Damien's Seed (1996)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Edward Holzman

Writers:

Meriam Castel (story)
Edward Holzman (screenplay)

Genre:

Mystery

Plot:

A detective is hired to find a rich woman's step-sister.

Plot Keywords:

Women | Cult | Small Town | Private Detective | Female Nudity

Cast

Matthew Sullivan	...	Barry Haven
Leslie Zemeckis	...	Jane Janzen (as Leslie Harter)
Jacqueline Lovell	...	Trix
James Wlcek	...	Eric (as Jimmy Wlcek)
Kira Reed	...	Carol
Shauna O'Brien	...	Connie
Leslie Olivan	...	Diane
Scott Shaughnessy	...	Frank
Teresa Politi	...	Jessica Janzen (as Teresa Langley)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Can be watched with sound up!

This is one of those ridiculous softcore sex movies they always show late at night on Cinemax (aka Skinemax), but it's one you can actually watch with the sound up. It seems to have an actual plot, albeit one that develops at the speed of molasses since they have to throw in a ten minute, slow-mo, softcore sex scene every five minutes or so. A detective is looking for a runaway girl, only to discover she is going to be the virgin sacrifice of a coven of witches. (Kind of reminds you of a REAL horror movie, huh?) The cast includes Jacqueline Lovell, who is unique among softcore sex performers in that she can actually act a little, and Kira Reed who is also unique in that she seems to relatively silicone free (there's still PLENTY of bad acting and silicone here though). The male lead is OK too, unconvincing as a detective perhaps, but at least he's not one of the grimacing idiots who are usually in these kind of things.

This movie was made at an interesting time. Softcore filmmakers seemed to realize that the dateless wonders that were, uh, entertaining themselves with this garbage didn't need a 90-minute movie for that purpose. They seemed to briefly toy with the old-fashioned idea of having a movie that actually had some appeal beyond the sex before going the other way and creating the 30-minute segment "erotic" series that they're probably still churning out for Cinemax today. That doesn't mean I would recommend this to anyone who is not primarily interested in seeing Lovell, Reed, et. al. naked and pretending to have incredibly wild sex, but this one of the less painful ways to do it.