Eugenie: The Story Of Her Journey Into Perverssion

The ultimate in torture!

Continuing with our grand return to the very foundations that make this blog one of the last stops to search for obscure (and not so obscure) cult films from a bygone era, we follow the career of Marie Liljedhal, the first Swedish erotica starlet to be in the international spotlight of the film industry. In case you haven't noticed, there isn't a lot of information about her on the Internet (yeah, I know it sounds crazy) and trying to find a copy of her movies on legal formats (DVD, Blu, Ray, Streaming, etc) it's not that easy. So what could be better than using our humble blog by offering room to her legacy? Besides, had she not quit the filming industry the gorgeous Christina Lindberg wouldn't have been possible so, truly, from the bottom of our connoisseur hearts "Thank you Marie Liljedhal, your legacy lives on"

Just when I thought I had seen it all, along comes Maria Rohm in Eugenie...the story of her journey into perversion, Jess Franco and Harry Towers' adaptation of  Marquis de Sade's "La Philosophie dans le boudoir." Wait, you've seen Maria Rohm in plenty of Jess Franco films. What's so special about her appearance in this one? Are you ready? She doesn't wear pants. Well, that was a bit of a letdown. Whatever do you mean? Name a Jess Franco film where the Austrian actress does wear pants. No, you're not listening to me. I'm not implying that Maria Rohm doesn't wear pants when she's bathing or having sex with her stepbrother, I mean she hardly ever wears pants..

I won't be a vampire today, rest easy.

Life is such a bore.

Eugenie... is about a beautiful young girl who becomes captivated by an older woman named Ange. Ange invites Eugenie to spend the weekend with her on her private island in Spain. What Eugenie doesn't know is Ange and her step brother/lover Mirvel have brought her to the island to seduce her (my oh my!).
 

After taking a bath with Ange and a little light kissing she is drugged at dinner and molested. The next day she wakes up not sure if it was a dream or real. As the vacation continues Eugenie is molested more and more to the point of rape and whippings. Ange and Mirvel invite a sect of Marquis De Sade followers who enter the house to kill her (what?!). Eugenie stabs Mirvel while he tries to rape her and kills him. The Marquis de Sade group decides not to kill Eugenie but instead Ange. After torturing Ange Eugenie runs off naked into the beach only to be confronted with a large graveyard of sacrificed victims. In a fit of anger and terror she runs aimlessly through the beach collapsing on the sand sobbing. 

Nice place to water my bush.

I see you've never tried anal before.

Eugenie's "journey" is a beautiful, truthful and disgusting metaphor for the perversion each one of us must go through in our lives. The difference is her journey happens in two days therefore it is much more extreme. We start as children with strange dreams. Thoughts of kissing, of touching bodies, all confusing ideas thoughts that we cannot place. This was represented before Eugene got to the island. In one scene she lays on her bed staring at a picture of Ange. This is the first hint of perversion entering her life. She is then confronted with Mirvel who confesses his crush to her. Being confronted with a powerful sexual presence such as a person or a sexual picture is a second step we can all relate to. Eugenie crosses the boundary when she first kisses Ange in the bathtub. She has now confronted a part of her that can never be taken back. As the film progresses we see each step of Eugenie's perversion. Confusion (not knowing if it's a dream or reality) Blind acceptance (kissing and touching Ange and Mirvel while stoned) Guilt and Self Hate (represented as Mirvel and Ange beating her with whips) Recovery (the bruises are gone!) More Sexual Partners, Betrayal, Anger at others, Confusion and ultimately insanity cover the rest of the film.

Lemme diddle your skiddle.

Not so tight! or else how can I swallow your cum?

The final scene where she is confronted by the graveyard represents humanity and her realization that everyone has been through this journey in some way and many have died from it. She weeps for herself and she weeps for the world, for humans, for the insanity of being human.

Not to say this is how everyone's journey is. Some are easier than poor Eugenie's and some are much harder. The simple act of accepting this as a part of life and depicting it in two days is what is so genius about Jess Franco's film.

Follow me!

OK, let's fuck right here, right now.

Expecting to see a shlocky, sex filled, Eurotrash film I was blown away by the power and brilliance of Eugenie and the Story of her Journey into Perversion. Anyone willing to be truthful when contemplating the human condition can relate and be effected by this film. Those who think Jess Franco is only a porno film maker are so wrong and this film proves him to be a far greater director, the more than meets the eye kind of film maker.

Here's the movie trailer: