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David Schmoeller (writer)
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29 January 1982 (USA)
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Alone...frightened...trapped like an animal.
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An attractive, well-known TV newscaster is stalked by an obsessed admirer, a TV station scriptwriter...
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Psycho Thriller
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3 nominations
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One Of The Eighties' Best "Unintentional" Comedies
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Morgan Fairchild | ... | Jamie Douglas |
 | Michael Sarrazin | ... | Brandon |
| Vince Edwards | ... | Maxwell |
 | Andrew Stevens | ... | Derek |
 | Colleen Camp | ... | Robin |
| Kevin Brophy | ... | Bobby |
| Wendy Smith Howard | ... | Julie |
 | Woodrow Parfrey | ... | Store Salesman |
| Betty Kean | ... | Mrs. Caluso |
| Joanne Linville | ... | Dr. Weston |
| Marii Mak | ... | Lisa (as Marri Mak) |
| Richard Reed | ... | Floor Manager |
| Roberto De Simone | ... | Photographer |
| Michael Griswold | ... | News Anchorman |
| Marilyn Staley | ... | Newscaster |
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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.