Best and Worst Watched in 2022 - Lilith Likes to Watch

2022 is behind us and we venture into 2023. Things are slowly getting better. They are, really, though it might not really look like it from here.

Anyway, let’s ring in this new year with a new Best and Worst of list! Like last year, I’m doing this in alphabetical order just so I don’t have to agonize over what was better than what and why.

We watched over 50 films this year! We didn’t miss a single week. I am extremely proud of that. It was close one or two times but we managed to persevere!

The rules are the same, it has to be something we first watched in 2022. Otherwise Behind the Green Door would be on this list and that movie does not need any more attention.

Are you ready? Let’s begin!

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The Top Five Films Watched in 2022...

ANGELA VOL. 3
Original Score: 5/5
Why it's on this list:
It is the peak of Angela White’s career.

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This review was daunting to write because it had it’s own write up in The New York Post, so what could I possibly say that would compare to that? Everything of value was already said.

Is there such a thing as Gonzo emotion? Maybe. If so, this is it.

We only watched the creampie scene, because that’s where the best emotional highs were found. If you want primal wreckage porn with a emotional catharsis chaser, watch this scene. It runs a very cleansing gamut.



THE LISTENER
Original Score: 4/5
Why it's on this list:
It’s so pretty and very unique

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This July we tried something new: Mystery Month, wherein my partner Kage picked the movies we watched. The first of the month was The Listener, brought to us by Lust Cinema. This movie is quite a treat. It’s cozy but coy, lavish and lascivious, and had an actual plot full of twists and turns. If you can get past the inciting incident being the murder of a woman, this film is a delight for any and all voyeurs.



SKIN-FLICKS
Original Score: 4/5
Why it's on this list:
Damiano’s raw truth put to screen!

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I did not expect to like this as much as I did. For the first half, I was worried it was just a typical 70’s porno, but then it takes a sharp turn into art imitating life. I shouldn’t have been surprised, with Damiano’s signature storytelling, and Sharon Mitchell at her prime, it’s no wonder Skin-Flicks ended up on this list.

It’s obvious that Damiano was drawing from his own life and career when penning this film, and it makes it all the more tragic. Damiano fancied himself not a porn-peddler but a film maker, and he goes at this with claws and knives, skewering and gutting this industry which chewed up and spit out so many in that time. Dark commentary indeed. Also, it’s hot.


TABOO
Original Score: 4/5
Why it's on this list:
Surprisingly classy given the subject matter.

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In 2022, the porn industry lost an icon in Kay Parker. Taboo was the film that made her an icon in the first place. She knew that this film, featuring the physical love between a mother and son, was going to happen with or without her. She chose to play the part in hopes of giving the film some depth, and class. In my eyes, she succeeded, and it seems many feel the same way. Taboo launched several sequels, and made Parker a name in the business.


The story is not perfect, there are moments that drag, or are remarkably insensitive by today’s sensibilities, so perhaps approach with caution. If you can tolerate the tenderness between blood relations, and you enjoy the trappings of late 70s - early 80s visuals, or if you just want to pad your historical porn backlog, watch this. It’s at its most tasteful when it’s perceived to be tasteless.


X-CONFESSIONS
Original Score: 3.5/5, 5/5
Why it's on this list
: We watched so much XConfessions this year…

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XConfessions is on this list for the second time in a row. This was the year of XCon. Between all the Owen Gray scenes and just “Fuck it, Lilith and Kage like XCon so we’re gonna watch a shit load of XCon this month…”, we watched an approximate legion of XCon content. We watched so much that some of them never even got reviewed!

Look, at this point we can’t really say anything new. You know what XCon’s mission statement is and you either support it, or you don’t care. We at Lilith Likes to Watch care. We support it. Sometimes not all the scenes hit right, or feature content that doesn’t appeal but there is always something for someone and it’s beyond admirable that a studio is embracing all sorts of people and spectrums and fetishes. It might not be for you, but it is for someone and that’s an excellent thing.


And on that high note, we plummet down to the worst. Ready?


The Bottom Five Films Watched in 2022...

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Original Score: 2.5/5
Why it's on this list:
Not hot enough.

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One can often guess the sort of book I’m writing by what I’m reviewing. I was ankle deep in writing my Beauty and the Beast reimagining, and Monster Lover May was an opportunity to showcase some quality monster smut. Unfortunately this Beauty and the Beast was not good. It had terrible audio, it wasn’t sexy or hot, the plot was kind of all over the place, and there was very little impressive with the titular Beast. When you put this next to something like Borowczyk’s La Bete, you really see all the missed potential. They had very little and what little they had, they clung to for dear life.


DEVIL’S ECSTASY
Original Score: 1.5/5
Why it's on this list:
It bored me.

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Offensively dull with a needlessly complicated plot and twist for the sake of twists. Forgettable sex scenes. It’s criminal that this film has such a great title, and was made right as Satanic Panic was on the rise and we get this drivel. Great. Now I’m mad I had to think about this movie again.



PAPRIKA
Original Score: 2/5
Why it's on this list:
Confusing and gross.

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Okay I should have written the worst of list first because now I’m in a bad mood. Paprika was a gross, confusing mess that had no sense of time or pacing. Everything Paprika is made to go through is gross. Everyone is gross to her, or she is gross to others. This is not a feel good story about a young woman clawing her way to the top of her profession. This is not Pretty Woman. This is a movie where the main character goes to get a medical procedure and the doctor fondles her. Fuck this movie. The only saving grace is that it’s nice to look at and the leading actress is lovely.



SACRED FLESH
Original Score: 1/5
Why it's on this list:
Ugly and softcore.

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I very much enjoyed Nigel Wingrove’s Visions of Ecstasy and was excited to see what he would do with a full feature of filthy frolicking nuns. The answer was…basically nothing. A squadron of nuns are paraded before us, kissing and rubbing one another but there’s very little content here. It’s all fake, and tired. It’s a great shame because Wingrove made beauty out of unpenetrated sin before. Sacred Flesh pales in comparison to what the director is truly able to accomplish. It’s very, very sad.



TERRI’S REVENGE
Original Score: 2.5/5
Why it's on this list:
Low quality and skips the good parts.

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So, I say Terri Hall is one of my favourite performers in the business, but this is the second time one of her films has ended up on my worst of list. That’s not fair, really. It wasn’t her fault that I didn’t like this. It was mostly the result of very confusing, choppy editing and an entire premise the film just rushed through. There was also an instance of a woman being penetrated by a scrotum, which I had never seen done before. It didn’t look appealing for either party. Squirmy and uncomfortable, a vicious revenge movie that feels hacked to bits. Zebedy Colt has a great story here, it’s just light on the plot points. I think I would love a remake of this.


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And that’s the best and worst of 2022. I’m not sure we hit, surpassed, or sunk the same level as 2021 but we’ve certainly reached a big range of content, subject matter and themes!

We’re looking forward to the new year and are working on some great things coming down the pipeline. We hope you’ll stick with us and I hope to continue bringing interesting reviews to the discerning debauchery delvers!

Welcome to 2023, my voracious voyeurs. I’m Lilith, and I’m always watching.

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