The Violation of Claudia + Hot Honey – Peekarama (Blu-ray)

Theatrical Release Dates: USA, 1977 (The Violation of Claudia), USA, 1978 (Hot Honey)
Director: William Lustig (Billy Bagg) (Both Films)
Cast: Sharon Mitchell, Jamie Gillis, Heather Young, Waldo Short, Serena, Colleen Anderson, Crytsal Sync, Robyn Bird, Herschel Savage

Release Date: October 21st, 2025
Approximate Running Times: 63 Minutes 28 Seconds (The Violation of Claudia), 71 Minutes 20 Seconds (Hot Honey)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Widescreen / 1080 Progressive / MPEG-4 AVC (Both Films)
Rating: NR
Sound: DTS-HD Mono English (Both Films)
Subtitles: English SDH (Both Films)
Region Coding: Region Free
Retail Price: $39.98

The Violation of Claudia: "a beautiful and wealthy housewife who, bored by her inattentive husband, enters the seedy, bizarre world of prostitution via her manipulative tennis coach." - synopsis provided by the distributor

Hot Honey: "Honey refuses her boyfriend’s non-stop advances, preferring to spend her time with her wheelchair-bound brother Michael. But through a series of unexpected events, Honey experiences a sexual awakening, transforming from wallflower to vixen and wickedly seducing men and women alike!" - synopsis provided by the distributor

Video: 3.75/5 (The Violation of Claudia, Hot Honey)

Here’s the information provided about this release’s transfers, "Newly scanned & restored in 2k from their original 35mm camera negatives."

The Violation of Claudia and Hot Honey come on a 50 GB dual layer Blu-ray.

Disc Size: 38.8 GB

Feature: 17.4 GB (The Violation of Claudia), 19.6 GB (Hot Honey)

Although some minor debris remains, most of the time the source is in excellent shape. Flesh tones and colors look correct, image clarity and black levels are strong, compression is solid, and the image always looks organic.

Audio: 3.5/5 (The Violation of Claudia, Hot Honey)

Each film comes with one audio option, a DTS-HD mono mix in English with removable English SDH. Although there is some minor background hiss, both sound clear and balanced. Range-wise, both audio tracks are serviceable.

Extras:

Extras for The Violation of Claudia include a hard version of the theatrical trailer (3 minutes 54 seconds, Dolby Digital mono English, no subtitles), a soft version of the theatrical trailer (3 minutes 54 seconds, Dolby Digital mono English, no subtitles), and an archival audio commentary with director William Lustig and filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn. Extras for Hot Honey include a hard version of the theatrical trailer (3 minutes 45 seconds, Dolby Digital mono English, no subtitles) and an audio commentary with William Lustig and Nicolas Winding Refn. Other extras include an archival image gallery (posters/advertisements/stills), a podcast with William Lustig and Steven Morowitz (63 minutes 28 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English with removable English SDH), reversible cover art, and a spot gloss slipcover (limited to 2,000 units).

Summary:

William Lustig, under the alias Billy Bagg, directed The Violation of Claudia and Hot Honey. He’s known for Maniac, Vigilante, Maniac Cop, and Relentless.

The Violation of Claudia: A bored bourgeois wife whose husband neglects her becomes a prostitute to fulfill her sexual desires.

For his directorial debut and his first foray into adult cinema, William Lustig delivers a film that often exceeds expectations. The Violation of Claudia’s premise is essentially an adult cinema repurposing of Belle de Jour. The protagonist is a sexually frustrated bourgeois housewife who looks elsewhere when her husband neglects her sexual needs. Throughout the film the protagonist helps those who pay fulfill their kinks, which include things like a food fetish related to sex and water sports.

The main attraction of The Violation of Claudia is Sharon Mitchell’s (Barbara Broadcast) portrayal of Claudia, a bored housewife who becomes an escort. She perfectly captures repressed desires and delivers what is arguably her best performance. The other performance of note is Jamie Gillis (Opening of Misty Beethoven) in the role of Kip, Claudia’s tennis coach who introduces her to the world of being a call girl. Although none of the performances are lacking, they all pale in comparison to Sharon Mitchell and Jamie Gillis.

From a production standpoint, The Violation of Claudia is a film that exceeds the sum of its parts. The well-executed narrative does an excellent job balancing exposition and carnal delights. Another strength of the narrative is how effectively it builds upon each moment, culminating with a jaw-dropping twist that blindsides the protagonists. The sex scenes are excellent and all but two of them feature Sharon Mitchell. Ultimately, The Violation of Claudia serves as a prime example of the quality that adult cinema's golden age can achieve when all elements align perfectly.

Hot Honey: A virgin experiences a sexual awakening after her sexually frustrated boyfriend dumps her.

Adult cinema has always relied on taboo subject matter, and Hot Honey features an incestuous relationship between siblings. That narrative revolves around a woman who's scared of sex, who then has a sexual awakening after losing her virginity. From that point, she engages in a series of sexual encounters with both men and women before reconciling with her boyfriend, now that she has gained greater sexual experience.

The cast has a few notable faces, like Jamie Gillis (Water Power), who portrays the protagonist's wheelchair-bound deviant brother; Serena (Afternoon Delights) in the role of the brother's nurse; and Herschel Savage (Young Like It Hot). Colleen Anderson (Skin-Flicks) is cast in the role of Honey, and she does a superb job portraying a character coming of age sexually.

Hot Honey is not as polished of a film as The Violation of Claudia; where the latter devoted time to exposition, the former is wall-to-wall sex with barely any dialogue. The sex scenes are packed with intensity, with Jamie Gillis' threesome with Serna and Colleen Anderson standing out as the most memorable. Ultimately, while Hot Honey is a well-crafted film, it follows a formulaic approach that prevents it from distinguishing itself from others in the genre.

Peekarama gives The Violation of Claudia + Hot Honey their best home media releases to date. Highly recommended.

 

Written by Michael Den Boer