If you like soap operas you're going to love Taboo American-Style 3, where the dealings of the Sutherlands make the Carringtons and the Colbys look like old prudes. While the first two parts introduced the incestuous clan, this third segment goes to even further extremes of incestuous perversities. Actually, perverse does not adequately describe Nina Sutherland (Raven) when it comes to getting what she wants, both in and out of the bedroom. She seduces her brother (Tom Byron) and his girlfriend (Carol Cross) one at a time and then together, to protect her relationship with her father (Paul Thomas), which she has nurtured since we first met her. She also interrupts a movie producer and his wife (Joey Silvera and Sarah Bernard) in their bedroom, actually making the wife watch as her husband never misses a stroke, in order to get a screen test for his movie. Raven's screen test and the initiation of an oedipal love affair between Byron and his paranoid schizophrenic mother (Gloria Leonard) are the two big plot developments during this part. Once again, director Henri Pachard maintains a smooth flow in character action and dialogue. The cast's performance has been consistent through all three parts. As for the sex, Raven is in control. The raunch becomes even raunchier under her dominating touch as she bends and moulds everyone to do her sexual bidding. The perverted bathtub scene with son Byron and mommy Leonard - who turns in her best scene so far in the series - makes the taboo of incest loom ever darker at Sutherland mansion. Cast: Raven, Paul Thomas, Gloria Leonard, Tom Byron, Joey Silvera, Carol Cross, Sarah Bernard
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