Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997 Video) User Reviews

You f*cked me, and now you are throwing me out.

[lastliberal · 5/10 · 25 January 2009]

Wow! Violet's mom (Athena Massey) and the pool boy don't waste any time in getting down to business, and we aren't 10 minutes into the movie when a grown up Violet (Jaime Pressly) is showing us everything she has in the bathtub. This is a good start.

Soon she is servicing Joy's (Megan Edwards) fiancée Michael (Greg Vaughan), and getting daddy (Michael Des Barres) all excited swimming topless.

It is so fun to see what Violet's devious mind will come up with next.

I enjoyed seeing Susan Tyrrell (Buddy Boy) again.

This is definitely Jaime Pressly's most skintastic performance and one you will never see again now that she has hit the big time.

your name doesn't have to be Earl to see Jaime topless

[movieman_kev · 5/10 · 17 April 2006]

Well I watched and reviewed the first two films in this series, so I figured what the hell, I'll just finish the trilogy up. Jaime Pressly stars as Violent, a teenage vixen who feeling betrayed that her mother (who was also this family's maid) was fired for having an affair with the father , a decade or so later decides to move in with the family who 'wronged' her mom and proceeds to use her best asset, her body, to get revenge. Is this film good in a conventional sense? Nope. Artistically? Haha not at all. In fact the only true reason to see this is Jaime Pressley herself, who ups the T7A quotient exponentially.

Eye Candy: Athena Massey gets topless once; Jaime Pressly shows hers multiple times and her ass once.

My Grade: C

Where i saw it: Thriller Max

Easily the best of the three so far but what happened to Ivan?

[poolandrews · 5/10 · 28 November 2010]

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction is set in Los Angeles & starts as a powerful banker named named Ivan Greer (Michael Des Barres) arrives home at his palatial mansion, looking for his wife Catherine (Marete Van Kamp) he finds his young & beautiful housekeeper Rebecca (Athena Massey) having passionate sex with the pool guy. Having an affair with Rebecca himself Ivan is not pleased to find out that she is the local bike & every bloke in the neighbourhood has had a ride, Catherine finds out about the affair & throws Rebecca & her young daughters Violet & Ivy out. Jump forward eleven years & Catherine is dead, Ivan is a single man living with his daughter Joy (Megan Edwards) when a grown up Violet (Jaime Pressly) comes calling looking for her childhood best friend Joy. Admitting she has nowhere else to go Violet is invited to stay at the Greer residence by Joy who is happy to see her again after over a decade but Violet has sinister motives for her sudden reappearance & has revenge on her mind...

Directed by Kurt Voss this is the third entry in the Poison Ivy series of films that began with the dull & uneventful erotic thriller Poison Ivy (1992) where a young Drew Barrymore played the manipulative Ivy who is implied to be the sister of Violet although never really mentioned in any significant sense, that was followed by the truly terrible Poison Ivy II (1996) which was more of a moralistic bore than a steamy thriller with the central female character portrayed more as the victim than the evil aggressor & then we come to this, Poison Ivy: The New Seduction which the makers didn't even bother to number & is in fact easily the best of the series to this point by far. Having recently watched the first two I am surprised at how closely this follows the original Poison Ivy plot with some vampish young woman preying upon a rich family, manipulating the weak daughter & seducing the rich father while playing on the death of the mother right down to sleeping in her bed & wearing her clothes. In fact this could be mistaken for a remake rather than sequel that rectifies many of the negatives from the original Poison Ivy like giving it's female villain a motive, like giving the script a little bit of humour & pace, like giving Violet some deliciously deviant, sexy & downright evil sequences unlike the tepid & bland original. From some amusing moments like Violet convincing Joy's best friend they just all had a threesome together which makes her run a mile to Joy walking in on her father Ivan & Violet in the middle of a bondage session with her father handcuffed to the bed & Violet dressed in a hot leather dominatrix outfit. There's some pace about this one as the script keeps moving, the character's are decent with Violet in particular much more of a presence than Ivy was in the original. On the negative side the rushed beginning feels like an afterthought, it's hard to believe that Joy would invite Violet to stay in her house & just suddenly pick up being best friends after eleven years & it's never really made clear why Violet wants to ruin Joy's life so much despite her main gripe being with her father Ivan who she has revenge on anyway although it's not entirely clear what happens to him as he is merely seen sat in a car supposedly having been suffocated by exhaust fumes which is hard to believe & never confirmed one way or the other.

