Loaded with style and embracing a tone of decadence, Michael Raven's "Principles of Lust" offers a meaty role for Sydnee Steele, coming during the director's most successful period of work, with durable hits produced for Sin City. It's not to be confused with Michael Ninn's movie with the same name starring Taylor Wane (more of an all-sex exercise), released 7 years earlier.

Sydnee and Eric Masterson are on assignment to write an expose about an underground sex club run by Donovan (played by director Raven in a fine performance). They see blonde beauty Lisa Belle having sex on stage in their first visit.

Much of the story and plot is voiced over by Sydnee as Raven immerses the viewer in the club's atmosphere. There is one scene of regular plot, with Sydnee catching her boyfriend Eric Price humping hot Wendy Divine. She throws him out of the house, with his lame excuse (true, but so what?) that she was merely a birthday present from a friend, sent over to service him. No dice, is Syd's reaction.

A setpiece has the club's real purpose revealed, trafficking in white slavery. Two brand-new actresses at the time, Allysin Chaynes and Meagan Riley are featured, with a slave auction won by customer Herschel Savage to get a virgin for $50,000 and deflower her in front of the crowd, while Evan Stone in the audience is enjoying a three way with the other young girl plus busty Renee LaRue.

Alec Metro appears in the decadent climax, getting blow jobs from three breasty women: Sydnee, Renee and Anita Cannibal before humping Sydnee.

Raven takes the story into film noir territory by being quite dominant with Sydnee, with a strong night scene outdoors where he orders her to strip, humiliating her, but she chooses the dark side (as he predicted) when it comes to a decision whether to hand in the expose and close down the club forever, or give in to her lust and join the debauchery.

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