Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Christopher T. Chase As outstanding as the decade was for some really well-made films, the Eighties also saw many, MANY movies lighting up the screens that have in the years since become classic favorites...for other reasons. Right up there with camp classics like THE LONELY LADY and SPHINX is the soft-core jaw-dropper THE SEDUCTION.I recall vividly seeing this in a theater with a pretty good sized audience. Morgan Fairchild was in her heyday as a small-screen siren, dependable in her ability to dominate anything she appeared in with memorable performances, no matter how Gawd-awful the material. Good thing for her, because in this movie, intended as a vehicle to assist her transition to the BIG screen, she's really the only reason to sacrifice ninety minutes. Here she portrays preposterously glamorous news anchor Jamie Douglas - the woman who has it all. Successful career, big, lavish house in the hills (and how she can afford THAT on a TV anchor's salary is beyond me, but I digress) "handsome" boyfriend, (Michael Sarrazin, whose days as hunky eye-candy are long behind him at this point). She also has a youthful admirer, an aspiring photographer named Derek (Andrew Stevens, another TV favorite who had a little more promising career in films). Jamie is touched and amused at Derek's affectionate, puppyish overtures at first, seeing his infatuation with her as sort of a schoolboy-like crush. What she doesn't realize is that his obsession with her has turned pretty much 'stalkeriffic', and that he's prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure that he has Jamie all to himself. In the right hands, with a much better script and a lot more sure-handed director (with all due respect to cult-fave helmer David Schmoeller), this could've been a lower-budget cousin to De Palma's Hitchcock pastiche, DRESSED TO KILL. Unfortunately, THE SEDUCTION plays more like DRESSED TO KILL YOUR FUNNYBONE!The frequent close-up shots meant to accentuate - and exploit - Morgan's striking beauty are effective, be it clothed or unclothed, but in the context of this movie's sheer awfulness, it all comes off like the best SNL skit never written. "Oh, this is me happy." "And this is me horny." "And now, EEEEK! I'm terrified!" "And now I'm angry! GRRRR!" Nobody gets out of this one unscathed, though, even the usually excellent Colleen Camp, who plays Jamie's required 'gal-pal.' Vince Edwards has even less of a pulse than Sarrazin and both certainly do nothing to raise the profile of the male presence in this movie from the realm of boorish chauvinists and skeezy voyeurs. I don't recall at that point ever having heard this much laughter from an audience for what was supposed to be a thriller. (Little did I know that there were even worse movies in my future than this!) Unfortunately, Lalo Schifrin's score made matters worse, trying to gild a wilted lily. And don't even get me started on the theme song performed by Dionne Warwick. Sorry, folks. When you burn the toast, at some point you have to accept that all the butter and jam in the world can't disguise it. Where the movie crosses that camp line from plain bad to the sublimely ludicrous is how you know THE SEDUCTION earned its stripes as one of the Top Twenty Best Worst Films of all time. I could attempt to describe the scene for you in detail, but I couldn't even begin to convey the magnificent wretchedness of it all. It's just something you've got to see to believe. And it's matched only by the ultra-preposterous ending. In closing, let me recommend that on that special night when you and a group of friends pull out the popcorn, the margarita fixin's and the makings of a monumental Bad Movie Marathon, be sure to add this monster to the list.

rainman626 I struggled to refrain from voting "1" on this. I still remember going to see this movie in the theater along with a college buddy. The thought of seeing Morgan Fairchild nude on the big screen had us glued to the movie. We were nothing short of disappointed. It was time and money we'll never get back in our lives. I think that guy still holds talking him into going against me. Now that I'm middle aged, I should perhaps view this again, but I doubt my disappointed reaction to Morgan Fairchild in the buff will be any different. Definitely a woman who looked better with clothes on. Without the potential of hot nude scenes, the movie was a 4 - maybe kind of an average thriller, probably more scary to women than men. It'd probably be a decent date movie (when one factors in the ulterior motives of getting a date scared) were it not for the nude scenes.

jbarnes-10 Big 80's hair, cardboard acting, Great score, some intense moments, and more Morgan Fairchild then one should see. This is one of those films that is so bad its good. I saw this movie in the theater when it was new and I thought it was great. (I was 14 give me a break) anyway, there is some really good psycho stuff in this film, and Andrew Stevens is way hot! And I must correct the other review, the crazy guy is played by Andrew Stevens and Collen Camp is wonderful as the smart ass best friend "Robin" who tells Morgan Fairchild (Jamie) that she has to fight back and stand up to her stalker! If a campy/drama movie is your style I recommend this film,Brainless fun.

Mikew3001 There's nothing really special about this thriller about a maniac (Michael Sarrazin) terrorizing the woman of his dreams, a handsome TV moderator (Morgan Fairchild). The story is too predictable, and the psychological depths of the acting are really missing. Although there are some thrilling moments, is is not enough to maintain a thriller for 104 minutes. Even the score of Lalo Schifrin, usually a specialist for breath-taking thrillers and action movies, is rather boring. You won't miss much except for Morgan Fairchild showing her nice figure in every occasion.