TABOO I-II-III-IV (1979–1985): A Retrospective of the Unspoken Decade
(Jamie Gillis), a sex therapist specializing in incest trauma who discovers his own family is unraveling through similar forbidden desires. Cultural Impact and Legacy Mainstream Turning Point: won the first-ever Homer Award for Best Adult Tape from the Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) Taboo I-II-III-IV -1979-1985-
Final Verdict
Before it became a massive 20+ volume franchise, the first four chapters of The film tries to wrap up storylines, offering
The final film of the original run (before the series devolved into unrelated numbered sequels) focused on the children from previous films now coming of age. Kay Parker returns as Barbara, now older and serving as a matriarch burdened by her past. The film tries to wrap up storylines, offering a somewhat melancholic look at consequences — including separation, guilt, and fractured relationships. The production is noticeably slicker (early 1980s video aesthetic), but the raw edge of the 1979 original is gone. Still, for fans, it provides closure: Barbara’s final monologue is a somber reflection on love and damage. The creator(s) of Taboo remain unknown
The creator(s) of Taboo remain unknown. What little is known comes from bootleg distribution notes: four reel-to-reel tapes and a single deteriorating VHS compilation, circulated via underground mail networks in West Berlin, New York’s Lower East Side, and London’s warehouse squats. Each installment was marked only with a Roman numeral and the year of its “recording”—though archivists now believe the dates reflect when the material was collected, not necessarily created.