Common Law Cabin (1967)

What can i say? There needs to be more artists like Russ Meyer, willing to make the films they want to without worrying what people would say.In Common Law Cabin, an alcoholic boatsman (who drinks large glasses of whiskey and says aloud "aaah. the nectar of the gods"), brings a boring square doctor, his buxomly wife and an ex-detective on the run to an isolated ranch by the river. The ranch is inhabited by its hard drinking owner who is attracted to his buxomly daughter and is bored with his buxomly wife. The ex-detective begins to seduce the women. the square doctor and the hard drinking ranch owner just sit around and watch while the women fight with each other. There is an outrageously funny scene where the ex-detective punches the ranch owners horny wife in the face. It was fantastic.I loved the idyllic setting. But the happenings are anything but idyllic. I wish there were more films like this.(7.5/10)

By the time he made Common Law Cabin, Russ Meyer had already found his feet with the likes of Lorna, Mudhoney and the fantastic Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! but hadn't yet found the popularity that he would find with his hit film Vixen! a year later. This was one of Meyer's first films in colour and could be described as a sort of practise run for later films such as Up and Supervixens as it features all the playful sleaze and buxom babes of Meyer's later work but it's a shorter and more concise film. The plot is a decent enough springboard for a sex flick and focuses on a criminal who has stolen a fortune in jewellery. He stumbles on a ranch in Arizona but when his attempts to buy the ranch from its owner are knocked back, he decides instead to seduce the ladies. The film features three of Meyer's chesty vixens; Alaina Capri, Babette Bardot and Adele Rain, and all are nice to look at as you would expect from a Russ Meyer flick. As usual with Meyer; it's not deep or particularly intelligent, although I'm sure that Meyer fans will enjoy it nonetheless. I do prefer most of Meyer's later stuff to this one; but Common Law Cabin is still worth a look.

i don't know if i loved so much cause i was like 14 when i watched it bu this has got to be the funniest movie ever made. i'd never heard of Russ Meyer and i was staying in a hotel watching TV when suddenly there is some bizarre movie about a guy who wants to shag his own daughter, a corrupt cop intent on shagging everybody, a couple who at one point aren't into sex but the next are doing some dodgy s&m and some hot blonde screaming through a field with torches and jumping off a cliff into water for absolutely no reason at all. Genius!! Everybody has to watch this but watch it with an open mind and don't expect much and it'll be the best comedy you'll see ever.

I very rarely hear anybody mention 'Common Law Cabin', which is a shame. While it obviously doesn't reach the heights of 'Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!' or 'Vixen!' it actually comes pretty damn close at times. Newcomers to Meyer will find it a bit of a shock, as it features his trademark flavour of almost innocent sleaziness, lots of buxom babes, hilariously stylized dialogue, and despite the kitschness, a darker, more disturbing undercurrent. One character (Hoople, played by Jack Moran who also wrote this and other Meyer movies) has forbidden incestuous desires, another (Rickert, played by Ken Swofford) is a misogynistic thug. The three chesty babes are all great to look at. Babette Bardot (great name!) plays a Kitten Natividad-ish free spirit, and Alaina Capri (the best looking of the three), a bitchy Eric Gavin type. The third actress, Adele Rein plays Hoople's sweet and uncorrupted teenage daughter. All three women allegedly have 42 inch chests and go-go dance for no apparent reason. The cast also includes Meyer regular Frank Bolger in one of his typical roles. Meyer fans will eat this baby up, others might find it a good starting point to his strange, twisted world which is quite unlike any other in movie history! 'Common Law Cabin' is quite possible Meyer's most underrated film, and should not be overlooked.