Even though it has only a handful of votes, 'Sister Dearest' may have the highest user rating of all movies in the IMDb. Why? Well, it's got a great cast, exciting action, a made-for-porn story (sexual initiation into a college fraternity), higher than normal production values, a decent script and even some passable acting. But of course, the main thing it has going for it is Traci Lords.
Or to be more precise, it HAD Traci Lords. As everyone must know, Traci was too young to vote when she made this film, and consequently it was pulled from commercial distribution forever. Her deception turned the industry on its ear and made lots of trouble for thousands of people who took it on good faith that she was over eighteen. Anyone who ever saw her work can understand how she fooled everyone, and without being too graphic, Traci looked and performed at her peak in this film. Her rise in popularity was almost as quick as her fall, and it was deserved.
The large body of work she put out in 1984 and '85 belies a couple of assertions she's maintained since she went "legit." One is that she made very few adult films and they were frequently repackaged and sold as something new when they were not. The other is that she was in a drugged haze most of the time she was making these movies. That may be a convenient memory for her but virtually all accounts from her contemporaries refute this. She showed up for work on time and conducted her business affairs in a sober, serious manner.
The movie was recut without Traci and re-released after the revelation about her age. Christy Canyon is listed as among the cast by the IMDb. If she is then her footage must have been added to the recut version, because she certainly wasn't in the original, though such stars as Ginger Lynn, Crystal Breeze, Susan Hart and Lois Ayers (as Sondra Stillman) are to be found.
Or to be more precise, it HAD Traci Lords. As everyone must know, Traci was too young to vote when she made this film, and consequently it was pulled from commercial distribution forever. Her deception turned the industry on its ear and made lots of trouble for thousands of people who took it on good faith that she was over eighteen. Anyone who ever saw her work can understand how she fooled everyone, and without being too graphic, Traci looked and performed at her peak in this film. Her rise in popularity was almost as quick as her fall, and it was deserved.
The large body of work she put out in 1984 and '85 belies a couple of assertions she's maintained since she went "legit." One is that she made very few adult films and they were frequently repackaged and sold as something new when they were not. The other is that she was in a drugged haze most of the time she was making these movies. That may be a convenient memory for her but virtually all accounts from her contemporaries refute this. She showed up for work on time and conducted her business affairs in a sober, serious manner.
The movie was recut without Traci and re-released after the revelation about her age. Christy Canyon is listed as among the cast by the IMDb. If she is then her footage must have been added to the recut version, because she certainly wasn't in the original, though such stars as Ginger Lynn, Crystal Breeze, Susan Hart and Lois Ayers (as Sondra Stillman) are to be found.