Vibrations

1969

Drama / Mystery

13
IMDb Rating 5.2/10 10 220 220

Plot summary

Barbara, a frustrated writer who is also sexually frustrated, seeks to recharge her life by moving into a Manhattan apartment, where she earns money typing up manuscripts for other writers. Next door, a sexy young lady plays a variety of erotic games revolving around her hypnotically humming vibrator. When Julie, Barbara's hot-to-trot sister shows up, she reluctantly allows her to stay, even though memories of incestuous girlhood explorations between them cause her obvious distress.

Top cast

Rita Bennett as Georgia
Geri Miller as Park's Girlfriend
Peggy Steffans as Edna / The landlady
Maria Lease as Julia
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694.49 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 15 min
Seeds 6
1.26 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 15 min
Seeds 20

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by christopher-underwood 6 / 10

Next door is a box room of earthly delights

Far from being top notch Sarno, this remains worth watching because it is just so idiosyncratic. I suppose sex noir might be an appropriate term for the director's best work with the keen use of black and white photography and usually a very strange central character and a tendency as here to have our sense of morality challenged by just who or what is good and bad. Just a little too much groping in bed here for me, especially with the censorship of the time restricting just what the camera could show, that and men with hairy backs! Two sisters, one more pushy and keen to repeat the sexual games of their childhood, the other an aspiring poet. Next door is a box room of earthly delights where a busty blonde holds court and with an adventurous couple and an antique looking vibrator, tempt first the elder and eventually the younger into their den. Interspersed with exterior shots of the elder walking around in New York. These shots were clearly all shot on the same day because the streets look a dismal grey and the roads wet in every shot, still they add to the air of discontent running through this strange little film and almost make us keen to get back to he of the hairy back.
Reviewed by goblinhairedguy 7 / 10

sex toys and organ solos

This middle-period Sarno opus concentrates more than usual on the erotic scenes and heaving breasts, and for once probably satisfied the raincoat crowd as much as puzzling them. For fans of the auteur, there's plenty of psychological intensity and moral irony, as well as a neat jazzy organ score -- like Fassbinder, Sarno was continually recombining his major themes and stylistic tropes in clever new variations. Quite uncharacteristically, a nosy Brooklyn-accented cleaning lady is used as a comic Greek chorus, punctuating the action with her inquisitions. (The SWV video box gives the date as 1969, whereas the 1967 date given by IMDB and other sources seems correct.)
Reviewed by torrascotia 4 / 10

Something Weird For Julie?

Revised and re-released on the Something Weird Video label, Vibrations is certainly something weird. This the story of a woman who is struggling to make ends meet as a writer, living alone until her older sister turns up and turns her life upside down. And that is due to the twisted relationship she has with her sister who is actually a predator and has abused her sibling in the past, and is hoping to re-live this dynamic. In addition, the neighbours are a sex cult who welcome both sisters with open arms to engage in their games which have a definite BDSM angle. The movie itself is quite simple and a bit melodramatic, albeit with numerous erotic scenes and a terrible score which simply doesn't fit with the tone. Think fairground organ music playing at inopportune times. The piano score however seems to sit better.I can see why this was revisited, its an obvious sex flick which will cater to men who like to see naked women tied up and teased as well as their being incest between sisters, some of which is shown. As such it has a ready made audience of perverts. But for average viewers its a 60's sex movie which will be uncomfortable viewing for obvious reasons.
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