Quite well filmed the one aspect of Poison Ivy: The new Seduction that stands out as another huge improvement over the original Poison Ivy is the casting of the lovely Jaime Pressly, man she is really sexy & just plain hot looking in this as opposed to Drew Barrymore who didn't fit the part of manipulative teen temptress that well at all. Her Jaime Pressly radiates sexiness, whatever she wears in any scene she is hot, from the leather dominatrix outfit she wears to the elegant red evening dress to her tight jeans & t-shirt girl next door look whatever she's in Pressly looks fantastic & is gorgeous. An added bonus is that there's lots more nudity than the previous two entries, again Pressly is just hot whether she's wearing something or not, her body is just great & is a real asset to the film as she has several nude scenes to show it off. I wouldn't say Poison Ivy: The New Seduction or Jaime Pressly are particularly erotic in a sensual way but they are hot in a sexy slutty top shelf magazine sort of way that is great to look at & admire if you know what I mean.

Although the acting is alright it's the super sexy & hot Jaime Pressly who steals every scene she's in, sh seems to be having great fun playing the lying manipulative best friend home wrecker out for revenge & Pressly just look plain gorgeous in every scene she's in. Acting pro Susan Tyrrell has a small role role as a suspicious housekeeper & has some amusing moments facing off with Pressly as they trade insults & derogatory looks.

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction is a massive improvement on the previous two forgettable & bland entries even if it follows the original in plot quite closely, it adds a little motivation & a dark humorous edge as well as the lovely Jaime Pressly who is super hot as Violet. I am not sure there are many more floral female names like Ivy, Lily & Violet with the next & so far final entry Poison Ivy: The Secret Society (2008) using the name Daisy, are there anymore?

A feel good movie, know what I mean Vern?

[PIST-OFF · 18 February 2000]

Yes this isn't high art, great writing, or anything else that you would expect from a movie. But nobody ever said it was supposed to be that. If you are looking for fine film or Oscar caliber performance look elsewhere. If your looking for one freakin erotic movie, sit down, your ship has come in. Jaime Pressly is ridiculously goddess-like hot and meant for worship in this standard erotic thriller. This is supposed to be a feel good movie, it gets it's job done and how!!!!!!!!!! I give it an 8 out of 10 based on the fact that it serves it's purpose and does what it's supposed to do. Winning Oscars ain't it. But neither are movies like Death Race 2000 or Enter The Dragon but they still rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Poison Ivy The New Seduction: Why do they insist on turning these things into franchises?

[Platypuschow · 3/10 · 26 May 2019]

I didn't even realize they made a 3rd Poison Ivy movie, little did I realize that at time of writing there are 4. My question is why?

Following in the footsteps of Drew Barrymore and Alyssa Milano we see Jaime Pressly leading this erotic thriller about a manipulative seductress hell bent on tearing a family apart.

There is actually a loose connection to the original movie here but it may as well not exist, this straight to DVD mess is the definition of cash grab and demonstrates that some movies just don't need to become franchises.

Pressly delivers just fine amidst the very lackluster cast that includes the awful Greg "Charmed" Vaughan, the trouble is this is Lifetime movie stuff and really just made for television.

The plot is recycled, the execution is generic, it's like nobody was really trying, as if this movie was just an excuse to get Pressly nude.

If you like the original then watch it again and forget about the "Sequels", this is even worse than number 2.

The Good:

Pressly is passable here

The Bad:

Really poor finale

Very uninspired stuff

Unbelievably Bad

[Anglik · 1/10 · 13 September 2002]

Incredible. One has to see this to believe it. It's amazing a thing of such low quality has made it past the editing room. What's even more incredible is the presence of a major star and sex goddess of nowadays, Jamie Pressly ("Jack & Jill" et al.) The redeeming factor: it was her first flick ever. Fortunately someone saw in her the potential this film does no justice to.

