Taboo - I-ii-iii-iv -1979-1985-

By 1984, the Golden Age was fading, replaced by the harder, faster aesthetics of VHS. Taboo III is where the series jumps the shark—or rather, the family tree. This time, the narrative introduces a younger generation, including a teenage daughter and a family friend. The incest now includes brother-sister dynamics, and the Oedipal tension is spread across multiple characters.

To discuss the Taboo series is to discuss a peculiar, uncomfortable, and undeniably influential pillar of the "Golden Age of Porn" (late 60s–mid 80s). In an era that gave us the narrative ambition of The Devil in Miss Jones and the mainstream crossover of Deep Throat , the Taboo films carved out a darker, more psychologically fraught corner of the adult film landscape. They traded slapstick and disco soundtracks for heavy drapes, Oedipal tension, and the magnetic, maternal presence of Kay Parker. Watching Taboo I through IV (1979, 1982, 1984, 1985) is less a marathon of eroticism and more a case study in how a franchise can begin as a transgressive art piece, find its formula, then slowly devolve into mechanical repetition. Taboo I-II-III-IV -1979-1985-

The original Taboo is a legitimate artifact. Directed by Kirdy Stevens, it tells the story of Barbara (Kay Parker), a divorced, lonely woman in her late 30s whose adult son, Paul (Mike Ranger), returns home. After a series of emotionally charged encounters and a disastrous date with a man her own age, Barbara and Paul cross the line. By 1984, the Golden Age was fading, replaced

The inevitable sequel arrives three years later. With the first film a surprise hit, Taboo II faces a classic problem: how to top the original incest? The solution is to widen the net. Kay Parker returns as Barbara, but this time the plot involves her younger sister (Dorothy LeMay) and a complicated web involving the sister’s stepson. The incest now includes brother-sister dynamics, and the