Takin It All Off

Takin’ It All Off (1987)
Directed By: Ed Hansen

Written By: Ken Knight
Mondo Film & Video Guide Contributor

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“Ahhh….the possessor of the big-ones!”

World-renown Exotic Dancer (and Russ Meyer staple) Kitten Natividad makes this sillyflick about a school for strippers trying to stay in business something of a masterpiece when it comes to 80’s “guy-flicks”. TAKIN’ IT ALL OFF is a movie about exactly that!

A school for wannabe-strippers run by the shapely blonde “Becky”(softcore video maven Becky Lebeau) is about to be run under by a devious landlord and mounting bills. In comes a new chick named Allison (played by 80’s X-rated starlet Candie Evans) whose father is allowing her to try and make money stripping, only catch is she’s super-shy and can’t get naked in full view of others. Somehow the ultra-stripper “Betty Big Ones”(busty Kitten Natividad) comes into the situation and suggests hypnotism for Allison as well as her own nude contribution to the “audition” coming up with a big time Club Owner.

Every few minutes you’re subjected to gratuitous and entertaining female nudity from the ladies of the school to “Betty Big Ones” herself taking a shower, exposing herself in public, and indulging her male Chauffeur. This sort of silly-raunchy R-rated film is what I love about the 1980’s! (we don’t see them much these days).The scene of “Betty Big Ones” (Kitten) taking a shower with a brush is just balls-over-the-top and one of the fully-nude scenes which make TAKIN IT ALL OFF  late night adult-entertainment but still classy! Kitten Natividad was, in her day, a woman who looked far better totally-naked than with clothes on.

If you enjoy watching striptease to rock music like I do, this is a film for you and it’s still available on used-VHS copies sold online. Yes the acting is silly and way-amateur, the sets are simple and dull, and the background music corny, but TAKIN’ IT ALL OFF remains a titular “guy-flick” of the 1980’s for its  bare naked assets! I give it TWO BOOBS UP (with a jiggle)!  *Side Note: I remember seeing an X-rated video of Candie Evans and she was one hot tamale back in the 80’s! It was a scene with her and black porn star Ray Victory if I recall correctly. Once in a while porn actresses like her did get to appear in R-rated “B-movies” like TAKIN IT ALL OFF but sadly, this was the only non-hardcore film she ever did.*

Ken Knight is the author of the book – The Midnight Show: Late Night Cable TV “Guy-Flicks” Of the 80′s.  The book is available now thru www.amazon.com  You can email Ken Knight directly at The Mondo Film & Video Guide at kenknight@mondo-video.com

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