Another step in movie devolution

[MBunge · 4/10 · 6 May 2011]

Okay, so back in the early 90s, Drew Barrymore was in an erotic thriller called Poison Ivy. She, and some nameless body double for the nude scenes, played a troubled young woman who deviously inserts herself into a family and wrecks havoc in their lives. A few years later they did Poison Ivy II, which is one of those Fraudulent Sequels where an original script is altered just enough to be barely connected to the first film. Poison Ivy II starred Alyssa Milano and, I believe, no body double for the nude scenes. Just a year after that they came out with Poison Ivy: The New Seduction, which is one of those Fraudulent Sequels where they simply remake the first film and slap different names on all the characters. This one starred Jaime Pressly as the sister of Barrymore's character and she also deviously inserts herself into a family and wrecks havoc in their lives. Not only did Pressly have no body double for the nude scenes but her nubile form is the best thing this flick has going for it. So, this franchise went from movie child star to TV child star to young actress nobody had ever heard of, a great example of Hollywood devolution.

Let's be clear about something. By the time they got down to this movie, no one had any illusions about what they were making except, perhaps, the young Miss Pressly. This is a trashy melodrama without even a spark of true creativity or dramatic ambition. Having said that...it's not terrible. Yes, a couple of Benedictine monks who've taken vows of silence could have written snappier dialog. Yes, none of the characters have any existence beyond what the plot requires, with one actually existing only as a disembodied voice on the phone. Yes, it's directed with all the flair of an episode of Matt Houston. And yes, it has an ending that basically screams "We've run out of money! What's the cheapest possible way we can kill of the villain?"

For all that, the young Miss Pressley looks damn good without any clothes on and even shows the makings of a fine actress, though one that still needed further training. When the story call on her to act crazy, Pressley clearly had no idea what she was doing. There's also enough activity going on to keep the film from grinding to a halt and it only minimally insults the viewer's intelligence. Michael Des Barres gives the yeoman's performance you'd expect and Megan Edwards is awfully appealing, though even more awfully is never nude.

As crap movies go, Poison Ivy: The New Seduction isn't that bad. I wouldn't suggest anyone spend money to rent it but if you can find it playing unedited on TV, there are worse ways to waste 95 minutes.

surprisingly good

[disdressed12 · 7/10 · 27 August 2007]

surprisingly,very surprisingly,i didn't mind this movie at all.it was certainly head and shoulders above number two,and quite a bit better than the first one.this one had a somewhat developed storyline,with pretty decent acting.the villainous is stronger and much more developed in this one.she is certainly more sinister,if that's the right word.but i also noticed some humour in this one,which the first two didn't have,in my recollection.there is of course,no lack of nudity in this one,but i think it served a bit more of a purpose.it still at times seemed like a soft core porn flick,but at least it had other dimensions to it.and as an added bonus,(especially if you're a guy)it had Jamie Pressly in a prominent role.anyway,for an entertaining 90 minutes,i think you could do a lot worse than the third installment in the Poison Ivy series.my vote for Poison Ivy:The New Seduction:7/10

Beautiful women, but lacks the haunting style and quality of the original

[Wuchakk · 4/10 · 2 October 2015]

Released to video in 1997, "Poison Ivy: The New Seduction" is another Lethal Lolita flick after the success of the original 1992 film and 1993's "The Crush" (I never saw the 1996 sequel with Alyssa Milano). These types of movies always involve a blossoming young woman who seduces an older man and takes control in one way or another. Lethal Lolitas exist in real life, of course -- young vixens who use their beauty to cause havoc, ruin lives and take control. Trash exploitation or not, it's good fodder for a movie, particularly if it's done stylishly or effectively, like "Poison Ivy" and "The Crush." Of course, such stories are always overdone in movies, but that's the nature of the beast.

