For The Devil's Honey, Italian horror legend Lucio Fulci applies the same OTT approach to sex as he does to gore, delivering one eye-popping scene after another (eye-popping in a figurative sense, for a change). The S&M themed erotica on offer is all so incredibly daft and excessive that The Devil's Honey proved to be the most fun I've had with a smutty soft-core movie in a long time.

Beautiful brunette Blanca Marsillach plays Jessica, girlfriend of saxophonist Johnny, Italy's answer to Kenny G, who is in the process of recording his debut album. The couple share a sub/dom relationship, Johnny forcing Jessica to satisfy his perverted sexual needs. In the film's opening scene, Jessica stands her ground when Johnny tries to pressure her into a quickie in the recording booth. On this occasion, sex is a no-no, but sax is fine, Johnny placing his shiny hard instrument against Jessica's vajajay and playing a tune in the key of 'O'. It's utterly ridiculous, but sets the tone for the rest of the film, which lurches from one hilarious sexcapade to another.

The action then cuts to Dr. Wendell Simpson (Brett Halsey),an eminent surgeon whose marriage to Carol (Corinne Cléry) is on the rocks. Wendell get his sexual thrills from visiting prostitutes and treating them like trash. In another totally bizarre moment, the doctor goes to a hotel with a hooker, who proceeds to paint her pussy with nail varnish, which Wendell also smears on her face before having his way with the woman. Fulci is on a roll...

Continuing with the madness, Johnny takes Jessica for a ride on his motorbike, insisting she gives him a hand-job while they hurtle down the highway; they narrowly avoid a head-on collision with a car. Later, Johnny earns his brown wings while rutting with Jessica on the stairs at their cottage; she's not happy 'cos he didn't ask her permission for the backdoor action. To try and cheer his girlfriend up, Johnny rides his bike like an idiot, but falls off, cracking his head on a rock. He appears to be okay, but the next day, back at the recording studio, he collapses and is rushed to hospital.

Dr. Wendell is the surgeon scheduled to operate on Johnny, but his mind is elsewhere, Carol having got wise to her husband's philandering ways and decided that she wants a divorce; this lack of concentration results in Johnny flatlining on the operating table. Jessica reacts with anger, the woman chasing Wendell's car as he leaves the hospital (she's so furious that her tit falls out!). Over the next few days, Jessica pesters the doctor with anonymous phone calls, asking 'Why did you let him die?'. Eventually, she takes Johnny's revolver and kidnaps Wendell at gunpoint, keeping her hostage tied up at a beachfront property where she abuses him physically and mentally (at one point, she hits him in the face with an axe and pushes his bloody face into her belly). She also walks about totally starkers a lot.

Memories of her time with Johnny come flooding back, and Jessica is reminded of a trip to Venice in the company of music producer Nicky (Bernard Seray),during which they all went to the cinema. She recalls how, as the film played, Johnny made out with her, but also guided Nicky's head downwards for a spot of fellatio. Repulsed by this memory, Jessica realises that she and Johnny were never really in love, and releases Wendell from his bondage. Doc Simpson, now besotted by his captor, has sex with Jessica, but a glimpse of the pistol nearby implies that perhaps she still intends to kill him (the ending is quite baffling, but this is Fulci, so confusion is not totally unexpected).

Not sure if this is the best beginning/intro to any movie out there. I can say though that it is one of the most memorable ones. Once you've seen, it sax with you. Sorry I mean stays with you. Like sticks with you ... ok enough puns and interesting use of a saxophone aside (and not actually sure if it works that way),the movie is quite sexual, so if you are easily offended, do not watch this.

There are different characters and timelines and this may be a bit tough to follow for some. But if you can get behind it, it is quite the entertaining movie to watch. Also as stated before, do not be offended easily. This warrants multiple views to actually discover more ... if you want to that is of course. One time can be enough too.

"The Devil's Honey" is definitely one of the rarest and possibly also the strangest movie Lucio Fulci has on his impressive repertoire. And even though it must be very appealing to fans of the man, I certainly wouldn't advise to move heaven and earth in order to purchase a copy of this film. Although not at all bad or boring, this is an extremely atypical Fulci-movie and the complete lack of gore and zombie-action is likely to disappoint people that only know Fulci from films like "City of the Living Dead" and "Zombi 2". "The Devil's Honey" is more like an erotic melodrama and it seems like Fulci took this opportunity to insert as many bizarre sexual fantasies as humanly possible in one screenplay. Especially during the first half hour, this film brings forward some of the oddest sex scenes ever, including sex with a saxophone (very creative!),sex with red paint (weird!),sex on the roller-coaster (exciting!),a threesome in the movie-theater (too strange for words) and sex on a motorcycle (don't try this at home!). We follow a young couple with an extremely healthy sexual appetite as well as a frustrated surgeon who regularly visits prostitutes in order to escape his boring marriage. All their lives interfere when the young man is involved in a banal accident and the surgeon isn't able to save his life. The slightly insane girl Jessica personally holds Dr. Simpson responsible for her lover's death and decides to kidnap him. Her plan is to kill him but, of course, they start a passionate sexual relationship instead. Like other reviewers pointed out correctly, it's very interesting to see how Lucio Fulci – universally known as the director of gorehound movies – is also capable of bringing an intense, non-graphic thriller. His directing is solid and straightforward, although he does waste too much time on pointless flashbacks and unfinished sub plots. The music is good & atmospheric and, perhaps the best thing, the chemistry between the girl and the surgeon comes across as very realistic. Nothing like the average Italian horror film, this movie reminded me most of artistic portraits like Paul Verhoeven's "Turkish Delight", Annaud's "L'Amant" or Catherine Braillat's "Romance X". Not as stylish perhaps, but also revolving on individuals struggling with sexual issues. Be warned!