The Grindhouse Era, Part 13: Getting Harder (continued)

As legal restrictions on complete nudity in movies decreased and pressure to reveal anything and everything increased, grindhouse directors pushed the enveloped of what they would film.  Five movies in the short period of 1969 to 1972 do a nice job of showing just how far these movies would go.

Love Garden (1971) stars Barbara Mills

and Linda York

as a couple of bi-curious women who spend a lot of time together.  Ms. Mills’ character seems more firmly decided in her choice of bed partners, whereas Ms. York explores the company of a hairy male who appears to be some sort of primate.  I know how most readers of the Funhouse will respond, but I have to ask this question: if you had the choice of the elegant beauty of Barbara Mills or the hirsute form of her male companion, which would you choose?  By the end of the movie, Ms. York comes to her senses and moves back to Barbara.