THE DEVIL'S HONEY Directed by Lucio Fulci in 1986 (cannot find on Spout!)
Jessica is in love with a Saxophone player by the name of Johnny. Together they play a mean game of cat and mouse. Johnny is unnecessarily cruel. His sexual role as dominator is in full swing! He sodomizes, tortures, plays mental games, takes off for days at a time, etc. while Jessica whines and complains, but keeps coming back for more. After an afternoon of kink Johnny falls and hits his head on a rock. Later that night during a recording session in the studio Johnny collapses and is rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile, his surgeon-to-be is having serious marital problems and is no longer excited by his wife. He visits prostitutes where he is turned on by humiliation! His wife Carol finds out about his excursions and decides to divorce him. The doc panics due to this breaking news just before he enters the hospital room to operate on Johnny. The doctor is exceedingly preoccupied by his troubles during the surgery and Johnny dies during the procedure. Jessica is tormented, angry, and goes quite insane! She blames the doctor, calls his office, and eventually kidnaps him. Soon, the tables are turned as Jessica plays the tormentor. Between flashbacks of her relationship with Johnny and her current situation with her captive it soon becomes evident that Jessica is reaching for something, some conclusion or closure. Wild and Kinky, Lucio Fulci's excursion into domination and role reversal was even ahead of its time in 1986!