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| Credits | |
| Title: | Sorceress |
| Director: | Jim Wynorski |
| Writers: | Mark Thomas McGee |
| Producers: | Fred Olen Ray; Toni Naples |
| Composer: | Chuck Cirino; Darryl Way |
| Cinematography: | Gary Graver |
| Editors: | Peter Miller |
| Production | |
| Production company: | Sunset Films International Win-Tone Productions |
| Distributed by: | Cinetel Films |
| Released: | January 4th, 1995 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 93 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Sorceress is an American independent feature film of the horror and dark fantasy genres. It was directed by Jim Wynorski with a script written by Mark Thomas McGee. It was produced by Sunset Films International and Win-Tone Productions and distributed through Cinetel Films. The movie was released direct-to-video on January 4th, 1995.
Plot[]
Two friends, who both work for the same high-priced, high-powered law firm, are both married to modern day witches. Erica Barnes, the wife of Larry, believes that he is being led astray by an ex-girlfriend names Carol, who also works for the same law firm. Erica decides to act by using black magic to influence Larry and his colleagues. One night after a torrid sex session, Larry drifts off to sleep and begins to dream. Soon the dream turns into a nightmare of sex, violence, murder and death involving himself, his friends and colleagues from the law firm - nightmares which appear to be frighteningly realistic... [1]
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Linda Blair | Amelia Reynolds |
| Edward Albert | Howard Reynolds |
| Julie Strain | Erica Barnes |
| Michael Parks | Stan Latarga |
| Larry Poindexter | Larry |
| Lenny Juliano | Don |
| Rochelle Swanson | Carol |
| Toni Naples | Maria |
| William Marshall | John Geiger |
| Antonia Dorian | Trisha |
| Kristina Ducati | Kathy |
| Melissa Brasselle | Annie Latarga |
Notes & Trivia[]
Julie Strain stars as Erica Barnes.
- This film is also known as Temptress.
- The tagline to this film is "She gets what she wants. She keeps what she gets. She never lets go".
- There are a total of thirteen credited cast members in this film.
- This movie was shot in parts of Woodland Hills, California. [2]
- Sorceress was released on Blu-ray by Synapse Films on Tuesday, June 14th, 2016. [3]
- Actress Kristi Ducati, who plays Kathy, is credited as Kristina Ducati in this film.
- Actress Rocky DeMarco, who plays Annie Latarga, is credited as Melissa Brasselle in this film.
- Director Jim Wynorski makes an uncredited cameo appearance in the film as an office worker carrying paperwork who gets knocked down by Stan Latarga.
- Known primarily for its exploitative nature, some have labeled the film as softcore pornographic movie disguised as a horror film. [4]
- Linda Blair worked on set on this film for only five days.
- This movie is referenced in the 2003 documentary Something to Scream About while listing the filmography of actress Julie Strain.
- Actors Edward Albert, Larry Poindexter, Julie Strain & Toni Naples as well as director Jim Wynorski have all provided interviews in the 1998 documentary Some Nudity Required, which is a documentary that takes a look at exploitation in the b-movie industry.
- In addition to Best Boy, this film also give a credit to Worst Boy, which is credited to Arch Stanton.
- Actors Linda Blair and Julie Strain also appeared in the 1990 comedy spoof film Repossessed. This was Julie Strain's first film, but she went uncredited and shared no screentime with Linda Blair. Strain and Blair share no screentime in Sorceress either.
- Actress Linda Blair is best known for playing the role of Regan MacNeil in the original 1973 horror classic The Exorcist. She reprised the role for the film's first sequel, Exorcist II: The Heretic, and made a brief appearance in The Exorcist: Believer in 2023.
- Actor William Marshall is best known for playing the part of dashing blaxploitation vampire Mamuwalde in Blacula in 1972 as well as its sequel, Scream, Blacula, Scream in 1973.
Recommendations[]
- Chopping Mall
- Not of This Earth
- Slumber Party Massacre
- Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
- Vampirella: The Movie
External Links[]
- Sorceress at IMDB
- Sorceress at Wikipedia
- Sorceress at Letterboxd.com
- Sorceress at Themoviedb.org
- Sorceress at Rotten Tomatoes
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ MRQE; Film Review: Sorceress (1995).
- ↑ IMDB; Sorceress (1995); Filming locations.
- ↑ Blu-ray.com; Sorceress Blu-ray. Temptress. Synapse Films.
- ↑ Horror News.Net (HNN); Film review: Sorceress (1995); (8-27-2017). John Noonan.