This second sequel seriously ups the ante with the nudity (explicit T&A yet no frontal nudity), but simply lacks the artistic melancholy and style of the original, not to mention the budget. It's a pedestrian retread that tries to make up for it with overt nudity, but fails. While seriously inferior it's still somewhat worthwhile if you like these kinds of flicks; everyone else should flee since the story & characters are bland and dull. The filmmakers strive to reach the haunting aesthetic of the original but the budget cripples their efforts. Be that as it may, Jaime Pressly was 19 during filming (the same approximate age as the girl she plays) and looks superb, although her facial features never did anything for me. Other highlights in the female department are curvy Athena Massey (the brunette maid in the opening) and Shanna Moakler. Michael Des Barres and Greg Vaughan play the older and younger males enticed by Ivy respectively.

The film runs 93 minutes and was shot in outer Los Angeles.

GRADE: C (4.5/10)

This movie puts the first two to shame! HARDCORE BABY!

[GOWBTW · 9/10 · 16 January 2006]

This installment of "Poison Ivy" is far more seductive and sexual hardcore than the one with Drew Barrymore. Violet(Jaime Pressly) is the sister of Ivy. Like who needs the diary of Ivy, this hottie is one fast learner. Her body is absolutely smoking! SHE GOT IT ALL! Swimming in the nude, seducing everyone she encounters. Most of all Violet is a heavy sex goddess while Ivy is nothing more than a nymph. Joy Greer(Megan Edwards) lost her mom and the return of Violet would make her happy again. So why isn't everyone happy? Because the maid has high suspicions about Violet's motives. And was she right. Too bad it cost her life. Michael(Greg Vaughn) Joy's fiancé has his instincts as well as the maid, though it's a shame that Violet gave him that lethal overdose. Joy was a fighter at the end, and she really vindicates herself from Violet lethal games. Just like tennis, she scores, only her game was much better if she wasn't so preoccupied by problems. This movie showed a lot more skin than usual, and the plot gets thicker and thicker by the minute. A bigger keeper than the first, and it could pass as porn. If only if Joy could keep her emotions in check, everyone would live. And should have been wary of Violet in the first place of her return. RATING 4 OUT OF 5 STARS.

Not high art but fine as a guilty pleasure

[Maniac-9 · 6/10 · 27 January 2012]

Is any of the Poison Ivy movies ever going to be viewed as great achievements in motion picture history, not likely. But if you want to see a bunch of steamy scenes with the hot seductress Jaime Pressly who's using all of her conniving powers to get retribution then that's what you'll get. When you get to see Jaime Pressly nude on multiple occasions then it's definitely accomplishing what the movie set out to do.

Honestly I think that Jaime is way hotter then Drew Barrymore and Alyssa Milano who were the two previous stars in this franchise. While the others may have been bigger names at the time of the making of their movies they don't hold a candle in their roles to Jaime.

Jamie Pressly nude!

[dave13-1 · 5/10 · 13 April 2012]

Fans of My Name is Earl looking for early erotica featuring beautiful Jamie Pressly, this is your buried treasure. Jamie plays a cynical young woman who invades an upscale home on false pretences and proceeds to debauch everybody in it, for reasons that remain obscure until near the end. It's trashy junk, of course, but great looking trashy junk which even shows occasionally cleverness in how New Ivy manipulates the squares. Moreover, the movie creates a few fairly clever visual motifs, with a lot of voyeuristic peeking around corners and from shadows, especially at the Ivy character, who is only too aware that she is being watched. Jaime is fun in the Ivy role and looks fab and nothing is to be taken too seriously here. There are no deeper truths being exposed here, just Jamie. Nothing is exactly PLAYED for camp, but the movie's makers had to be aware that that was a potential direction things might take, because it entertains mostly in that fashion. Keep expectations low, and you probably won't hate it.

Beautifull surroundings makes this film a blast

[urban_punisha · 17 June 2000]

Jaime Pressly a beautful talented actress portrays an awful character for the first time, she plays it good, but i rather her as the good girl.

Decent sex scenes, Beautiful surroundings and young talented actors is the ingredients this film needed to survive, the plot stunk and so did the ending. So in closing the only thing stopping this film from a total flop was Jaime Pressly.

Should've been the sequel, not "Lily."

[LordHighWarlock · 5/10 · 2 September 2006]

Better than the second one, not quite as good as the original. Although, it WAS a valiant effort.

