The Seduction (1982)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

David Schmoeller

Writer:

David Schmoeller (writer)

Release Date:

29 January 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Alone...frightened...trapped like an animal.

Plot:

An attractive, well-known TV newscaster is stalked by an obsessed admirer, a TV station scriptwriter...

Plot Keywords:

Phone Terror | Maniac | Fanatic | Conflict | Revenge

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

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
Diana Rose	...	Mrs. Wilson
Shailar Schmoeller	...	Ricky Wilson
Marilyn Wolf	...	Waitress
Jeffrey Richman	...	Technical Director
Cathryn Hartt	...	Teleprompter Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Deborah Koppel	...	Teleprompter Girl (uncredited)

Directed by
David Schmoeller

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David Schmoeller		writer

Produced by
Frank Capra Jr.	....	executive producer
Bruce Cohn Curtis	....	producer
Tom Curtis	....	associate producer
Chuck Russell	....	executive producer
Joseph Wolf	....	executive producer
Irwin Yablans	....	producer

Original Music by
Lalo Schifrin

Cinematography by
Mac Ahlberg

Film Editing by
Anthony DiMarco		(as Tony Di Marco)

Costume Design by
Linda M. Bass

Makeup Department
Francesca Maxwell	....	makeup artist
Myke Michaels	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Michael Fottrell	....	unit production manager
Blossom Kahn	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Betsy Magruder	....	assistant director
Peter Manoogian	....	assistant director

Art Department
David B. Clark	....	set dresser
David L. Glazer	....	property master
John R. Woodward	....	carpenter

Special Effects by
John Eggett	....	special effects

Stunts
Craig R. Baxley	....	stunt coordinator (as Craig Baxley)
Gary Baxley	....	stunts
James M. Halty	....	stunts (as James Halty)
Paula Marie Moody	....	stunts (as Paula Moody)

Camera and Electrical Department
Daniel Pearl	....	additional photographer
Gregory Peters	....	best boy electric

Transportation Department
Frank Darabont	....	transportation captain (as Frank A. Darabont)

Other crew
Allen Jones	....	creative consultant
Charles Newirth	....	location manager

Production Companies

• The Romantic Venture

Distributors

• AVCO Embassy Pictures
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• IVS Video UK (1983) (UK) (VHS)
• Nacional Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

The Romantic Venture

Trivia:

Bette Davis was a fan of this film. After watching it on cable television she allegedly sent actress Morgan Fairchild a letter praising her work.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Terror in the Aisles (1984)

Had possibilities, but it's too straight and square to be much fun

After an erotic, sinuous credits-sequence with a shadowy woman gliding through the waters of a swimming pool, we get mired in straight-faced, B-movie hell. Morgan Fairchild, looking unsure and as stiff as her hairdo, plays a TV news anchorwoman who attracts a stalker. Truly mines the depths of drive-in cliches--and dispatches with one character in such a ridiculous fashion it may have invented a new cliche--"The Seduction" is just half-undressed tripe. Too bad, it had the possibilities of being a juicy, nasty little thriller with soft-core edges. There's nothing edgy about Fairchild's presence: she's as slick as lip gloss and about as permanent. * from ****