Season Hubley in Prettykill

Sometimes a movie is so bad it's good, other times so bad it's bad...but good. Prettykill goes far beyond these simple conventions and into a very unique and bizarre territory. I firmly believe that one must attain a higher consciousness in order to watch, let alone enjoy a film such as this.

Prettykill (also known as Tomorrow's a Killer) is a Canadian film with several somewhat well-known names attached. David Birney is ostensibly the star of the movie and he gives an outrageous performance as a grizzled cop. Yaphet Kotto plays his boss and he throws out a standard performance. British actress Susannah York is on hand as well, but she has little to do. Season Hubley comes across as beautiful and talented in her role. The single thing that takes this film so incredibly far over the top is the performance of Suzanne Synder as a psychotic hooker/killer. I won't even attempt to describe what she does in Prettykill...it has to be seen to be believed.

Anyways, Season Hubley's participation in this film is really what holds it together. The actress had already become famous playing a young prostitute in the movie Hardcore back in 1979. In 1982, she starred in Vice Squad where she again played a hooker, only this time in a far campier setting. Apparently wanting to out-sleaze her prior cinematic triumphs, Season Hubley took a starring role in Prettykill. This time she played a slightly older madam, connecting younger working girls with wealthy clients.

Despite the absurdity of Prettykill, Season Hubley still comes out relatively unscathed. In her mid 30s when she made the film, the actress looks lovely and gives an appealing performance despite being given relatively little to work with.

Season Hubley in Hardcore

In 1979, Season Hubley was featured in the movie Hardcore, the role that should have catapulted her to mainstream stardom. The film, written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring the legendary George C. Scott, had all the right elements to become a classic and over the years has become cult favorite. However, some time after the release of Hardcore, Season Hubley decided to get married and have a child, putting her career on hold fore several years.

In Hardcore, Season Hubley plays a young, streetwise prostitute named Niki (she also stars in adult films and works a booth a seedy locale). She is persuaded to help George C. Scott look for his missing daughter who has disappeared into depths of the California sex underworld. Yes, Season Hubley does appear nude in the film during two different scenes (in case you were wondering). It is also worth noting that there was some chatter at the time about her getting a best supporting actress Oscar nomination (unfortunately that didn't happen).

Anyways, Hardcore offered Season Hubley on of her most iconic screen roles and, due to the major studio backing and the big names involved, perhaps one of her most seen roles overall. She looks great throughout the film, gets to wear some funky fashions and gets to act opposite George C. Scott. What more could you ask for?

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Season Hubley in Total Exposure

Though she would not retire until the end of the decade, Season Hubley's last starring role came in 1991, in the exploitation movie Total Exposure. Season Hubley was the focus of the story in Total Exposure and definitely had the lead role in the film, alongside actor Michael Nouri. She would continue acting until 1998, but she never again had such a substantial role in a movie.

In Total Exposure, Season Hubley plays photographer Andi Robinson. On her way back from a photo shoot in Mexico, on of the models she has been working with stashes a kilo of cocaine into her luggage. When she gets home and discovers the illegal package, she proceeds to dump it down the drain. She is then targeted by various bad people who want the drugs back and eventually she has to hire a private investigator (Michael Nouri) after is she is framed for murder. It then turns out that the situation is even more complex than it once seemed, with a politician (played by Jeff Conaway) also involved somehow.

Though it might sound like a not-very-good movie (the film is generally reviewed in negative to mediocre terms, by professional and amateur critics), I actually found Total Exposure to be entertaining. Granted, I only watched the movie due to the presence of Season Hubley and I found her to be quite satisfactory in her role. Total Exposure was reasonably engrossing and I never had the urge to turn it off at any point during the course of the movie.

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