Dangerous Seductress (1995)

Director:

H. Tjut Djalil

Writers:

H. Tjut Djalil
H.R. Spring (dialogue)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

The Evil Queen returns to possess an American girl who she orders to go out and claim victims to sate her blood lust. |

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Indonesia | Photo Model | Bar | Sex

Cast

Kristin Anin	...	Linda (as Kristin Ann)
Tonya Lawson	...	Susan (as Tonya Offer)
Joseph Cassano	...	John
Amy Weber	...	The Evil Queen
John Warom	...	Bob
Simon Jonathan Wood	...	Sergent Dotty
Mick Camichael	...	Beko
Stuart Westley
Reynald Presley
Boy Margana
Shahreza Raziv
Jerry Chamberland
Made Benson
Andy Benson

Directed by
H. Tjut Djalil		(as John Miller)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
H. Tjut Djalil		(as John Miller)
H.R. Spring		dialogue

Produced by
Bill Lindsay	....	associate producer
Raam Soraya	....	executive producer (as Ram Soraya)
Raam Soraya	....	producer (as Ram Soraya)

Original Music by
Janice Hubbard
Michael Silversher

Cinematography by
David Mac

Film Editing by
Sean Thought

Casting by
Irena Kamal

Production Design by
Notto Bagaskoro
Sentot Sahid
Yan Senjaya

Art Direction by
Sudarsono

Costume Design by
Agnes

Makeup Department
M. Asril	....	makeup artist
Steve Prouty	....	special makeup effects artist
Todd Tucker	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Suhatsyah Usef	....	unit manager
W. Dody Yudianto	....	unit manager

Art Department
Bondan	....	assistant art director
C.S. Jamal	....	prop man
Muchtarrudin	....	assistant art director
Munawir	....	assistant art director
Uki Suprapto	....	prop man

Sound Department
Wayudi Dono	....	first assistant sound
Hartanto	....	sound
Handy Ilfat Ibrahim	....	second assistant sound (as Handi Ilfat)
Handy Ilfat Ibrahim	....	sound recordist
Komaruddin	....	sound mixer
Lenny	....	sound editor
Adi Molana	....	boom operator
Suparman Sidik	....	sound dubbing
Ventje	....	boom operator

Stunts
Alan	....	stunts
Ardi	....	stunts (as Ardy)
Budi	....	stunts
Ellis	....	stunts
Farouk	....	stunts
Gatot	....	stunt coordinator
Jecky	....	stunts
Naseh	....	stunts
Roto	....	stunts (as Rotto)
Rudi	....	stunts
Surip	....	stunts
Ujang	....	stunts
Winardi	....	stunts
Winarto	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Basri	....	lighting technician
Riswandi Liono	....	still photographer
Eddy Lukman	....	lighting technician
Anis Patty	....	lighting technician
Yusuf Safari	....	assistant camera
Taufik	....	lighting technician
Tosaeri	....	lighting technician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chairul Anwar	....	costumer
Dewi	....	assistant costumer

Editorial Department
Subagio Budi Santoso	....	assistant editor (as S)

Other crew
Jerry Chamberland	....	dialogue coach
Usman Gumanti	....	script
Karin Johnson	....	dialogue coach
Kiki Paat	....	assistant script
Posma Hendro Tobinc	....	assistant script

Production Companies

• Soraya Intercine Film PT

Distributors

• Mondo Macabro (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Ventura Distribution (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Bio Lady" - Thailand (English title) (DVD title)

Runtime:

95 min | South Korea:94 min

Country:

Indonesia | Philippines

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Unrated (DVD rating) | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Bali, Indonesia

Company:

Soraya Intercine Film PT

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The finger that crawls on the ground to the compact mirror doesn't make any contact with the ground or have a shadow.

Movie Connections:

References Fatal Attraction (1987)

not one of Indonesia's better horror movies, hurt by lengthy music-video type scenes, but still fun

I haven't seen many Indonesian horror movies, but I'd like to. Mondo Macabro has put out three on DVD: Mystics in Bali, Lady Terminator, and this one. With the real-life tsunami in the news, I couldn't help but wonder if the locations in this movie and the actors in it are OK.

Dangerous Seductress starts right off with action: thieves are racing away from cops. The driver keeps punching his passengers. They fire automatic weapons at the cops. They wind up in an accident near a cemetery, and one of them gets a finger cut off. The finger gets itself towards what looks like a compact mirror, which conjures up a dead witch or something like that. The finger's movement is pretty funny. It looks sort of like it is hopping forward on the fingertip, except the fingertip is never in touch with the ground - the finger is sort of floating. The special effects guy, in two separate extras on the DVD, stated that the way the finger moves is not what he had in mind, but that the Indonesians were in charge of it. I'm not sure if he had in mind for the finger to hop on the tip actually touching the ground, or to perhaps crawl like an inchworm. But the way it moves is pretty weird and memorable.

Meanwhile, a model is given an ancient book of Indonesian magic. I thought that was a strange gift to give a model! Her sister is getting raped and punched in the head by an abusive husband or boyfriend. She flees to join her model sister in Indonesia. Her sister must go to Bali for a photo shoot, and she is left at home with the book. Foolishly, she reads from it, which conjures the witch. She then starts seducing and killing men, occasionally consulting with the witch through a mirror.

I did enjoy this movie, but one aspect in particular was very hard to take. Pretty frequently, a song would come on and some sort of repetitious activity would sustain itself for the duration, like a music video. A photo shoot, or a 1980s-style montage of trying on one set of clothing after another, etc. There was a lot of this, and I wouldn't be surprised if it actually accounted for half the running time. I might have been able to handle this better if the characters actually started singing, but since this wasn't a musical, I wish they'd simply cut the scenes. Who were they meant to appeal to?

I liked Mystics in Bali a lot more, and Lady Terminator was better too, but this was still entertaining.