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The Turning
editor’s choice
AAAA 1/2
Girlsway Productions/Girlfriends Films
GirlfriendsFilms.net
Director: Bree Mills, Stills by Alan
Cast: Adriana Chechik, Anikka Albrite, Carter Cruise,
Dana Vespoli, Jelena Jensen, Mercedes Carrera, Tara
Morgan; Maggie Renault, Lola Foxx, Sara Luvv, Bree
Mills (Non-Sex Roles). 240 Min.
Category: Drama, All-Girl
Tara Morgan, Adriana Chechik and Carter Cruise lust after Sapphic juices
in Girlsway’s lesbian horror movie.
There’s a lot to love in this ambitious all-girl extravaganza, and it’s got the AVN
Award nominations to prove it. In addition to nods for Best All-Girl Movie and
Best Director – Feature for co-directors Bree Mills and Stills by Alan, the
screenplay, editing and makeup got well-deserved recognition—as well as two
standouts in an overall solid ensemble cast.
At the center of the story is Halle White (Adriana Chechik), an emo punkette
misfit who’s miserable with her religious foster family. The mother, Dana Smith
(Dana Vespoli), embraces Halle, but the same can’t be said for her bitchy step-
daughter, Sara (Anikka Albrite). And when Dana forces bride-to-be Sara to
let Halle plan her bachelorette party, it embroils the women in a mysterious
conspiracy.
After visiting sympathetic bohemian Freedom (Mercedes Carrera), Halle insists
Sara and her two best friends, Blaire (Carter Cruise) and Cassie (Tara Morgan), go
on a wellness retreat instead of the wild weekend in Vegas that Sara wanted. But
things get pretty crazy at the retreat once Blaire and Cassie get a taste of Dr. Elixir
(Jelena Jensen) and her blooming tea.
Subtitled “A Lesbian Horror Story,” The Turning plays on the tropes of vampire
movies. But here the sexy predators hunger not for blood but rather for the sweet
Sapphic juices of young women. Once the girls have been “turned” into lesbians,
the erotic fun gets rolling in three beautifully shot all-girl orgies filled with frantic
licking, fingering and tribbing.
The DVD presents the original webisodes in six chapters, which flow together
into a well-paced movie that’s creatively edited with interspersed close-up shots of
clits and pussy lips to create a sense of mounting sexual frenzy. All the performers
do a good job, including Albrite as the most reluctant lesbian convert, but it’s
really Chechik’s show. Going from an unkempt mess to a radiant beauty, she hits
the mark throughout.
— Iris Blocks
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