Backdrop fallback

Living Venus

Living Venus

Share

Living Venus

1961

1h 14m

4.0(3 votes)

Drama

Overview

Jack and his photographer partner start up a men's magazine called 'Pagan'. The magazine becomes a success, he leaves his fiancée, marries his star model, and complications ensue.

Where to Watch

Stream

Cultpix

Links & Resources

Social & External

Production Companies

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

William Kerwin

William Kerwin

Jack Norwall

Harvey Korman

Harvey Korman

Ken Carter

Danica D'Hondt

Peggy Brandon

Jeanette Leahy

Margo

Lawrence J. Aberwood

Max Stein

Linné Ahlstrand

Linné Ahlstrand

Diane

Robert Bell

Harry

Lee Hauptman

Geoffrey Page

Andrew Lindhoff

Diane's Father

Edward Meekin

Benson

Creative team

Directed by: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Written by: David F. Friedman
Herschell Gordon Lewis
Produced by: Herschell Gordon Lewis
David F. Friedman

Similar Movies

Assault

Assault

After a schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another murdered a few days later, the police are baffled. With the help of a reporter, and against the wishes of a local psychologist, a young schoolteacher uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out.

Razzia sur l'Atlantique

Razzia sur l'Atlantique

Since the 1970s and the influx of European, Chinese, Russian, and Turkish trawlers, West African waters have been overexploited. Whether for fishing or fishmeal production, these foreign powers have endangered the livelihoods of local fishermen and artisans.

Rana, Queen of the Amazon

Rana, Queen of the Amazon

In the 1940s, Rana, queen of the Amazons, has to face up to the invasion of her natural paradise by the evil explorer, Ilsa. Eventually both go through unspeakable horror, and gore.

Simon, King of the Witches

Simon, King of the Witches

Simon is a modern day warlock. Though he lives in a storm drain and sometimes talks to trees, he's deadly serious about his witchcraft. After being picked up for vagrancy, Simon spends a night in jail with Turk, a young hustler with connections to powerful people such as Hercules, an aging hipster who hires Simon to work one of his groovy parties. There he meets Linda, the DA's pill-popping daughter. In between romanic dalliances and colorful sex magic ceremonies, Simon must contend with those who dare to challenge his magical prowess causing him to summon the dark world for his revenge.

Riot on 42nd St.

Riot on 42nd St.

Tough ex-con Glenn Barnes gets paroled from prison after serving a sentence for manslaughter. Glenn plans to reopen his old nightclub the Garage on 42nd Street. Vicious rival nightclub owner Farrell threatens to take drastic measures if Glenn goes through with his plan. After all the employees get massacred by Farrell's flunkies on opening night, Glenn reverts back to his brutish criminal ways to exact a harsh revenge on Farrell and his men.

Too Hot to Handle

Too Hot to Handle

Gorgeous blonde assassin Samantha Fox accepts a contract to liquidate a quintet of gangsters in the Philippines. Problems ensue when she falls in love with the Manila detective investigating the killings.

Sugar Daddy

Sugar Daddy

Sugar Daddy likes his women young and sweet. He lives on short-term pleasures, seducing young girls for one night stands. He will soon find out the long-term consequences of his quick seductions.

Massage Girls

Massage Girls

Hong Kong Cat III softcore exploitation film.

The Alley Tramp

The Alley Tramp

A teenager sets out on a sexual odyssey of having affairs with various men, including her mother's secret boyfriend.

The Useless Force

The Useless Force

Rich entomologist René is accepted by a group of young rebels on the condition that they organize parties with his money. One day he proposes a game in which each one must get rid of the most valuable thing they have.

Ginger

Ginger

The police suspect that a drug and forced-prostitution ring is behind the recent spate of kidnappings and disappearances, but so far they've been unable to infiltrate the suspects gang. To break the case, they recruit Ginger, a young woman from an upper-class family to act as bait for the kidnappers and hopefully lead the police to their hideout. It may sound like a foolproof plan to the police, but Ginger's the one who has to risk it all.

Child Bride

Child Bride

Jennie is a twelve-year-old girl living with her parents in extremely rural mountain country. Her schoolteacher, Miss Carol, though a mountain girl herself, has gone off to be educated and returned in hopes of stopping the tradition of child marriage which permeates the culture. Jennie's father Ira is a good man who tries to protect Miss Carol from the men who threaten her if she doesn't call off her crusade. One of these men, Jake Bolby, has his eye on little Jennie and plots to make her his bride.

Black Emanuelle 2

Black Emanuelle 2

Fashion model Emanuelle is experiencing psychotic freakout every time she has sex. Haunted by memories of sexual abuse from the men in her life, including her father, she turns to Dr. Gardner, who offers help while she resides at his mental health center.

Adaminte Vaariyellu

Adaminte Vaariyellu

Story of three women who are subjected to various forms of patriarchy and exploitation by the men around them and the society at large.

Female Animal

Female Animal

A sultry Latin peasant woman, who has overstayed her welcome in her relatives' home, is run off the road while bicycling by a wealthy aristocrat. Immediately attracted to her, he hires her as his "maid", and introduces her to the good life. She soon finds herself in a bitter power struggle between the man and his spoiled playboy son.

Policewomen

Policewomen

A lady cop infiltrates an all-female criminal gang.

Her Private Hell

Her Private Hell

A young Italian girl arrives in London, where she's tricked into posing nude for risqué magazines.

Mandinga

Mandinga

Not America, nor Africa, but the Lazio countryside provides the backdrop for this intricate story of death and more or less incestuous love affairs, inspired by the successful American film Mandingo.

The Kyoto Connection

The Kyoto Connection

Christina, on arriving in Japan, acquaints a Japanese man at the airport who looks like a sap. He takes her to his apartment where he brutally rapes her and keeps her hostage and bound in chains. Christina's alluring beauty eventually enchants the rapist and he is soon consulting his 'How to Stimulate a Woman' sex book in an effort to please her...

Hanna D: The Girl from Vondel Park

Hanna D: The Girl from Vondel Park

Hanna is a girl completely abandoned to herself, is not at all inhibited sexually, and is attracted to the attention of unscrupulous people like Miguel, who takes advantage of Hanna, turning her to prostitution to obtain her drug fix. Until she meets Alex, a young man with a sincere affection for Hanna.

Recommended Movies

Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

Heatwave

Heatwave

A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.

Lovelace

Lovelace

Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

King Cobra

King Cobra

It’s 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer is molded into a star by Stephen, a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire Cobra Video from his seemingly ordinary suburban home.

Trafficked

Trafficked

In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to reclaim their freedom.

Beast

Beast

MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal champion Xavier Grau.

Life

Life

In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.

Effie Gray

Effie Gray

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.

The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

Pimp

Pimp

An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.

Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

The Good Neighbor

The Good Neighbor

A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.

Rogue Agent

Rogue Agent

Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.

BUtterfield 8

BUtterfield 8

Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard drinking son of a working class family who has married into money.

The Comfort of Strangers

The Comfort of Strangers

An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice.

Cardboard Boxer

Cardboard Boxer

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.

Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher

At the turn of the 19th century, Pugilism was the sport of kings and a gifted young boxer fought his way to becoming champion of England.

The Young One

The Young One

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

Girl in the Bunker

Girl in the Bunker

When Elizabeth is abducted by a fugitive sexual predator, she realizes she must take matters into her own hands and plot her escape. Based on a true story.