I bought this DVD (for $2, mind you), as I am an avid fan of Morgan Fairchild...and although she's not wielding a shotgun and blowing stuff away, as in "The Seduction", she does her best to portray the Despondent Housewife With A Self-Loathing Husband In A Financial Rut-Who Knows Of A Treasure Buried In A Storm Drain. At the other end of the spectrum, there is Michael Pare, playing the Mental Patient On The Loose After Way Too Easily Escaping The Mental Hospital. After a hilariously brief attempt to retrieve the treasure (exacerbated by the husband falling into the storm drain and injuring his leg(s) about twenty seconds after they got there), the paths of Ms. Fairchild and Mr. Pare cross right after she goes for help and finds out...get this...she locked her keys in the car. Imagine that. After checking only 2 of the 4 doors to see if one was unlocked, she flags down the first motorist she sees. Guess who it is? Yep, Mr. Pare, driving an RV, complete with newly-dead-previous-owners. From there, she is abducted, and, though she is seemingly given about 10 different chances to escape, somehow chooses to remain the victim for about two thirds of the movie (complete with a "Morgan Running Through The Woods" montage of sorts). Meanwhile, our pathetic husband, who is making less than a zero attempt to get out of the storm drain, continues to sit there...but he found the treasure...no matter, he's still stuck in the drain...which is slowly filling up with water...which he ridiculously starts drowning in because he's too lazy/stupid to try and stand up. An ensuing gun battle between Mr. Pare and the VT police force (all of whom, of course, miss him with every shot while Pare predictably shoots all of them with his gun that never seems to run out of bullets) later results in Pare's eventual demise, but it's the events tucked within these points (particularly in the pathetic husband, who, once finally rescued, can suddenly use his legs) that will have you yelling at your television. Add to this the super-corny dialog, and you have the makings for an R-rated Lifetime Movie. Campy, clichéd, and ridiculous, yet attempting at something genuine, this is the movie that you watch with your friends once...and alone forever after.
Review of Peril
