Fantasm Comes Again

1977 Australian film
  • Uschi Digard
  • Rick Cassidy
  • Rainbeaux Smith
  • John C. Holmes
  • Serena
  • Angela Menzies-Wills
  • Bill Margold
CinematographyVince MontonEdited byTony PattersonMusic byJohn Mol
Production
companies
Distributed byFilmways Australasian Distributors
Release date
  • 26 December 1977 (1977-12-26)
Running time
94 minutesCountryAustraliaLanguageEnglishBudget$85,000[1][2]

Fantasm Comes Again is a 1977 Australian softcore pornographic film. It is the sequel to Fantasm (1976) and was the first feature directed by Colin Eggleston.

Plot

Journalist Libbie is taking over the "Dear Collette" sex advice column at her newspaper from veteran reporter Harry, who is retiring. Over the course of one night, Harry talks Libbie through a series of letters from their readers. They include:

  • rape in a drive in theatre
  • teacher-student sex in a gym
  • lesbian seduction in a barn
  • a suburban orgy
  • incest
  • sex in a pool
  • sex in a library
  • oral sex on the road
  • a threesome in an elevator
  • sex between monks and a nun.

Cast

Wraparound Story
  • Angela Menzies-Wills as Libbie
  • Clive Hearne as Harry
Silence Please
  • Tom Thumb as Harold
  • Liz Wolfe as Rita
  • Rosemarie Bern as Cindy
  • Christine De Shaffer as First Reader
  • Pat Benco (Pat Manning) as Second Reader
  • Martin Margulies as Third Reader
Workout
  • Rick Cassidy as Mr Bates
  • Michael Barton as Miss Peabody
Double Feature
  • Urias S. Cambridge as Bob
  • Rainbeaux Smith as Carol
  • Peter Kurzon as Ted
  • Lois Owens as Alice
  • Mike Stapp as Rapist
Going Up?
  • Suzy A. Star as Penny
  • Amanda Smith as Sally
  • Herb Layne as Bill
  • Rhonda Willcox as First Onlooker
  • Eve Darling as Second Onlooker
  • Sam Menning as Third Onlooker
Straw Dolls
  • Uschi Digard as Leslie
  • Dee Dee Levitt as Bianca
  • Dee Cooper as Jake
The Good Old Gang at the Office
  • Con Covert as Mr. Clark
  • Lem Lary as Mr. Davis
  • Brenda Fogarty as Miss Christie
  • Bryant Rigby as Tony
  • Elaine Collins as Miss Ford
  • Helen O'Connell as Miss Carter
  • Pat Benco (Pat Manning) as First Guest
  • Titus Moede as Second Guest
  • P.J. Jackson as Lollipop
  • Winston as El Che
  • Candy Fox as Yellow Rose
The Kiss of Life
  • Bill Margold as Tony
  • Suzanne Walsh as Samantha
  • Linda York as Jo
  • Mary Johnson as Terri
  • John C. Holmes as Stud
  • Titus Moede as Moody
Family Reunion
  • Al Ward as Uncle Fred
  • Mary Gavin (Candy Samples) as Frances
  • Nancy Mann as Virginia
  • Kodax as Fluffy
Overdrive
  • Jesse Adams as Sterling
  • Christine De Shaffer as Carol
True Confession
  • Serena as Imogene
  • Michael Karnitz as Joe
  • Antony I. Ginnane as Monk

Production

The linking scenes between the two journalists were shot in Australia, and the sex scenes were filmed over 12 days in Los Angeles by an Australian director and cinematographer, using American porn stars.[1]

The budget was larger on the sequel in an attempt to attract a bigger audience; in contrast with the original, where only one of the ten stories was lip sync and the rest in voice over, all the stories in Fantasm Comes Again had lip sync dialogue. Ginnane later thought this was a mistake as it distracted from what was on screen.

Reception

The film sold well around the world but was not as popular as Fantasm at the Australian box office.[1] Ginnane blamed the fact by the time it was released there was a glut of sex films on the market and the delay caused by censorship hold ups. (In 1980 David Stratton called it "the most censored of the new Australian films."[3]) By 1979 the film had not yet broken even but Ginnane was confident that would be the case.[2]

Ginnane later said that he felt Colin Eggleston was just as competent a director as Richard Franklin but thought his sense of humour was different "and perhaps it didn't suit the material as well".[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 322
  2. ^ a b c Beilby, Peter and Scott Murray, 'Antony I. Ginnane', Cinema Papers, January/February 1979 p176-177
  3. ^ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p250

External links

  • Fantasm Comes Again at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Fantasm Comes Again at Oz Movies
  • Fantasm Comes Again is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by Colin Eggleston