The Reincarnation of Isabel

Starring: Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderoni Director: Renato Polselli Dvd Release: 3rd November, 1998 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Colour, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen, Region 0 Encoding Subtitled In: English

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The Italian title of this 1972 film is Riti, magie nere e segrete orge nel trecento, which I mention because that title is much more accurate that The Reincarnation of Isabel. Director Renator Polselli is rather infamous for his sleazy films designed to titillate audiences & inflame the Catholic Church. This film offers almost non-stop naked breasts amidst whippings, impalings, torture, sadistic sex & satanic orgies. The Reincarnation of Isabel is set in modern times, with flashbacks to the previous lives of the characters when they engaged in non-stop debauchery. Rita Calderoni plays the title characters, known as Laureen in her current reincarnation. This DVD was not made from a first-rate copy, which makes sense since this is such glossed up sleaze. This letterboxed film is in Italian & has English subtitles. The trailer is almost better than the movie, but the made for video prologue runs way too long.

Mickey Hargitay was Mr. Universe in 1955. He fled Hungary in 1947 to escape the compulsory Soviet military draft. He settled in Cleveland, where he met & married his first wife & worked as a plumber & carpenter. He was inspired to bodybuilding after seeing a magazine cover of Steve Reeves, famed for playing Hercules. After winning Mr. Universe, he joined Mae West s muscleman revue at New Yorks Latin Quarter. The story goes when Jayne Mansfield s dinner companion asked her what she wanted the evening they caught the show, she quipped, Ill have a steak & the man on the left. Ms. West, never to be outdone, tried to break up the attention-grabbing couple, but failed. They married on January 13, 1958 after his divorce became final. Their 3 children include Mariska Hargitay. He remodeled much of his & Mansfields Beverly Hills mansion, The Pink Palace, building its famous heart-shaped pool. In November 2002, the house was razed by its owner.

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