Title: Phantom Love Studio: Wicked Pictures Director: Jim Enright Cast: Stephanie Swift, Kylie Ireland, T.J. Hart, Nikita Denise, Mia Smiles, Kimi Lixx, Steven St. Croix, Dillion Day, Evan Stone, Dale Dabone Genres:: Couples, Comedy Condoms: Yes Reviewer: SexHerald Staff

Rating:

A great sex-flick except for, well, the sex.

A word to the wise right off the bat – it’s deceptive to bill this as a Stephanie Swift feature, seeing that she’s in only two scenes, where she’s seldom the center of attention and only one of which features penetration. Kylie Ireland on the other hand, gets the two one-on-one scenes (and doesn’t really make them shine either). Nothing against Kylie personally (she’s quite cute in “The Making Of”), but I was expecting this to be Stephanie’s show.

While ideal for those with a horny ghosts and spirits fetish, the sexiest moments of the movie may in fact be the opening credits. The other aspects of the movie do well – it’s got a good touch of humor, a great soundtrack, and even a half decent story line.

The problem seems to be ultimately uninspired sex scenes. There’s nothing horrible in the quality, but I get the sense that the performers, the girls especially, are a little on autopilot, though Wicked professional standards ensure that with these girls, autopilot is still going to get a good number of us viewers off. It’s just kinda placid if you’ve been around this kind of porn enough.

That said, there are undoubtedly good bits. The second scene, the supernatural suck and fuck welcome given to Steven and Stephanie by Mia Smiles and the gorgeous Nikita Denise, might make you willing to brave a few nights in a haunted house yourself – it’s given me courage, no doubt. Mia does some amazing tongue work here – totally supernatural.

There’s also the scene with Stephanie, T. J. and Evan. The girls are talking in the office, and we see Evan the ghost copping up feels while remaining invisible (“I swear it feels like someone’s… squeezing my tits..”). Evan’s got a fantastic look on his face the entire scene – the huge, mischievous grin of a (dead) man hustling some action on the sly. T. J. just lights up the screen (especially in that black dress) and good chemistry make this bit very watchable.

The last scene, where a 300 year old ghost (Kimi) is deflowered by our man Steven, proved quite charming. She handles his balls like the family jewels they are during the blowjob, and always has this dazed expression of innocent pleasure – easily what you might fantasize the look on the face of a virgin finally satiated to be. Kimi looks great arched out in a reverse cowgirl, and there’s some nice tit swaying when the heat is cranked up a notch.

On the whole though, the tone of the sex is a little subdued. I’m going to characterize Enright’s work in this movie as having achieved a touch that’s a mixture of slow and tender, but weighed a little more towards slow. The two scenes with Kylie combine this slowness with a lack of either situational spice (“plot relevance”) and the fact that it’s just straight up one on one sex to make me find both scenes completely boring – maybe she’s just a little too round for me.

On the brighter side: in between scenes, Steven provides hardly necessary confirmation that he is perhaps one of the best in-between-scenes actors in the business (and can shoot sperm a good two or three feet), and Anthony Crane does a good cameo as an ancient butler who can’t stay awake or on his feet – perfect for the Dumb and Dumber or Adam Sandler fans out there.

Special features worthy of mention: good (spoken) bios, and a decent “Making Of.” The latter typically adds a little feel-good to the movie atmosphere, but includes too many clips from the final cut. The chapter search could be a more detailed, no doubt – one for each scene is kinda beneath contemporary standards.