Even though this was Jaime Pressly's fourth movie in 1997, it was her first in a lead role, thus she earned an introduction in this film.

This one tried to utilize two aspects of the first two movies: drama / suspense from the first, and nudity / sex scenes from the second. Surprisingly, they managed to pull it off. However, this was more of a soft-core porn movie than a suspense / drama / thriller...every time they shot a sex scene, crappy music started playing at twice the volume of the rest of the movie. Not exactly an enjoyable experience.

Additionally, this one actually tries to tie itself into the original...several scenes are linked to the original Ivy. Nice touch, in my opinion. This would have made a much better follow-up to the original than "Lily" did.

And if you fantasize about Jaime Pressly, you'll like this one, despite her mediocre acting ability...she's nude quite often, and wears several different dominatrix outfits.

Not Ashamed Liked It For Specific Reasons

[davidsask · 5/10 · 3 November 2019]

Jaime Pressly is so fn' hot in this movie, nude a lot. I am gay male was feeling it. Not sure how I missed this movie in franchise, What a lovely acting debut. The choices the characters are given in dress wear is one note and stereotype. I laughed hard when bad boy later scene wearing all loose clothing khaki wise and changed hair bangs forward like, and vileness wearing head toe pleather Matrix weather. The goodie girl daughter tennis skirts throughout. Not a fan of Michael Des Barres so that took me out of movies lots as he the father who taken for ride large part of it. Nothing new but enjoy for female beautiful nudity and same plot all preceding it! 5/10

What did you expect ?

[merklekranz · 5/10 · 14 August 2010]

Jamie Pressly is the reason to see "Poison Ivy the New Seduction", and not for her acting as a revenge seeking vixen either. Easily manipulating those around her to her advantage seems to come quite naturally. Soon everyone's life is coming unraveled, either through seduction or murder. This makes hating Jamie very easy indeed, and at that the movie succeeds quite well. Pressly also has numerous nude scenes, which obviously isn't a bad thing. Of course the plot is contrived, unrealistic, and unbelievable, but who cares? Jamie Pressly's over the top acting is totally acceptable, and is somewhat similar to her bitchy performance in "Poor White Trash". - MERK

May I have some Champagne?

[Son_of_Mansfield · 4/10 · 25 April 2006]

Drew Barrymore had a nipple peak which was slightly more than the facile Alyssa Milano had. This is the only Poison with bite. Jaime Pressly shows off every inch of her flawless body and, or so I am told, other things happen. She swims naked as the creepy Michael Des Barres watches, she fools another girl into thinking that they had sex, and she pours a bottle of Champagne onto to her breasts. The story, as I am told, is remarkably similar to the original and the actors are so in title only, but Jaime Pressly pours a bottle of Champagne onto her breasts. Did I already type that? There is also a scene where she is in full bondage gear. Yeah!

With a mix of positive and negative aspects of the previous films and the addition of nice comedy touches, it sometimes feels like a crossover remake of the two films.

[filipemanuelneto · 4/10 · 26 September 2020]

I thought this movie was going to be just as bad as the previous one, but at least the story told is more fun and appealing, which worked to make it more than just a bunch of erotic scenes. Set in Los Angeles, this film begins with a situation worthy of a Brazilian soap opera: the rich and powerful banker Ivan Greer comes home thinking of finding his wife and comes face to face with his maid, with whom he has a torrid affair, having sex with the pool guy while his own wife, tired of knowing his affair, is quietly in the garden. The scene ends with a fight between husband and wife and the promiscuous maid being sent away with her two daughters, Violet and Ivy. Years later, Greer is a widower and Violet reappears to infiltrate the family home and try to avenge her mother.

