Director: Lee Esposito
Year: 2021
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Creature Feature
Plot:
After discovering her boyfriend cheating on her, a woman and her friends decide to summon a succubus demon to take care of him, but when the demon they brought forth is interested in playing games and toying with the rest of the student body must try to stop it before she kills everyone around them.
Review:
Overall, this one was just a generally decent enough effort. One of the better features here is the decided comedy take on the idea of having this demonic figure loose in the area and preying upon men the way she does. The exuberance and unrestrained glee with which she announces how she kills her victims or promoting her conquests to the group as if a puppy showcasing a trick to its owners adds a fun tone to the idea of the creature rampaging throughout the community. This becomes even more prominent once she turns her attention to the group and using her powers and seduction techniques to begin killing off her friends with a flair and style that’s highly impressive, especially with the final confrontation that’s the lone graphic encounter in the film. Combined with the great look of the demon in their make-up form, there are some likable factors throughout here.
There are some issues to be had with the film. The biggest problem here is the wholly bland style and presentation that manages to get the film going which is nothing new or unique. The idea of a scorned woman looking to get revenge on a cheating boyfriend through the summoning of a specific demon to make his life turn upside down is quite commonplace and predictable in this kind of film there’s little about this that sticks out from the dozens of other films involving this setup, especially with the films’ other big problem in that there’s a surprising lack of real sleaze or gore for a film about a sex-crazed succubus on the loose. The general setup and atmosphere here support this one really going into a darker and more overtly dirty territory, yet there isn’t anything remotely close to steamy or graphic anywhere close to the encounters here. With the sex scenes filmed at angles that make it unclear if they’ve even removed any clothing and all the kills generally happening off-screen. Without these aspects in a film this familiar, the film doesn’t really do much to stand out here.
Overview: **.5/5
While it’s watchable enough at times with the fun atmosphere and some enjoyable demonic encounters with the demon playing with and eventually killing others, the routine nature of the storyline and lack of sleaze or gore in a story that’s made for it to overcome those factors. Give it a look if you’re intrigued by these kinds of films or not really mindful of the flaws, but most others should heed extreme caution.
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