KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

gridoon2018 Unfortunately, "The Bitch" is neither campy enough nor trashy enough to live down to its sensational(istic) title. In fact, apart maybe from a pool-orgy sequence, it is rather quaint. Joan Collins' character is hardly even a bitch - she is just rich and liberated. She does get to flash her bare body, which should be enough to get a rise out of most viewers, but this film is more of a promo for disco music than anything else.

Michael_Elliott The Bitch (1979) 1/2 (out of 4) Fontaine Khaled (Joan Collins) is now on her own, making her way through various lovers while also trying to run a disco. Before long her love life starts to get complicated and she also has to deal with some Mafia types trying to get in on her business.THE STUD was a really bad movie that thankfully reached some cult moments and it was a low-budget film that became a huge hit at the box office. Sadly, when a film makes money a sequel is bound to follow and here we are with THE BITCH. Was it a good idea to make the film? Well, it at least makes the awful THE STUD look much better in comparison.Usually I list the various problems with a film but in the case of this one I'll just say that everything is a problem. Well, there was one good thing. The film at least looked very professional. Director Gerry O'Hara at least manages to give you a good looking movie but, to be honest, that doesn't make it any more entertaining. There are some pretty bad performances scattered throughout the film, there's some bad editing and I'd even argue that it doesn't live up to the original.The film doesn't reach the same sleazy level as the original, although it does try to copy some of the original film's elements. The orgy sequence from the first movie was trashy but the one here is just lame. Yes, the one here contains more nudity but by the time it happens most viewers will already be asleep. We're given another title track and a very bad one at that. Collins isn't nearly as bitchy as the first film and all of the characters are a complete bore.

MARIO GAUCI The sequel to THE STUD (1978), also based on a Jackie Collins novel, is more of the same - if more elaborately plotted, taking in a diamond heist, fixed horse-races and the mob! The stud this time around is the Italianite but ultra-resistible Micheal Coby and the girl with whom he shares a brief moment of bedroom bliss turns out to be working for the mob - headed by a campy turn from Ian Hendry (who seems to have just strayed in from GET CARTER [1971]).The mix is as before: tawdry shenanigans in lush settings to (a literally dying) disco-beat. Collins again does a dry-run for what eventually became her signature role, that of Alexis Colby in the long-running TV soap opera "Dynasty". As I said, these films are bad but a fun one-time viewing nonetheless.

L. Denis Brown Joan Collins seems to delight in filming some of the most trashy novels written by her sister Jackie, and playing the part of the most outrageous character in the book. How else can one explain her roles in the films of "The Stud" and its sequel "The Bitch"? Viewers comments in the IMDb database for "The Stud" probably say all that really needs saying about both of them. I find watching such films is rather like attending an unwanted disco party - it is painful whilst it lasts, and after it is over, I am left to ask myself what made me waste so much time doing something so futile. In the case of "The Bitch" this analogy is particularly appropriate as the lighting for much of the film is very like what one might expect to find at a disco, and is probably equally capable of leading to a headache. However there are usually short periods of enjoyment to provide some small consolation during even the most futile party. Watching this film, the consolation for me was a very short pool party which was free of psychedelic lighting effects and was not only more restful on the eyes but also quite amusing to watch. In consideration of this I will rate the film at two out of ten, rather than giving it only the one that it really deserves.