Dr Humpp(Ricardo Bauleo) has almost perfected the formula for eternal youth and it's source derives from the removed libidos of those engaged in passionate sex. A newspaper reporter, George(Aldo Barbero), is on his trail, soon finding his hidden fortress, kidnapped, and forced into becoming a sexual subject, attempting to not only escape but help those captured as well. This plan won't be easy because Humpp has his secret estate/society surrounded by monsters, hideous human experiments which went awry, now robotic servants obeying his command. Humpp also is guided by his dead mentor whose alive brain(..kept in a jar with fluid)motivates him to continue on what seems like a potential success. Humpp's actually an elderly man using the extracted libidos to remain young, aided by his nurse(..and lover) Enfermera(Susana Beltrán). George soon falls in love with a sultry captive, Rachel(Gloria Prat)and desires to rescue her from their prison. Meanwhile the police attempt to trace George's steps before he went missing also following leads tipped to them by several witnesses who reported a brute with a ghastly face before they were killed by him. Humpp needs certain pharmaceutical items and his henchman is sent out to fetch them, soon having to kill the pharmacist who contacts the police based on a sketched facial diagram of a suspect provided to them by a bartender(Justin Martin). That monster also burns the human subjects once they are drained of their libidos and has a particular fondness for Rachel.
Basically a bizarre concoction of the mad scientist genre and soft-core pornography. I personally found most of the sex scenes tedious, unerotic, performed rather zombie-like, and repetitive. The frank sexual dialogue is often so unbelievably blunt, it's almost hard to accept that the performers had the ability to say their lines without bursting into laughter. I think what makes THE CURIOUS DR HUMPP such a delirious experience is how serious the tone and performances really are. Bauleo is incredibly intense as the scientist, quite fanatical at times when anyone attempts to defeat his purpose behind using folks' passion as a means to remain young. Features a delicious striptease by Prat before she's kidnapped, and Beltrán is scrumptious as Humpp's assistant yearning for his affections. The sex scene between George and Enfermera is so odd because it occurs when she's drugged and he was about to attempt an escape, yet they just go at it without abandon. It's so surreal to see the kidnapped subjects just embracing each other as if they were elsewhere, not captured and doomed to perish. The sets are really cheap as is the monster's rubber mask, hairy gloves with claws, and black costume. This will all appeal to a certain audience who find such lo-fi junk entertaining. Veritably wall-to-wall sex with lengthly screen time devoted to people disrobing each other. Not short of trashy dialogue either while couples are engaged in their tawdry exercises. Frequent lesbianism which I normally fancy is so blandly performed I had a hard time staying awake. Luridly photographed in B&W photography, often quite voyeuristic as if an invited peeper with a camera was recording folks up close and personal. Director-writer Emilio Vieyran is less concerned with the police procedural aspects as he is with showing naked flesh gyrating in a state of supposed ecstasy.
Basically a bizarre concoction of the mad scientist genre and soft-core pornography. I personally found most of the sex scenes tedious, unerotic, performed rather zombie-like, and repetitive. The frank sexual dialogue is often so unbelievably blunt, it's almost hard to accept that the performers had the ability to say their lines without bursting into laughter. I think what makes THE CURIOUS DR HUMPP such a delirious experience is how serious the tone and performances really are. Bauleo is incredibly intense as the scientist, quite fanatical at times when anyone attempts to defeat his purpose behind using folks' passion as a means to remain young. Features a delicious striptease by Prat before she's kidnapped, and Beltrán is scrumptious as Humpp's assistant yearning for his affections. The sex scene between George and Enfermera is so odd because it occurs when she's drugged and he was about to attempt an escape, yet they just go at it without abandon. It's so surreal to see the kidnapped subjects just embracing each other as if they were elsewhere, not captured and doomed to perish. The sets are really cheap as is the monster's rubber mask, hairy gloves with claws, and black costume. This will all appeal to a certain audience who find such lo-fi junk entertaining. Veritably wall-to-wall sex with lengthly screen time devoted to people disrobing each other. Not short of trashy dialogue either while couples are engaged in their tawdry exercises. Frequent lesbianism which I normally fancy is so blandly performed I had a hard time staying awake. Luridly photographed in B&W photography, often quite voyeuristic as if an invited peeper with a camera was recording folks up close and personal. Director-writer Emilio Vieyran is less concerned with the police procedural aspects as he is with showing naked flesh gyrating in a state of supposed ecstasy.