southfljb The Seduction showcases everything the early 1980's was in a 90 minute time capsule. The newest remastered DVD release presents the film in its original widescreen format and the picture and sound restoration rates an A plus. Pro: Morgan Fairchild is her bitchy best in every scene in the movie and she is in 99% of the film. When she's not there is when the film seems not so shiny, but not to worry, those scenes only last a few seconds and poof back to more Morgan looking amazing. Pro: Excellent photography, lighting and sound. They put some money into this movie to make it look as good as possible and they succeeded.Pro: Andrew Stevens OMG he was so hotCon: Michael Sarrazan, the worst actor ever in this film, totally miscast.Con: Not enough Colleen Camp, the best performance in the film, sorry Morgan. So I say if you want to see a campy 1980's movie see the Seduction, it really is not that bad.

preppy-3 Stupid "thriller". Ridiculously beautiful TV anchorperson Jamie Douglas (Morgan Fairchild) has it all--a successful career, a big beautiful house (that no anchor could ever afford) and a loving boyfriend (Michael Sarrazin). She also has a photographer who adores her named Derek (Andrew Stevens). However his adoration turns into stalking and Jamie begins to fear for her life.I had totally forgotten about this thing (I can't call it a movie) until it just popped into my head recently (for whatever reason). I remember seeing it on cable TV back in 1982. I set my expectations on low because let's face it--this was only made to show Fairchild nude a couple of times. It was even worse than I expected! The plot was illogical with some truly preposterous "twists". It got boring really quick. The ending especially was bad and seemed sort of rushed.Fairchild was (and is) a beautiful woman and she looks great here--but she can't act. She tries her best but she just can't pull it off. I actually got uncomfortable seeing the poor woman attempt to act. Sarrazin can be good--but not here. He looks terrible and is far too old for Fairchild (he's 10 years older than her in real life--and it shows). I spent most of the movie wondering what her character ever saw in the guy. Stevens was never a good actor but he is handsome and kind of playful in the role. But, all in all, this was a boring and stupid "thriller". Also Fairchild's nude scenes are brief (if you're watching for that). A 1 all the way.

Christopher T. Chase As outstanding as the decade was for some really well-made films, the Eighties also saw many, MANY movies lighting up the screens that have in the years since become classic favorites...for other reasons. Right up there with camp classics like THE LONELY LADY and SPHINX is the soft-core jaw-dropper THE SEDUCTION.I recall vividly seeing this in a theater with a pretty good sized audience. Morgan Fairchild was in her heyday as a small-screen siren, dependable in her ability to dominate anything she appeared in with memorable performances, no matter how Gawd-awful the material. Good thing for her, because in this movie, intended as a vehicle to assist her transition to the BIG screen, she's really the only reason to sacrifice ninety minutes. Here she portrays preposterously glamorous news anchor Jamie Douglas - the woman who has it all. Successful career, big, lavish house in the hills (and how she can afford THAT on a TV anchor's salary is beyond me, but I digress) "handsome" boyfriend, (Michael Sarrazin, whose days as hunky eye-candy are long behind him at this point). She also has a youthful admirer, an aspiring photographer named Derek (Andrew Stevens, another TV favorite who had a little more promising career in films). Jamie is touched and amused at Derek's affectionate, puppyish overtures at first, seeing his infatuation with her as sort of a schoolboy-like crush. What she doesn't realize is that his obsession with her has turned pretty much 'stalkeriffic', and that he's prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure that he has Jamie all to himself. In the right hands, with a much better script and a lot more sure-handed director (with all due respect to cult-fave helmer David Schmoeller), this could've been a lower-budget cousin to De Palma's Hitchcock pastiche, DRESSED TO KILL. Unfortunately, THE SEDUCTION plays more like DRESSED TO KILL YOUR FUNNYBONE!The frequent close-up shots meant to accentuate - and exploit - Morgan's striking beauty are effective, be it clothed or unclothed, but in the context of this movie's sheer awfulness, it all comes off like the best SNL skit never written. "Oh, this is me happy." "And this is me horny." "And now, EEEEK! I'm terrified!" "And now I'm angry! GRRRR!" Nobody gets out of this one unscathed, though, even the usually excellent Colleen Camp, who plays Jamie's required 'gal-pal.' Vince Edwards has even less of a pulse than Sarrazin and both certainly do nothing to raise the profile of the male presence in this movie from the realm of boorish chauvinists and skeezy voyeurs. I don't recall at that point ever having heard this much laughter from an audience for what was supposed to be a thriller. (Little did I know that there were even worse movies in my future than this!) Unfortunately, Lalo Schifrin's score made matters worse, trying to gild a wilted lily. And don't even get me started on the theme song performed by Dionne Warwick. Sorry, folks. When you burn the toast, at some point you have to accept that all the butter and jam in the world can't disguise it. Where the movie crosses that camp line from plain bad to the sublimely ludicrous is how you know THE SEDUCTION earned its stripes as one of the Top Twenty Best Worst Films of all time. I could attempt to describe the scene for you in detail, but I couldn't even begin to convey the magnificent wretchedness of it all. It's just something you've got to see to believe. And it's matched only by the ultra-preposterous ending. In closing, let me recommend that on that special night when you and a group of friends pull out the popcorn, the margarita fixin's and the makings of a monumental Bad Movie Marathon, be sure to add this monster to the list.

Isaac5855 Just like VALLEY OF THE DOLLS and THE LUCKY LADY, 1982's THE SEDUCTION is one of those movies that is so bad that it is funny. It is funny but not to the point of multiple viewings, like DOLLS, it's funny once and that's it. Morgan Fairchild (in one of the worst performances by an actress in a 1980's film) plays a television anchorwoman who gets stalked by a psycho (Andrew Stevens, in an equally bad performance). This incredibly tired plot has been done so many times and it has been done so much better than this. Fairchild can't act and Stevens is way over the top. Michael Sarrazin is wasted as Fairchild's boyfriend and Vince Edwards is wooden as a police office to whom Sarrazin goes to for help. Maybe one of the ten worst films ever made. Unless you have wet dreams about Morgan Fairchild, don't bother.