Lysette Anthony naked in Save Me (1994)

Erotic thriller from the USA. It has not previously been available in 1080hd.

Harry Hamlin plays a bond salesman who is acting like a sad sack because his wife has left him and taken their son. One day he’s out on his lunch break, and he sees a gorgeous woman (Lysette Anthony) go into a lingerie shop. Intrigued, he follows her and spies on her. She catches his eye, then unexpectedly leaves a note for him, with a phone number and a two-word message, “Save Me.” She tells him that she’s trying to get out from the clutches of her abusive partner. Hamlin offers to help and soon hooks up with her. As is mandatory in this genre, all is not as it seems.

The plot is totally lacking in credibility. Hamlin misses every sign that the woman is playing him, and characters never explain as much as they would in real life, but only as much as is needed to advance the plot. For example, the “abusive” boyfriend tells Hamlin, “If you continue to see her, you’re going to get hurt,” making it seem to us like a threat. He fails to reveal that he’s actually the woman’s psychiatrist, that Lynette has told Hamlin a slew of lies, and that the shrink’s concern is that Lynette will hurt Hamlin emotionally, even physically. Why would he keep those facts a secret? Because the plot requires it. The psychiatrist is needed as the “red herring” villain, so none of that comes out until later.

Oh, well, none of that really matters in a straight-to-vid erotic thriller, does it? The film does have a few thrills, and some erotic moments, and the pairing of Lysette and Hamlin offers two people in about the 99th percentile of attractiveness, so the production ticks all the obligatory genre boxes.

Also naked in the film: Ashlie Rhey, in a completely gratuitous scene. Ya gotta love the 90s.

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TRIVIA:

* Olivia Hussey, as the estranged wife, is in the film for one line! (She also appears in some silent 8mm home films that the lovelorn Hamlin watches.)

* Kato Kaelin is supposed to be “Bond Trader #1”.

Here he is, using a rather unusual bond-trading technique (not to mention a rather odd suit for a bond trading office). He was obviously miscredited.

* Plus-sized roller derby queen Dee Booher is supposed to be in the film as “nude model.” This version must have cut that scene, because I would certainly have noticed if her jumbo ass was nekkid.

I think the current version of the film has been shortened by 2-3 minutes from the version Mr. Skin watched, because the Skinster has one scene listed at the 52:00 mark, and it actually appears at 49:54. I assume Dee didn’t survive the cut. Perhaps there was more of Olivia Hussey as well.

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