Evil Ambitions (1996)

Directors:

Mark Burchett
Michael D. Fox

Writers:

Mark Burchett (writer)
Michael D. Fox (writer)

Release Date:

31 October 1996 (USA)

Plot:

A public relations firm is really a front for a devil-worshiping cult that kidnaps young models to sacrifice to the devil...

Plot Keywords:

Model | Front | Reporter | Public Relations | Gagged And Bound

Cast

Paul Morris	...	Pete McGavin
Amber Newman	...	Brittany Drake
David A. Levy	...	Gideon Jessup (as David Levy)
Lucy Frashure	...	Julie Swanson
Renae Raos	...	Detective Leslie Kellog
Debbie Rochon	...	Madame Natalie
S. William Hinzman	...	Miles Bishop (as Bill Hinzman)
Kindra Laub	...	Gretchen
Rob Calvert	...	Lester
Cari Minster	...	Tawny
Amy Ballard	...	Victoria
Stacey Sparks	...	Jamie
Randy Rupp	...	Satan
Dakota Summers	...	Mrs. Jessup (as Dakotah Summers)
Katie Wilke	...	Daphne

Also Known As:

Satanic Yuppies

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Company:

B+ Productions

Quotes:

[discovering that Julie, the woman his cult intended to sacrifice, isn't a virgin after all]
Satan: Who would have thought that lying to your preacher daddy about those extra-long high school prayer meetings would end up saving your life.

Soundtrack:

The Darkness of My Mind

If only they had the money ....

How many times have you watched an overblown, overproduced studio production like Coppola's "Dracula" and thought to yourself "I could make a better movie than that in my basement with my friends"?

Well, the makers of this film thought the same thing. They took a few grand and make a homemade video.

In all honesty, the film does have one strength. It has a good script. It's basically an r-rated version of a "Night Stalker" episode. (The main reporter character is even named McGavin). The plot is coherent, some of the characters are interesting, and there are some very funny lines.

Example:

High priestess: "Do you take Satan to be your lawful spouse, in richer and even richer ..... etc"

Bound and gagged victim: (makes fearful struggling noises).

High priestess: "I'll take that as a yes"

Satan himself is also funny, the ultimate achievement-oriented corporate guy, kind of similar to the Christian Bale role in American Psycho. And the Kolchak-like reporter has some pretty good wisecracks.

Real movie companies, with real budgets, have filmed worse scripts than this. Much worse.

But then there's the matter of the execution. The lighting is funky and too dark. The fight scenes involve people falling off-camera. The special effects consist of people leaning backward.

The acting is, well ....

Let's just say this is your movie if you go to porno films because you love the acting, but you actually hate porn. Most of the lines are delivered with the same flat monotone that you'd expect from local furniture store owners reading their own TV commercials off cue cards.

Oh, well. The script is still OK for a few laughs, and could be pretty good if professionals delivered the lines.