Honestly, this film is far from good and sounds like a mixture of elements, good and bad, from the previous films. There is a lot of the first film here, in fact it is almost like a remake although it's not and try to associate with it by revealing that Ivy and Violet are sisters. This is a highly forced connection since it was quite evident in the first film that the girl's real name is not Ivy. The script is minimally logical and interesting, the characters are reasonably well-developed and there are nice touches of sexy humor in the middle of the story (that threesome between girls that never happened or the bondage session between Violet and Mr. Greer, just to mention some moments). As with the second film, the way Violet ends up living in that house is totally unbelievable. On the other hand, she is truly malevolent, but it's a malice justified by a past humiliation, which means that she doesn't get to have half the gratuitous perversity of the first film and doesn't justify what she does against her former childhood friend. Another problem with this film is the sudden and hurried ending: for example, it is never really clear what happens to Greer, although the film suggests his death.

The cast is effectively led by Jaime Pressly, in his first film. She's very beautiful, sexy and looks great naked. I don't know if the film left good memories for the actress, who has already proved to be quite conservative about more intimate scenes, but the fact is that she got the job done. Michael Des Barres is good at the role of Greer, a mature wealthy man with a thing for attractive young girls who seem to try to suppress. I also really liked Susan Tyrrell, and the way she's the first to notice the main character's bad intentions. Much less interesting was the work of Megan Edwards and Greg Vaughan, the first one being too focused on herself to look what was happening around her and the second being very undeveloped, being there only to be seduced and unfaithful.

Being a low budget film and with little money to spend, it's a totally forgettable film in technical aspects, in that it has everything you really need without having anything to stand out particularly for the positive: a warm and uninteresting cinematography, just like the sets and costumes, where only the dominatrix costume occasionally used by Pressly stands out. The film has no effects and the sound leaves a little to be desired in terms of quality. The soundtrack did not seduce me in the least either.

Good!

[BSscott157 · 6/10 · 5 August 2002]

This movie was good. Jaime Pressly did a great job in this movie. Their was a lot of nudity and it had a good plot, but I did not like the setting or place. It was kinda boring and some of the cast was bland and their could've been a better cast, but all in all it was quite good and I gave this movie a 6 out of 10 because of the setting I didn't like and the cast. The nudity was good, but just a little to much was shown of Jaime Pressly!

Jaime Pressly looks amazing. Too bad the movie stinks.

[hall895 · 3/10 · 5 May 2013]

It's another in the line of cheap, tawdry, lousy Poison Ivy movies. For a while it seems this one might rise somewhat above the rather awful first two movies in the series. It's not good by any means but it's not completely hideous. But then it really crumbles in the end. The last thirty minutes of the movie are excruciatingly bad with absurd plot twists, terrible acting and stupid characters doing incredibly stupid things. In the end this movie which had the promise of being at least passable ends up being just about as bad as its predecessors.

The movie makes a tenuous connection to the first Poison Ivy film, setting up the main character here, Violet, as being the sister of the first film's Ivy. And then it proceeds to pretty much do that first film all over again. Same setup, same story. A family invites a trashy young girl they barely know into their home, said girl uses sex to destroy that family. One difference between the two films is that in the original Drew Barrymore kept her clothes on. Here Jaime Pressly is on full naked display throughout. This is definitely not a bad thing. To say Pressly looks stunning does not even begin to do her justice. Absolutely amazing. Unfortunately it takes more than a hot naked girl to make a good movie. The story has enough erotic entanglements to hold your interest to a point. Yes, the dialogue throughout is pretty terrible. Kudos to Pressly for managing to keep a straight face while talking about the ups in the stock market. Hint: she's not really talking about the stock market. But for as bad as the dialogue is and as bad as some of the performances from the supporting cast are Pressly manages to hold the movie together and hold your interest. She makes Violet into a compelling character and whenever the movie starts to drag she takes her clothes off again which is nice. But Pressly can't salvage the ending and it is that ludicrously bad ending which sinks the movie. A movie maybe worth seeing once to see Pressly in all her naked glory. Maybe you'll get lucky and the power will go out and you won't be able to see the last thirty minutes.

The most interesting movie ever!

[ChristianBrenner · 10/10 · 2 August 2002]

SPOILER ALERT I don't think this movie is worst, but it isn't really good. I think the only reason to see or buy this movie is Jaime Pressly. Jaime plays a wonderful role as an frustrated girl who everybody didn't understand. The effects is, she turns into a psycho and kills the family from the lover of her mom. The camera is also one of the best (just look the positions in the pool house scene), and this is one of the films which has no goofs.

