Succubus (2024) User Reviews

A succubus movie is always an excuse for boobs and bums. This one is no different but it at least tried valiantly to provide a bit more

[AJ_Nel · 5/10 · 9 June 2024]

Succubus (2024, Russia). I want to start off by saying that I hated the film less than I thought I would. It is obviously not the first horror film with this title and in general and by merely dropping "Succubus " in the film title any logical person will already know that this will be a boobs and bums (sofcore / erotic) film, and that it will be laboriously and ineptly dragged along to the (anti) climatic showdown with said Succubus. So no spoilers here as that's the gist of the film. That said, the sets were proper and they definitely contributed to a eerie fantasy feel. All the film thus had to do (bar from keeping the sets, and the folks on and around the sets, in camera focus) was to sell a secret / plot twist which justifes me staring at boobs for about 90 minutes. Again,and despite the haphazard writing, this was done pretty convincingly. In fact, the acting even contributed somewhat to building and maintaining the suspense. The problem, which was always there, is how does one create an interesting twist for an erotic horror, specifically given the degree of attention the average viewer will in any event pay to the storyline? Armed with the brutally obvious and honest answer of "baffle them with bs", the film throws out a few underdeveloped, and sometimes not even causally connected, red herrings. Further, and in order to make sure that nobody gets totally stumped by said red herrings, they are explained away almost as they arise . This then brings us to the end where (as always) a thousand-odd year old deity falls into a trap set by the cast of "Days of Our Lives". It's here that I have to come in and say "not so fast, you might be in for a surprise". The problem is this surprise is the only potential surprise which comes up in these types of films and they in turn only exist as a foot in the door for the second installment of the franchise... So, basically nobody cares about the surprise. Despite all of this (and not for a lack of repetition), the effects, sets, atmosphere and outside cinematography really works and the acting is not horrible. So a solid 5.5/10. Not a 6 though and as I can only choose between a 5 and 6, it is unfortunately a 5/10.