Disclaimer: I watched this movie on in a full screen edition released as part of a 4 pack by Screen Media. Try online for a widescreen version if you must rent.
So, the movie has an interesting title and movie poster. You would think that the movie would be filled with sexy scenes, some gore, and maybe some monster effects. That's why I bought it and you might want to watch, right? Well, we don't get any of that.
What special effects there are are mostly physical and female. We never see Lilith, the titular demoness, transform. She glows and changes instantly. The crew knew it looked terrible and wisely chose to limit the times we see it occur.
The film doesn't have any idea about what kind of genre it wants to be. It begins with our two spoiled bro-heroes visiting Cancun and one of them hooking up with some hottie named "Lilith." Since you've read the title, you know what Lilith is.
The first third is a series of scenes featuring the two bros trying to get laid as much as possible. It's amazing how the female writer/director goes out of her way to make these guys as obnoxious as possible and how she writes them to describe all the women as sex objects. She also shows a man kissing a dead woman's body.
Lilith begins to stalk the main bro and he appeals to his dad for help. Then, we are treated to an unearned "emotional" sequence for this character we care nothing about. If anything, I was cheering for Lilith to frighten him some more!
Finally, what payoff we receive is a confrontation between the hero and the Succubus where he spouts some cheesy dialog and then she does and then it just ends. This part plays out like a self-aware comedy horror movie, which is weird because the film isn't like that up to this point.
The movie is at least watchable. The actors are competent and the cameos are welcome. The actors are attractive. The soundtrack often seems to get in the way of some of the dialog. Not that we care. No one has anything to say. If the writer/director could have picked a tone and made less of a deliberate effort to be misogynistic and creepy this could have been recommendable. Seriously, who puts a scene where a person makes out with a corpse as a joke? That's sick!
So, the movie has an interesting title and movie poster. You would think that the movie would be filled with sexy scenes, some gore, and maybe some monster effects. That's why I bought it and you might want to watch, right? Well, we don't get any of that.
What special effects there are are mostly physical and female. We never see Lilith, the titular demoness, transform. She glows and changes instantly. The crew knew it looked terrible and wisely chose to limit the times we see it occur.
The film doesn't have any idea about what kind of genre it wants to be. It begins with our two spoiled bro-heroes visiting Cancun and one of them hooking up with some hottie named "Lilith." Since you've read the title, you know what Lilith is.
The first third is a series of scenes featuring the two bros trying to get laid as much as possible. It's amazing how the female writer/director goes out of her way to make these guys as obnoxious as possible and how she writes them to describe all the women as sex objects. She also shows a man kissing a dead woman's body.
Lilith begins to stalk the main bro and he appeals to his dad for help. Then, we are treated to an unearned "emotional" sequence for this character we care nothing about. If anything, I was cheering for Lilith to frighten him some more!
Finally, what payoff we receive is a confrontation between the hero and the Succubus where he spouts some cheesy dialog and then she does and then it just ends. This part plays out like a self-aware comedy horror movie, which is weird because the film isn't like that up to this point.
The movie is at least watchable. The actors are competent and the cameos are welcome. The actors are attractive. The soundtrack often seems to get in the way of some of the dialog. Not that we care. No one has anything to say. If the writer/director could have picked a tone and made less of a deliberate effort to be misogynistic and creepy this could have been recommendable. Seriously, who puts a scene where a person makes out with a corpse as a joke? That's sick!