Miss Carissa Kensington is the vampire lady who has her sights set on eighteen-year-old Mark (Markie) Richards. Markie is a brilliant computer guru who has invented a new ap that may be worth millions. But Carissa is not interested in exploiting Markie for monetary game. She is a predator who wishes to rob the cradle out of lust and the desire to fulfill her narcissistic obsession.
When Markie first meets Carissa, he is given a warning by a stranger in a restaurant: "Run, kid, run! Trust me, she's bad news!" But Markie doesn't head the advice, and he doesn't listen to the counsel of his doting mother. A widow who is overly protective of her son, Tanya may be controlling, but she also has genuine concern for Markie when she learns that he is seeing a forty-year-old woman.
The strength of the screenplay was in the snappy dialogue. Some of the best zingers come from Markie's friend Walter. While nuzzling up to Carissa in her swimming pool, Markie suavely tells her that "dangerous is my middle name. That will be a line that he will regret.
Unfortunately, the film falls apart in the home stretch with too much violence. Carissa Kensington was at her best as a Mrs. Robinson-type. But when the film took a dark turn and Carissa was transformed into a monster, there was far too much unpleasantness, especially in the ghoulish scene set in a sauna room.
The acting was great with the performer playing Markie holding his own against the scene-stealing Carissa. The most touching performance was that of the actress playing the mother. Wounded by the loss of her husband, Tanya became a smother-mother unwilling to allow her son enough autonomy. But she learns a profound lesson in the film, and it is her development as a tower of strength that makes "Lethal Seduction" a good watch.
When Markie first meets Carissa, he is given a warning by a stranger in a restaurant: "Run, kid, run! Trust me, she's bad news!" But Markie doesn't head the advice, and he doesn't listen to the counsel of his doting mother. A widow who is overly protective of her son, Tanya may be controlling, but she also has genuine concern for Markie when she learns that he is seeing a forty-year-old woman.
The strength of the screenplay was in the snappy dialogue. Some of the best zingers come from Markie's friend Walter. While nuzzling up to Carissa in her swimming pool, Markie suavely tells her that "dangerous is my middle name. That will be a line that he will regret.
Unfortunately, the film falls apart in the home stretch with too much violence. Carissa Kensington was at her best as a Mrs. Robinson-type. But when the film took a dark turn and Carissa was transformed into a monster, there was far too much unpleasantness, especially in the ghoulish scene set in a sauna room.
The acting was great with the performer playing Markie holding his own against the scene-stealing Carissa. The most touching performance was that of the actress playing the mother. Wounded by the loss of her husband, Tanya became a smother-mother unwilling to allow her son enough autonomy. But she learns a profound lesson in the film, and it is her development as a tower of strength that makes "Lethal Seduction" a good watch.