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction

[allmoviesfan · 6/10 · 14 January 2023]

The first instalment of the ever-expanding Poison Ivy franchise (who knew there are four movies in total?) is the first to not feature a particularly well known star in the main role after Drew Barrymore in the first film and Alyssa Milano in the second. We do, however, get an interesting prelude set in 1985 featuring Ivy, Lily and Violet which sheds a little light on the early years of the dysfunctional family.

Fast forward a dozen years and Violet is twenty, played bewitchingly by Jamie Pressly, who at least maintains the tradition of a very good-looking actress in the lead role. She is back at the home her mother, a maid, was kicked out of and hell-bent on revenge. But you probably figured that much out.

'The New Seduction', a direct to video film by all accounts, follows the well-trodden path of the first two movies (and many others, for that matter) in having the titular character wreck the lives of a family she thought deserved to be visited by misery. Just, this one has a lot more nudity and sex and a lot more creepiness. Pressly was pretty good, it must be said. You look at her and think, Yeah, I can see that she's a screw or two loose. Otherwise, standard fare for these sorts of movies. Worth a watch, but not a movie I would watch a second time.

Better than Part 2 - a reasonably skinful softcore feature.

[DigitalRevenantX7 · 5/10 · 2 December 2015]

In 1985, Rebecca, a maid working at the Greer mansion as well as living there with her two young daughters, Ivy & Violet, is caught by Ivan Greer having sex with the pool cleaner. But Ivan's wife mistakes this for an affair between Ivan & Rebecca. The maid & her daughters are soon evicted from the mansion. A decade later, Violet returns to the Greer home, where the Greer's now adult daughter Joy is living with her widowed father & a surly housemaid. At first, the Greers welcome Violet to stay with them, but Violet is just like her late sister Ivy – a stone cold seductress who works as a dominatrix in her spare time & who wants revenge against the Greers for her mother & sister. Using her expert manipulation skills, Violet seduces both Ivan & Joy's fiancée Michael.

The original Poison Ivy was a lightweight softcore thriller that found a massive cult audience on video & late-night cable television, successful enough to kick start the softcore erotic thriller trend of the 1990s. Which is somewhat surprising for this reviewer since the film was nothing more than bubblegum erotica that made a fair amount of pretence to be more than a slim tale of a young woman seducing her way & ultimately destroying the rich family she initially befriends. It was not a bad film but not particularly good either. While it may not have been anything special (passable at best), it did spawn three sequels.

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction is the second of these three sequels. The first sequel was nothing to do with the story of the original, instead being a flimsy piece of drama, this one manages to tie in the story of the original with a new story for this entry (although I found it somewhat dubious that the name of Drew Barrymore's character here named Ivy as she was in the original, were it not for the fact that the name was given by her friend), having a similar plot with a young woman tearing apart a rich family mainly by seducing the father & killing anyone who interferes with her plan.

The big difference between the original & the sequels is that the basic setup of the first film was never going to open the doors for the sequels to exist. But Karen Kelly writes a story that is more of a remake of the original, only with the one thing that the original Poison Ivy lacked for its seductress – motivation. In the original, Drew Barrymore's character had no reason to do what she did. Here, the reason is given, with Ivy & Violet's mother expelled from their mansion for a misunderstanding (& an uncontrollable sex drive, something the daughters inherited). The film also has a higher bodycount & Jaime Pressly's character of Violet is a much more hardened soul than her sister, easily donning dominatrix garb & even boasting to one victim that one of her clients includes a judge. This film's story is considerably better handled & more hardcore than the original, although it still pales in comparison to the flood of erotic thrillers that came out during the decade.

Which brings us to the $32,000 question – how's the skin? Well, Jaime Pressly has ample moments to show off her breasts & butt but the actual love scenes are glossed over & hardly seen. The only exception is the first one between Athena Massey & the pool cleaner. While not a remarkable film in any aspect & definitely going to be seen as a classic, Poison Ivy: The New Seduction is an interesting film that has enough T&A to satisfy those who like this sort of film genre.