Before mainstream studios were releasing “controversial” porn about priests doing the nasty, director Peter de Rome tackled the topic in the 1976 film The Destroying Angel. The script, based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe, focuses on a young man torn between the seminary and semen. Driven by lust, he takes a three month sabbatical, does a lot of drugs and does a lot of dudes.
I don’t know about you, but Bijou had me at “based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe”. When was the last time you watched gay porn based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe? I’m guessing never, unless you’ve happened to see this flick back in the day…
– Dewitt
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I wonder which short story was it based on …. I have never read a story like this by E A Poe lol!!!!
I wish more porn were a little more highbrow. “lol hi im the pizzaboy u gon giv me a tip mr? ;););)” gets old fast.
It is based on the short story “William Wilson” but don’t go looking there for gay erotica.
I love gay porn that’s also anti-drug PSA.
I was surprised at how in shaped the guys looked. Maybe I was thinking of the 60s when I half expected flabby skinny icky bodies? Perhaps the Jane Fonda effect had kicked in by 1976?
Wow! Reefer Madness – The Gay Version. Is that a shot of Peter Berlin? Looks like him.
I actually own this DVD. It is wierd, but hot.
Wow…I think I’d watch this more for the plot than the porn…and I never thought I’d say that. ow o;
Wow…I think I’d watch this more for the plot than the porn…and I never thought I’d say that. ow o;