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One woman, seven personalities, and a whole lot of bad decisions waiting to happen.
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Sylvia (1976)

Grindhouse psychodramaExploitation with a PhDSuburban fever dream

Overview

Drama

Sylvia is seemingly a quiet, reserved, saintly person living on a quiet, reserved well-manicured street in upper-middle class suburbia. However, Sylvia is hiding a secret - she has a multiple promiscuous personality disorder. However, one of her other persona's is about to cross the line.

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Standout Aspects

Acting

Joanna Bell commits to chaos with deranged enthusiasm.

Direction

Peter Savage's sleazy sincerity elevates the material.

Best for:Solo: When you want to question your life choices at 2am.·Background: Weird enough to glance up occasionally.
Heads up:Sexual Content: Frequent explicit content across multiple 'personality' encounters.·Triggers: Dated, sensationalized portrayal of mental illness throughout.
Peter Savage

Director

Peter Savage

ReleasedNov 18, 1976
Runtime1h 32m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium

Top Cast

Joanna Bell

Joanna Bell

Sylvia

Helen Madigan

Helen Madigan

Sheila

Pamela Serpe

Pamela Serpe

Cousin Toby

Marc Stevens

Marc Stevens

Salesman

Sonny Landham

Sonny Landham

Junkie #1

Grover Griffith

Grover Griffith

Mr. Wavery

Russ Banham

Russ Banham

Flashback Boy #2

Peter Savage

Peter Savage

Doctor Balaban

Bobby Astyr

Bobby Astyr

Orgy host

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

This rode the 1970s wave of 'multiple personality' exploitation films following Sybil's cultural impact, but replaced psychological nuance with softcore spectacle.

Trivia

Director Peter Savage also produced Deep Throat; this was his attempt at 'legitimate' drama, which explains the confused prestige-grindhouse tone. Sonny Landham later played Billy in Predator—quite the career pivot from 'Junkie #1.'

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