Cinderella's Hot Night (4 Stars)

This is the 18th film directed by Dean McKendrick, made in 2017. After making three erotic thrillers last year, he's turned his attention to erotic fairy tales. I assume all my readers know the basic premise of the Cinderella fairy tale, so I don't have to worry about giving away spoilers. The setting has been moved to the modern-day America, and Cinderella is a poor student, but it's basically the same story.

Cindy doesn't exactly dress in rags. She's clean and tidy, but she doesn't like to wear fancy clothes. She wears jeans and simple shirts, just like me. In fact, the shirt in the picture looks remarkably like the one I'm wearing right now.

She's a student, but she's also an unpaid intern for an international shipping company. She complains that she's unable to pay her rent, so her boss invites her to live in his house with his wife and two daughters. It's obvious from the start how the family runs. He does all the work. His wife lives a lazy life of luxury. His daughters are spoilt brats who make fun of poor girls like Cindy.

But just look who his wife is! It's Beverly Lynne, one of the sexiest women on the planet. She's 44 years old, but she's sexier than women half her age.

Unfortunately, there's no wedded bliss. Beverly is more interested in having sex with the butler, played by Regis Filman. When she demands sex from him he complains, "But it's the third time this week". That confused me at first. What man in his right mind would complain about sex with Beverly Lynne? As the film continued I understood his problem.

Beverly's two daughters also have sex with him on a regular basis, whenever they want. Poor Regis must be exhausted. He's not allowed to say No, and if his performance isn't up to standard he'll be fired.

This was Regis Filman's first film, and after three years he still hasn't made another film.

Maybe he didn't enjoy being an actor. I can't see what's not to enjoy about the job.

But I'm getting off the subject. I'm so infatuated with the Evil Stepmother that I'm forgetting that the story is about Cinderella.

Cindy's boss dies in a plane crash, leaving Cindy at the mercy of Beverly and her two daughters. They tell Cindy that she can remain in the house if she becomes their "maid". In actual fact she's a virtual slave, cooking, washing, scrubbing the floors, gardening... no job is too unpleasant for her.

Along comes Prince Steven of Kritonia, who's looking for a wife. He hosts a party in America, and he invites many beautiful women, including everyone in Beverly's household. Cindy isn't allowed to go, because she has too much work to do, and besides, Beverly says a prince would never want a poor girl like her.

Beverly wants the prince to marry one of her daughters. They're both pretty, but I'd rather marry their mother.

Along comes the Good Fairy, who casts a spell and sends Cindy to the party.

This is the role Christine Nguyen was born to play. She looks like a fairy with or without her clothes.

But what's wrong with fairy spells? Why do they have to expire at midnight? As soon as the bells chime Cindy is gone, and Prince Steven is left with just a shoe in his hands. It's the shoe of the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. It's all a matter of taste. Cindy is pretty, but what about Beverly? And he hasn't seen the fairy. Christine Nguyen would tempt him as well. It's a close call. Evil Stepmother or Good Fairy? It's not just about looks, I'd have to pick Evil over Good.

Something was bugging me about Prince Steven's castle. I was sure I'd seen it before. I looked through my old films, and there it was! It's the building that was used as the family church in "Ghost in a Teeny Bikini", made 11 years earlier in 2006. Dean McKendrick was film editor, so he already knew the location.

"Let's forget about the stupid shoe! You're the woman for me!"

No, that's not what he says. The shoe fits Cindy, so he marries her and they live happily ever after.

Even the Good Fairy is happy. Christine is always the bridesmaid, never the bride, but she's content to use her magic to make others happy.

This film is still available on DVD from Amazon, but hurry if you want a copy.