Point of Terror, Lounge Singer and Homicide

A poor man's Tom Jones?  Perhaps a very poor man's Neil Diamond?  The lounge singer!  This character does not get enough play as the main protagonist in films.  Today we have one...he has a hairy chest that pushes against a lot of cleavage buffs.  He'll have pre-marital sex with a lot of women...and he'll be used by evil cougars.  Something so 1970s exploitation about today's film.  Oh, did I mention Dyanne Thorne is in it...in all her glory!  Today we look at 1971's "Point of Terror," directed by Alex Nicol.

Tony (Peter Carpenter) is a lounge singer at a coastal club called The Lobster House (I hear they have great dinner rolls, just don't fill up on them).  He croons and has every women in heat during his performances.  While basking at the beach he meets bikini babe, and older woman, Andrea (Thorne).  She promises to come to hear him sing.  By the way, he has a hot GF named Sally (Paula Mitchell), who is more his age.  Uh oh...Andrea owns the top record company in the country and promises to sign Tony to a big contract.  Oh yes, Andrea's invalid husband, Martin (Joel Marston).  He actually owns the company and he is jealous.  Easy...murder ensues.  Now Andrea owns the company,  Peter is captivated and has much steamy pre-marital sex with Andrea.  Uh oh...she is getting bored and, after all, there are younger men with less chest hair.  He does not take the lack of attention well.

Enter Andrea's step daughter, Helayne (Lory Hansen).  The babe is home for her dad's funeral and she will fall in love with Tony.  The two will have passionate pre-marital sex.  Yep...now Andrea wants Tony back. Did I mention murder?  No, not Martin's demise...the other one.  You'll see.  It all makes sense.  Helayne and Tony get very close and Andrea gets desperate and more intoxicated.  Oh!  Remember Sally?  I'll just say she refuses to be an insignificant character in this twisted story.  Oh!  Did I mention murder?  There will be a lot of it.  Where is this all leading?  Easy, the ending will be loud, furious, vicious, and horrific.

There will be sex in a pool, sex in an ocean, sex in a bed, sex on a couch, sex on the floor, and Tony will be a party to all of it.  Will Andrea and Tony put their age difference aside and strike up a healthy relationship?  Will Tony and teenager Helayne put their age difference aside and strike up a healthy relationship?  Will Helayne and Andrea engage in a steamy catfight that results in murder?  Erotic and vicious.  The ending will shock you even though it may have been inevitable.  For a steamy good time with steamy pre-marital sex and bloody homicide, see "Point of Terror."