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      They're Playing With Fire

      R Released Apr 27, 1984 1h 36m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 35% Audience Score 50+ Ratings A professor (Sybil Danning) seduces a student (Eric Brown) into her husband's (Andrew Prine) get-rich scheme, followed by murder. Read More Read Less

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      Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com A thriller in name only that's awkward on every conceivable level (writing, direction, acting, scoring, you name it). Danning's bare assets are the only assets of this low-budget stinkathon. Rated: 2/10 May 19, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Hikmet Avedis was the director of 1974's The Teacher. Howard Avedis is the director of this film. They're similar films. And the same person. So there you go. This movie is all about Jay (Eric Brown, Private Lessons), who gets caught up in a film noir-like murder mystery. And see, you thought that this was going to be all about teen comedies and not death! Wrong! (We know! We've done Private Resort with Johnny Depp, and Private Parts (not the Stern one), but not Private Lessons? We're working on it!) What sold me on this movie were the two leads: Andrew Prine (The Town that Dreaded Sundown, Simon King of the Witches) and Sybil Danning (Battle Beyond the Stars). They're a married couple who want to get his mom into a retirement home, but things go wrong and she gets killed. Jay gets way too deep into their affairs, but look: if you were a 19-year-old college kid and Sybil Danning regularly rumbusticating you, chances are you'd do anything she asked. This movie has a lot in it, to tell the truth. It's somewhat a sex comedy. It's sometimes a slasher, like when a hidden Santa Claus beats a woman with a baseball bat. It's got Dominick Brascia in it, who played the candy bar eating heavy guy in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning. It's got Alvy Moore in it, who was Hank Kimball on TV's Green Acres. It was the best role Sybil ever thought that she acted in. And by the end of the movie, it's become a giallo complete with a room full of horrific artwork, dead bodies and a secret sibling! Despite the tagline, "From his French maid, he got Private Lessons. Now his English professor is giving him a REAL education," this is not a sequel to that film. Also: I kind of hate Eric Brown, as he got to do love scenes with both Sybil and Sylvia Kristel. That's kind of getting way too much out of your life. No one deserves that much. Just listen to this song and remember: Eric Brown got to do three love scenes with Sybil Danning. Try not to get enraged. It gets worse: he hooks up with Sylvia Kristel in Private Lessons. You've just gone postal. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member I saw this as a teenage, The guts of the story is: A student gets seduced by his hot professor and gets manipulated by her. And if Sybil Danning was your teacher, who wouldn't want to be manipulated by her! A good film for Sybil Danning fans. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member This is sorta like My Tutor w/ a ski masked killer. Almost laughable @ times that its best moments are when Sybil Danning is naked (which thankfully happens 4 times; damn that woman likes to shower) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member the only reason to see this movie is to see sybil danning's tits period. every college age guys fantasy to have your professor seduce u. after i saw ms. danning i always knew i'd be a MILF LOVER! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A professor (Sybil Danning) seduces a student (Eric Brown) into her husband's (Andrew Prine) get-rich scheme, followed by murder.
      Director
      Howard Avedis
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 27, 1984, Limited
      Release Date (DVD)
      May 15, 2007
      Runtime
      1h 36m