Fantasm Comes Again

Fantasm Comes Again is a 1977 Australian softcore pornographic film. It is the sequel to Fantasm (1976) and was the first feature directed by Colin Eggleston.

Fantasm Comes Again
Australian film poster
Directed by	Eric Ram
Screenplay by	Robert Derriere
Produced by	Antony I. Ginnane
Starring	Uschi Digard Rick Cassidy Rainbeaux Smith John C. Holmes Serena Angela Menzies-Wills Bill Margold
Cinematography	Vince Monton
Edited by	Tony Patterson
Music by	John Mol
Production companies	Australian International Film Corporation First Film Finance
Distributed by	Filmways Australasian Distributors
Release date	26 December 1977 (1977-12-26)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	$85,000[1][2]

Plot

Journalist Libbie is taking over the "Dear Collette" sex advice column at her newspaper from veteran reporter Harry, who is retiring. Over the course of one night, Harry talks Libbie through a series of letters from their readers. They include:

• rape in a drive in theatre
• teacher-student sex in a gym
• lesbian seduction in a barn
• a suburban orgy
• incest
• sex in a pool
• sex in a library
• oral sex on the road
• a threesome in an elevator
• sex between monks and a nun.

Cast

Wraparound Story Angela Menzies-Wills as Libbie Clive Hearne as Harry Silence Please Tom Thumb as Harold Liz Wolfe as Rita Rosemarie Bern as Cindy Christine De Shaffer as First Reader Pat Benco as Second Reader (credited as Pat Manning) Martin Margulies as Third Reader Workout Rick Cassidy as Mr. Bates Michael Barton as Miss Peabody Double Feature Urias S. Cambridge as Bob Rainbeaux Smith as Carol Peter Kurzon as Ted Lois Owens as Alice Mike Stapp as Rapist

Going Up? Suzy A. Star as Penny Amanda Smith as Sally Herb Layne as Bill Rhonda Willcox as First Onlooker Eve Darling as Second Onlooker Sam Menning as Third Onlooker Straw Dolls Uschi Digard as Leslie Dee Dee Levitt as Bianca Dee Cooper as Jake The Good Old Gang at the Office Con Covert as Mr. Clark Lem Lary as Mr. Davis Brenda Fogarty as Miss Christie Bryant Rigby as Tony Elaine Collins as Miss Ford Helen O'Connell as Miss Carter Pat Benco as First Guest (credited as Pat Manning) Titus Moede as Second Guest P.J. Jackson as "Lollipop" Winston as "El Che" Candy Fox as "Yellow Rose"

The Kiss of Life Bill Margold as Tony Suzanne Walsh as Samantha Linda York as Jo Mary Johnson as Terri John C. Holmes as Stud Titus Moede as Moody Family Reunion Al Ward as Uncle Fred Mary Gavin as Frances (credited as Candy Samples) Nancy Mann as Virginia Kodax as "Fluffy" Overdrive Jesse Adams as Sterling Christine De Shaffer as Carol True Confession Serena as Imogene Michael Karnitz as Joe Antony I. Ginnane as "Monk"

Production

The linking scenes between the two journalists were shot in Australia, and the sex scenes were filmed over 12 days in Los Angeles by an Australian director and cinematographer, using American porn stars.^[1]

The budget was larger on the sequel in an attempt to attract a bigger audience; in contrast with the original, where only one of the ten stories was lip sync and the rest in voice over, all the stories in Fantasm Comes Again had lip sync dialogue. Ginnane later thought this was a mistake as it distracted from what was on screen.

Reception

The film sold well around the world but was not as popular as Fantasm at the Australian box office.^[1] Ginnane blamed the fact by the time it was released there was a glut of sex films on the market and the delay caused by censorship hold ups. (In 1980 David Stratton called it "the most censored of the new Australian films."^[3]) By 1979 the film had not yet broken even but Ginnane was confident that would be the case.^[2]

Ginnane later said that he felt Colin Eggleston was just as competent a director as Richard Franklin but thought his sense of humour was different "and perhaps it didn't suit the material as well".^[2]