42ND STREET FOREVER ROUNDUP: Volumes 32 Through 34
Volume by volume, the 42nd Street Forever Peep Show Collection has stacked up the entriesto become a mainstay of the Impulse Pictures library. In fact, the series has amassedthirty volumes since its debut in 2014, each one packed with around two hoursof vintage adult film loops. The good folks at Impulse sent a selection oftheir most recent peep show compilations to Schlockmania headquarters so here'sa quick look.
If you're not familiar with the series, here's the deal:each volume is drawn from a massive archive of 8mm "stag loop" shortadult films. They're taken from original prints and remastered. None of themfeature sound but the sound of a projector has been overdubbed to give theviewer a sense of vintage verisimilitude. Each disc features a mix of unknownperformers, soon-to-be famous adult film stars and wall-to-wall carnalknowledge with a minimum of plot and setup. You get fifteen loops per disc,broken down in three sets of five each by category: boy/girl, multiple partnersand lesbian. Check out these past entries for more details on this series.
Without further adieu, here's a breakdown of highlightsfrom the three most recent volumes...
Vol.32: Memorable moments here include a loopinvolving a gentleman who wears chaps and nothing else to bed and a bizarreloop with Cafe Flesh-style artdirection where Mike Horner is pounced on by a pair of women in a room full offemale mannequins that leer at their coupling. Stars here include Tawny Pearlin a threesome loop, a pairing of Sue Nero with Veri Knotty and Vanessa Del Rioin not one but two Sapphic loops, the latter of the two a star-studded affairset in a combo shower/bathtub area that also includes Samantha Fox and MerleMichaels. However, the surprise in this set in a German two-couples loop thatincludes actual location work at a fair and the best/most cinematic photographyin the set.
Vol.33:This volume kicks off with Ron Jeremy back-to-back in two loops shot prior tohis hedgehog days (he also appears in a third loop elsewhere in the disc).Female stars who pop up here include Loni Sanders in a bathtub-themed loop, MaiLin in a trio and Sharon Kane paired with Cris Cassidy in a duo loop. A uniquecharacteristic of this set are two threesome loops that take place on the same"clothing shop" set with the same pair of Asian actresses involved...and the set's shocker is a threesome loop that involves both a transvestite and a transsexual.
Vol.34:A generous installment that runs just over two hours. The beginning of this setbrings the big guns out (pun fully intended) with back-to-back loops featuringa young John Holmes, one of them featuring a use of food perhaps inspired by Tom Jones. Jamie Gillis is another malestar who pops up in a dueling-couples-coupling loop. Elsewhere, female starsare represented by a threesome loop including Vanessa Del Rio and Sue Nero andhistorical-theme loops involving Linda Wong and Annette Haven. Memorably uniquemoments: a loop that features footsie-as-seduction plus a young lady with apentagram tattoo on her derriere and a pair of kink-happy loops both involvinga meter maid character(!).