Rent Island of Death (1976)

An acquired taste for sure, but I loved this. - Island of Death review by NP

Greek director Niko Mastoriakis tried to ruffle as many feathers as possible in this wonderfully perverse exploitation 'video nasty'. The beautiful backdrop of Mykonos provides an exotic canvas for the heady concoction of rape, torture, kinky sex and bestiality that goes on between Christopher (Bob Bellings) and his partner Celia (Jane Lyle) - and the other unfortunates dragged into their depravity.

Apart from Bellings and Jessica Dublin, who plays Patricia, no other cast members are professional actors. Yet no one lets the story down. In fact, in the case of Lyle, whose line delivery is sometimes stilted, it adds to the character's idiosyncracies - aside from her perversions, she seems uncomfortable among other people.

This is an excellent film. Simply told in many ways, the approach lets the deviant proclivities of the main characters play out without fanfare or unnecessary glamour. My score is 9 out of 10.