Black Tower Temptation (I) (2009)
"Temptation" (original title)

After a heavy night out with the girls, Isabel, and attractive young professional woman catches an illegal mini-cab home. Things take a turn for the worse when the cabbie pulls her into an ... See full summary »

Director:

Catherine Taylor

Writer:

Julianne White (screenplay)

Stars:

Caroline Haines, Laura Evans, Rachel Waters

Cast

Credited cast:
Caroline Haines	...	Isabel
Laura Evans	...	Kylie
Rachel Waters	...	Aurelie
Damian Morter	...	Jean Pierre
Laura Lagercrantz	...	Rebecca
Reena Lalbihari	...	Alyssa
Alyona Kazarova	...	Anne-Sophie
Ellie Jeffreys	...	Clarabelle
Faith Hanstater	...	Fran
Fred Joho	...	Reggie
Jim Ford	...	Harold Steams
Christien Le Roux	...	Imogen
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alessia Bonacci	...	Octavia
Graham Bowe	...	Detective Morris
Benjamin Brundle	...	Roger

Storyline

After a heavy night out with the girls, Isabel, and attractive young professional woman catches an illegal mini-cab home. Things take a turn for the worse when the cabbie pulls her into an ally and violently forces himself onto her, taking her life. From high above on the rooftop, an ancient female Vampire notices. Taken in by Isabel's beauty and innocence, she dispatches the Cabbie and feeds Isabel a drop of her immortal blood. Isabel awakes with 48 hours to decide whether to embrace immortality, or kill herself before she becomes undead.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | female nudity | lesbianism | murder

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 October 2009 (UK)

Also Known As:

Black Tower Temptation

Filming Locations:

Borough, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hicks/Jaggi, Liquid Noise Films, SjB Imperial Film & Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Official World Premiere at Gorezone Magazine International Film Festival.

User Reviews

Some decent acting, but resist the temptation to watch!

What works with Temptation:

1.) Topless violin playing. I love the violin.

2.) There were times during this tedious production, that I thought about turning it off and trying to weather it in nibble-sized pieces. Why I didn't was because Caroline Haines gives a compelling enough performance as Isabel. Her performance is better than the movie she's in and her acting is better than 99.9998% of the horrendous "acting" I see trying to endure these indie screeners. I couldn't think of a moment that I didn't believe Haines, long after I had given up on the movie. It's a wonder what a British accent can do to elevate a performance.

What doesn't work:

1.) In this "feminine approach to the vampire genre", writer Julianne White and director Catherine Taylor have attempted to make an Interview-with-the-Vampire-ish goth drama instead of a straight horror movie, but the results are a lot more tedious. I couldn't think of a single scare, even a cheap one. Or if there had been, I hadn't noticed it because I was so bored.

2.) Random characters have almost page-long monologues that have nothing to do with the main story line. As I watched I wondered what the hell these speeches had to do with the rest of the movie. Nothing.

3.) A character (I didn't bother to remember minor character names) "accidentally" leaves a body drained of blood in the middle of a park for the cops to find. I was unintentionally laughing at this rather convenient plot development, but I can't complain too much, since it was something other than monotony.

Despite the undeniable allure of lesbian vampires, resist any temptation to see this, as the movie will leave you unfulfilled on nearly every level. Its lack of both frights and effective titillation will leave you wanting… …for the Lesbian Vampire Killers to appear, if only to end this movie prematurely.