Log in to see which of your friends have seen this movie
More info & statistics
2.9% of the viewers favorited this title, 2.9% disliked it
This title has never been in an official list
Guide for the Film Fanatic
1644 movies · At #1145
Fangoria's 101 Best...
101 movies · At #75
Guide For The Film...
4208 movies · At #1144
Kim Newman's...
4725 movies · At #1742Drive-In Delirium
962 movies · At #201
Psychotronic
3126 movies · At #2180
House of Self...
865 movies · At #259Hidden gem...
981 movies · At #562
Die Laughing: 50+ of...
80 movies · At #25
VideoHound's Cult...
1297 movies · At #922Michael Vaughn's The...
393 movies · At #358
iCM Forum's...
2593 movies · At #2290
The Church of...
97 movies · At #64366 Weird Movies...
238 movies · At #70
iCM Forum's Favorite...
3055 movies · At #1720
iCM Forum's...
2257 movies · At #2101
Trailers from Hell
1182 movies · At #549
iCM Forum's Favorite...
2312 movies · At #1879Doubling the Coffin...
1000 movies · At #835
Re/Search's...
260 movies · At #177
TSZDT 5000<400
5000 movies · At #509iCM Forum's...
3691 movies · At #3392
Outside the Cinema
648 movies · At #611
Siskoid
Paul Bartel's Private Parts was his first feature, and though billed as a cock-eyed comedy, it's much more of a horror-thriller (equally cock-eyed). Like Eating Raoul, this is set in a world of sexual perversion, and much more subversive than the similar Psycho. In this one, Ayn Ruymen is Cheryl, an teenage girl who runs away from home to stay at her older aunt's creepy hotel, but there are (cough, cough) private parts of the hotel from which a voyeuristic photographer takes an interest. Of mild interest until Bartel creates a mix of disturbia and absurdist humor in the peeping tom's fetishistic behavior. I'm not entirely certain he sells the twist ending very well, but you can be sure you'll see things you haven't before. From the two films of his I've seen, Bartel's recurring theme opposes extreme Kink and pious Prudishness, with neither coming off as normal. Given the subject matter and the fact the protagonist is meant to be underage, you may well need a good scrub after this one, but it's more fascinating than it is objectionable.