Adult Cinema Review was perhaps the perfect expression of a New York adult film magazine in the 1980s.
It was run by a collective of veteran porn journalists, that included Peter Wolff (aka ‘Box Crawford’), Dian Hanson (aka ‘Constance Whitbread’, aka ‘Kristabel Boonay’), and Joyce James, and it employed a plethora of adult film talent (including Annie Sprinkle, Carter Stevens, Jody Maxwell, and Ron Jeremy), who contributed articles, reviews and gossip.
The first issue of Adult Cinema Review was published in July 1981. Its mission was clear from the start: it would provide pictorials from the latest east and west coast adult films, interviews with directors and stars, and copious industry news and insider gossip. The magazines also contained ads – and lots of them – for films (“Impossible Sex Acts from European Films”), aphrodisiacs (“Spanish Fly – Fast Acting New Formula), Chinese sex dolls (“From The Land of the Diminutive People Comes Kim – Your Little Personal Doll”), and more.
By 1983, the magazine was a cash cow, cheap to compile from an abundance of riches emanating from an X-rated film scene anxious to promote its product, and a big seller to an audience keen to learn more about their carnal silver screen heroes.
We look back at the issues published in 1983, which include articles and photo spreads with Lee Carroll, Kandi Barbour, Bridgette Monet, and Tiffany Clark; and features on film such as Taboo II, Irresistible and Babylon Blue, and much more.
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Adult Cinema Review: The Complete 1983 Issues
January 1983
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-Star stories by Ron Jeremy: Bobby Astyr, Lisa Cintrice, Mai Lin –Laurienne [Laurien] Dominique profile -Film reviews including: The Fan, Sound of Love, Satisfactions, Peaches and Cream –Serena interview & pictorial -Debbie Heinz interview & pictorial |
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February 1983
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-Star stories by Ron Jeremy: Vanessa Del Rio, Harry Reems -Film reviews including: Memphis Cathouse Blues, Smoker, The Girl from S.E.X., Undercovers, Little Orphan Dusty Part 2, Body Magic –Velvet Summers interview & pictorial –Candy Samples interview & pictorial –Lee Carroll interview & pictorial |
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March 1983
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-Star stories by Ron Jeremy: Hyapatia Lee –Taboo II: interview with Kirdy Stevens -Foxy boxing profile with Bunny Hatton –Up and Coming: profile of Marilyn Chambers –Kandi Barbour profile & pictorial –John Christopher interview -Film reviews including: Suze’s Centerfolds, Foxy Boxing |
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No April 1983 issue published
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May 1983
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-Star stories by Ron Jeremy: Sulka, Jesse Adams, Sparky Vasc, Annie Sprinkle –Mai Lin interview –Lee Carroll interview & pictorial –Hyapatia Lee interview & pictorial –Mistress Candice interview & pictorial –Taboo II: from the stars’ points of view -Film reviews including: The Stimulators, Hot Dreams, Nasty Girls, Irresistible |
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June 1983
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-Star stories by Ron Jeremy: Samantha Fox, Hyapatia Lee –Dorothy Lamay interview & pictorial –Carmel Nougat interview & pictorial –Alley Cats with Bunny and Buddy Hatton -Film reviews including:Puss n’ Boots, Fantasy Follies, Debbie Does Dallas II, Sexcapades, Sulka’s Wedding |
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July 1983
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-Star stories by Ron Jeremy: Sharon Kane, Shauna Grant, Jamie Gillis, John Holmes, Chuck Vincent –Angel Cash interview & pictorial -The girls of Babylon Blue: Alexis X, Sharon Kane, Jackie Loriens, Joanna Storm, Bridgette Monet –Alexis X interview & pictorial –Lust Inferno: Interview with Drea -Film reviews including: Private School Girls, In Love, The Sinners |
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August 1983
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-Star stories by Ron Jeremy: Rhonda Jo Petty –Bridgette Monet interview & pictorial –Robin [Athena Star] interview & pictorial -Film reviews including: California Valley Girls, Babylon Blue, Maneaters, The Perils of Prunella |
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September 1983
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-Star stories by Ron Jeremy: Georgina Spelvin, Tish Ambrose –Rhonda Jo Petty interview & pictorial –Linda Jackov profile & pictorial -The weird and wonderful world of Fred Lincoln –Molly Royal and Joe Momma profile & pictorial -Film reviews including: Glitter, Doing It, Once Upon a Secretary, Show Your Love, In The Pink, Bad Girls II, Kneel Before Me |
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October 1983
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–Peaches and Cream: behind the scenes report -Film reviews including: 1001 Erotic Nights, Sulka’s Wedding, Hot Dreams, Centerfold Celebrities, Taboo II, Nasty Girls |
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November 1983
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-Porn star gossip: Sharon Mitchell, Ron Jeremy, Linda Lovelace, Lisa de Leeuw, Vanessa Del Rio, Candy Samples –Seka profile & pictorial -Candy Samples profile & pictorial –Seka profile & pictorial –Tiffany Clark profile & pictorial –Gail Palmer profile -Kandi Barbour profile & pictorial -Lusty Ladies pictorial with Joanna Storm -Film reviews including: Irresistible, For the Love of Pleasure, Up and Coming, Night Life |
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December 1983
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-Sharon Mitchel profile -Especially for porn ass lovers –Marlene Willoughby interview & pictorial –Roberta Findlay interview -Film reviews including: Between Lovers, Night Hunger, The Young Like it Hot, A Taste of Money |
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Can I put in a request for the early years of Adam Film World some time??!
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So was “Peter Wolff (aka ‘Box Crawford’)“ also “Boz Crawford” who directed Scooter Trash among others?
Yes – one and the same.
Impeccable magazine. I have to admit there was better journalism elsewhere, but this was my favorite for coverage of XXX.
Adult cinema Review magazine was part of Books-A-Million store from 1980s and early 1990s that’s really interesting keep up the good work
This was my favorite magazine back in the day. I used it for raw material while working though “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” (https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Right-Side-Brain-Definitive/dp/1585429201). Somewhere there is a notebook filled with pencil sketches from it.
Later I took a figure drawing course, but it wasn’t the same.
Great work! Thanks for this. If Robin Marina AKA Athena Star and her mom were truthful in that interview, that’s nuts.