make one year before ilsa and she wolf of the s and blacksnake could have easily be call susan and she wolf of the plantation and it probably inspire the producer behind the nazi sexploitation epic to go ahead with their more infamous film because the story be identical represent a gorgeous and horny and head strong ( but stupid ) blonde woman degrades and kill many people under her control and whom all hate her and want her dead . sound familiar . director rus meyer and david friedman and the producer behind the ilsa flick and be good friend and they start their career together . so and obviously and there a connection there . look at blacksnake and i can not help but think that rus meyer want to move on and do something else than his typical busty woman epic because xxx movie be all the rage during the mid 1970s and and russ meyer film and though fill with nudity and kinkiness and violence and be never even close to real porn . his film start to look positively quaint next to deep throat and other hard core porno blockbuster . meyer know he couldn not compete with such film and blacksnake be sorta the end result of such a quandary in his career . he obviously want to branch out into different uncharted territory . but blacksnake bombed at the b. o. and meyer quickly return to make vixen type of film that and even if they still weren not pornographic and they be most definitely more over the top than any of his previous film . it no wonder blacksnake be a b. o. failure . it just terrible . trash o rama . jaw droppingly bad . it a quasi campy take on slavery and if you can imagine that . the end result be jar . one minute and be in typical meyer territory represent exuberant and playful and silly and and then the next minute and super serious meditation on slavery and violence . huh . it just doesn not work . the slavery or racism aspect be woefully mishandle and veers this movie in the true exploitation category . but blacksnake be not as sleazy a ilsa she wolf of the s and those kind of film and so i imagine fan of the latter be disappoint by it and which would explain the almost lack of interest in this movie from either exploitation fan or russ meyer fan . meyer blame the failure of blacksnake because and and i quote and it do not have enough breast in it . well and i be sorry rus and but the film be just bad and breast or no breast . but he right though about the low breast quota . except for anouska and the maid and the film cast be male . meyer replace his usual bevy of buxom babe with throng of hunk with massive pecs and in the form of anonymous black actor play the slave and the big david ( darth vader ) prowse . and with anouska right hand man around and who be portray a a ruthless but clever gay man who enjoy the power he have over the men and one can only wonder what meyer be really try to create here . blacksnake star david warbeck and who be lust after by anouska and her right hand man . poor david . he look totally befuddle by the whole experience . he do seem to have fun make the movie but you can clearly see that and at time and he have no idea what go on . and then there anouska hempel . she a beautiful woman . for the 1970s and not the 1870s . with her makeup and hair and she look like a typical 1970s brit pin up babe than a turn of the century dominatrix . and her wardrobe be hilarious . at one time and she actually unzip her leather boot . i do not know they have zipper in those day . but the character she play be and in itself and really degrade ( no pun intend ) . she nothing but a cipher to the object of lust and scorn of every men ( and that woman ) on the island . for example and one night and when david and anouska be get it on and her annoying slave driver walk in the room and knock david unconscious and try to rape her and grope her savagely . the next day and the slave driver be still work for anouska and the two act a if nothing have happen . it totally ludicrous . under any circumstance and have her character be a real person and anouska would have whip the slave driver senseless and kick his butt off the island . or even kill him . but the fact that the woman keep him on her plantation after he try to rape her be stretch the flimsy story and character credulity to the max . ridiculous detail like this and and the thoroughly startling blaxploitation angle make blacksnake a strangely unpleasant but watchable movie . watchable in the train wreck variety . i just couldn not help but watch the film for the utter baseless aspect of it all ( the excellent cinematography sorta make it easy to watch ) . so and this be an exploitation film and i guess it succeed in do what it be suppose to do . but blacksnake be mainly for rus meyer completists .