freak from SALO as one of the salon patrons...) - and it's their duty to service the high-class clientele. Margherita ends up falling for a Nazi pilot who decides he wants out of the Reich - and this causes problems all-around. Eventually, Margherita is pitted against Helmut in a life-or-death power struggle of lies and betrayal...
First off - SALON KITTY is actually a very good film. The cinematography is excellent, the sets are lavish, the acting is all very good, and the storyline is pretty top-notch. The problem is - that if I wanted to watch a serious war drama, I'd watch the DIRTY DOZEN or something. Being that SALON KITTY was from the same man that gave us the epic sleaze "masterpiece" CALIGULA, KITTY is just way too weak for an exploit film. The beginning starts off promising with a Nazi orgy, and a particularly "fun" set of scenes where the "ho's-in-training" are evaluated on their "abilities". This awesome scene includes a chick boning a hunch-backed midget, another chick bangin' a double-amputee, another getting raped by the same nasty scumbag that plays "the Beast" in SS HELL CAMP, another chick screwing a tattooed Gypsy, and one girl trying to blow a concentration camp victim - now that's primo sleaze - but unfortunately, it doesn't last, and although there is still a ton of soft-core sex and nudity throughout, the "serious" plot gets in the way of the fun. Definitely worth a look to exploit/Nazisploit fans - but don't expect too much sleaze - the first half-hour or so is nothing' but a tease...7/10
SALON KITTY is actually the name of a whorehouse, run by a madame named (you guessed it...), Kitty. The Nazi's shut down her house-of-ill-repute and set her up with some new digs, complete with surveillance devices in the girl's rooms for spying on their fellow Nazi comrades in order for power-hungry Helmut to get the dirt on his pals. Meanwhile, Margherita and a bunch of other SS sluts are handpicked to be ho's for the new salon (keep an eye out for the cross-eyed freak from SALO as one of the salon patrons...) - and it's their duty to service the high-class clientele. Margherita ends up falling for a Nazi pilot who decides he wants out of the Reich - and this causes problems all-around. Eventually, Margherita is pitted against Helmut in a life-or-death power struggle of lies and betrayal...
First off - SALON KITTY is actually a very good film. The cinematography is excellent, the sets are lavish, the acting is all very good, and the storyline is pretty top-notch. The problem is - that if I wanted to watch a serious war drama, I'd watch the DIRTY DOZEN or something. Being that SALON KITTY was from the same man that gave us the epic sleaze "masterpiece" CALIGULA, KITTY is just way too weak for an exploit film. The beginning starts off promising with a Nazi orgy, and a particularly "fun" set of scenes where the "ho's-in-training" are evaluated on their "abilities". This awesome scene includes a chick boning a hunch-backed midget, another chick bangin' a double-amputee, another getting raped by the same nasty scumbag that plays "the Beast" in SS HELL CAMP, another chick screwing a tattooed Gypsy, and one girl trying to blow a concentration camp victim - now that's primo sleaze - but unfortunately, it doesn't last, and although there is still a ton of soft-core sex and nudity throughout, the "serious" plot gets in the way of the fun. Definitely worth a look to exploit/Nazisploit fans - but don't expect too much sleaze - the first half-hour or so is nothing' but a tease...7/10