The Servant

Online Rental: 48 hrs $7.95 Director: Thor Stevens Studio: Stable Entertainment Starring: Dean Phoenix, Blake Harper, Derek Cameron, Steve Cassidy, Ben Damon, Alec Martinez, Drew Peters, Brock Mickford, Yuri Breshnev, Ricky Shore, Rob Steele Rating:

One cannot be of service unless one has the confidence to take control. That's the motto of Garret (Dean Phoenix), the obsequious servant who only lives to serve. Or does he? Garret's "Ask Jeeves" act might be a little too good to be true. Why is he always sneaking around for those secret meetings with his boyfriend the swarthy groundskeeper (Steve Cassidy) anyway?
    Blake Harper is the master of the house, a decadent southern gentleman named Gray, who always wears white. Blake gets the hots for his trusty man-servant in spite of his lover Jeffy, played by a positively snotty Derek Cameron. ("Don't call me that in front of the help.") In one sultry scene, Derek seduces Blake on a grand staircase, wearing a robe and nothing else.
    But one studly boy-toy isn't enough for Blake's poor little rich boy. He gets his jollies spying on Dean as he jerks off in his servant's quarters. Dean, in turn, uses a nude photo of Blake and thoughts of Blake in the bathtub for inspiration.
    Blake dreams of fucking the help in one fantasy sequence involving his gardener Ben Damon, his personal trainer Rob Steele, his lawyer Brock Mickford and "kissing cousins" Drew Peters and Alec Martinez. (Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? This scene was shot in the master bedroom of the mansion that once belonged to Joltin' Joe himself and sex goddess schizo wife, Marilyn Monroe.) Drew Peters, a youthful twink with the sinister eyes of a young Malcolm McDowell, is an insatiable bottom in this scene, as well as an earlier scene with Martinez.
    Soon Garret is catering to Gray's every whim. He even arranges a private sex show using a pair of local rent boys (Ricky Shore and Yuri Breshnev).
    As Dean's manipulations become more apparent the movie spirals into a southern fried pop psycho-drama that has Blake idling around the house in his bathrobe and getting liquored up like Brick in Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. At least he looks good in that bathrobe. He looks even better in the final shot, wearing Dean's tie (and nothing else).
    Gets an E for effort for trying to be more than just your everyday run-of-the-mill suck-n-fuck. But the plot is a bit draggy. The production values are way higher than average though. It looks more film-like than most videos and features some great locales. It was shot on location in Savannah and Bel Air--including Joe and Marilyn's mansion.