The Night of the Hunted (1980)

Brigitte Lahaie stars as Teresa, a woman running from someone on a road when a man driving by picks her up and takes her home. She suffers from severe amnesia, not remembering anything except the present moment.The driver, Robert, tries to help her but she has no idea where she lives or why she was on the road in the first place. They shortly thereafter have sex, which provides the highlight of this otherwise middle of the road movie. Ms. Lahaie is beautiful and has a spectacular body which is put on display again later on.She is visited by a doctor and his wife and taken to a large ominous looking black building with people wandering around the lobby in various states of confusion. The tenants are fed and taken care of but the reason for their confusion isn't explained until the very end. In between we get some female nudity and a little violence thrown in to keep things moving in this mildly amusing film.

I went into "Night of the Hunted" not knowing what to expect at all. I was really impressed.It is essentially a mystery/thriller where this girl who can't remember anything gets 'rescued' by a guy who happens to be driving past. The two become fast friends and lovers and together, they try to figure out what is going on with her. Through some vague flashbacks and grim memories, they eventually get to the bottom of it and the ending is pretty cool.I really liked the setting of this one: a desolate, post-modern Paris is the backdrop with lots of gray skies and tall buildings. Very metropolitan. Groovy soundtrack and lots of nudity.Surprising it was made in 1980; seems somewhat ahead of it's time.8 out of 10, kids.

"Night of the Hunted" stars French porn star Brigitte Lahaie.In fact,many of the cast members in this slow-moving production were porn actors at the time of its frantic filming.This film is certainly different than Rollin's usual lesbian vampire flicks,but it's not as memorable as for example "Lips of Blood" or "Fascination".Lahaie plays an amnesiac hitchhiker who can't remember who she is or where she came from.Most of the film takes place in a modern apartment complex,where Lahaie is being held by some kind of medical group that's treating a number of people with a similar condition.Anyway,she escapes from the monolithic office tower where the affected people are held.On a highway outside of town,she meets a young man,who stops and picks her up."Night of the Hunted" offers plenty of nudity,unfortunately the pace is extremely slow.The atmosphere is horribly sad and the relationship between Brigitte Lahaie and another asylum inmate Dominique Journet is well-developed.Still "Night of the Hunted" is too dull to be completely enjoyable.Give it a look only if you are a fan of Jean Rollin's works.7 out of 10 and that's being kind.

The ever gorgeous Brigitte Lahaie wanders aimlessly through this Kafka-esque plot about an amnesiac trying to escape from a strange clinic where the staff tortures and sexually abuses patients as part of some undefined rehabilitation process. Could have been interesting had the ideas been better developed, but director Rollin concentrates more on getting Ms. Lahaie and the other female cast members out of their clothes rather than trivial matters such as story and characterization. The sterile atmosphere makes for some bland visuals and without Rollin's trademark gothic settings, there is little to entice the eye, apart from said lovelies.