Pulling off successful "camp" movie emulation is not quite as easy as one would typically believe it to be. More often than not filmmakers get caught up in the actual "filmmaking" process and forget where their camp roots have stemmed from. "Real" movies have their place in society without a doubt, of course this is a moot point. However, when one is attempting to emulate the B-Movie goodness we've all grown to know and love of yesteryear (with a high camp value to boot), they must forget everything that they "think" that they may have learned about filmmaking. Throw it out the window fellas, if you want me to believe that your film has camp value, you have to believe it first. In the case of William Winckler, well, this fella apparently knew what he was doing. Double D Avenger is not a great film by any stretch of the imagination (is it supposed to be? I suspect not) but what it does have is an extreme camp value that is virtually priceless with fantastic familiar faces and the effort of a true fan of the "so bad it's got to be good" class of cinematic goodness. Bottom line here is that it's just a good time.

Let's keep the story synopsis here oh so short and sweet as I don't want to scare anybody away from this films extreme absurdity and its blatant disregard for anything that even resembles sanity. Chastity Knott (Kitten Natividad of Up! and Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens) is the proprietor of a successful pub who has just been informed by her doctor (Raven De La Croix also of Meyer's Up!) that she has breast cancer (the comedy portion of the film is coming, don't worry). To make a long story short, Chastity heads down to the South American Jungle (which looks like a cleverly disguised Beverly Hills backyard) for a rare cure (yup, you heard right). Chastity needs to brave the crockazilla (I hope I got the word and the spelling correct there, either way you get the idea) plant with a bit of suck and blow in one particularly funny and downright dirty scene. Not only is Chastity's breast cancer miraculously cured, but she also develops these unusual super hero abilities (like super strength and the ability to spin in and out of her home made costume at will). In the mean time, an evil strip club owner named Al Purplewood sends out his three top murderous strippers (one of which is Haji star of Motor Psycho and Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!) to put and end to Chastity and her successful pub. Little do they know that their guns that seem to shoot shaving cream will be useless against the new and improved Chastity and her super human powers.

Despite it's relatively risqué subject matter and well endowed female cast, the Double D Avenger is a relatively tame and user friendly film (well, except for the dildo sword fight). There's no graphic violence and nudity is virtually non-existent (save for a quick yet blurred out photo montage). Respect is due to Mr. Winckler for sporting a successful camp homage without having to rely on extreme exploitative elements. This isn't to say that the film isn't exploitative, because it most certainly is (gloriously exploitative, it's about breasts after all). However, like many movies of this ilk, one does not feel the usual amount of guilt (that's right, no Crying Game shower needed after this one) or the need to hide the DVD under the bed from mom, girlfriend or wife. You can proudly display this disc on your shelf with impunity, how about that for progress!

Lovingly paying homage to nearly every genre of B-Film'dom, Double D Avenger not only sports the aforementioned familiar faces (which also includes horror icon Forrest J Ackerman) in addition the cult references within are numerous and quite often uniformly intelligent. It's evident that this film is coming from an educated cult fan's point of view. Double D offers up a great 70's 'esque superhero/action soundtrack (which resembles the old Wonder Woman theme) and some "so silly it hurts" moments that seem to hit just as many times as they miss. Keeping in mind all the while that there are plenty of positive moments found within to please, Double D Avenger is a decent spoof of classic proportions.

Presented on both DVD and VHS, this shot on video wonder survives quite well on the digital format. Obviously shot very inexpensively (and very quickly as well) this is a cleanly authored disc that exhibits very little (if any) by way of digital artifacting. Audio is presented in a standard video surround mix and also fares quite well. Dialogue sounds clear and music and effects come across quite clear. This is an all around solid presentation of a neatly packaged low budget presentation.

Extras include a trailer, a couple of still galleries (including some Kitten Natividad nudes) and an optional audio commentary with Kitten, William Winckler and Cinematographer/Editor Raul J. Germain Jr. It's evident that all involved had a blast making this film and it shows. There's even talk of a series of films starring the Double D Avenger and multiple casts of loonies. To this I say... bring it on.

Double D is not gonna be a film for everyone that's for sure. However, fans of Russ Meyer, standard B-movie crapola that's really fun for no apparent reason and the like should easily find much to enjoy here. It's meant to be lighthearted fun and that's exactly how it comes across... mission accomplished and a job well done. And don't forget, there's plenty of this to keep ya busy!

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