The list of great Italian movie poster artists is long. We’ve discussed many and today we have another new member of the club—Basilo Morini, who painted these two promos for Sesso ribelle, aka Questo sesso ribelle, but best known as Pets. The quality of the art is shockingly good considering how terrible the movie is. What you get here is a counterculture drama about the various misadventures of a Southern California runaway played by Candice Rialson. She meets fellow drifter Teri Guzman and is drawn into a robbery plot, becomes a nude model and sex partner for possessive painter Geraldine Mills, and finds herself pursued by woman hating sadist Ed Bishop. Morini’s art makes clear that Pets is sexploitation but the film is pretty tame by today’s standards—at least on the sex front. In other ways it’s wildly offensive. When Mills wails at one point, “It’s like a bad dream! This can’t be real!” that’s exactly what you’ll be thinking. Pets premiered in the U.S. in 1973 and reached Italy today in 1975.
Use the Force, Luke…
The neighbors always suspected there was something odd about the house on Paranormal Lane.
I love what you’ve done with the place. Late period Edgar Allen Poe?
Check out this painting I did of you. It’s what I picture you looking like after I drain all your vitality and essential electrolytes.
One can only hope.
