Lillith

As low-budget B-movies go, this one was a lot better than anticipated.

The story itself isn't groundbreaking (invoking a succubus to take revenge on a cheating boyfriend), we've seen it before in some form or another, but then again the very first episode of Star Wars was about knights saving a princess, so originality is not always necessary.

Ok, so the production values were minimal. Lighting and sound could have used some TLC, the special effects weren't so special, and some of the acting was amateurish. However, Savannah Whitten was impressive in her role of the demon, invigorating the character with joyful abandon.

Without her, the movie doesn't work as a horror-comedy. But she makes the difference, if only because she has the most interesting lines to deliver, and she delivers them well, with rapid-fire precision.

For his first full feature as a director and writer, Lee Esposito shows promise. I haven't seen any of his other stuff, but it would be interesting to see what he could do with an actual budget.

In this instance, a rating of 6 is definitely a positive grade, as opposed to some highly-anticipated movies that can sometimes be a disappointing 7.

It was fun, but a flawed effort. It is definitely a low budget horror, but the acting in it was overall pretty decent, and it was actually better than I expected. No one seemed cheesy or bad.

I thought the make up effects for Lillith were pretty nice. I think they really benefited from what looked like practical/make up effects rather than CGI effects.

Although overall I thought it had some nice touches, I don't think it quite hit the horror comedy mark. It was enjoyable watch, but I didn't really see the comedy aspect, I didn't really feel like it was a waste of time to watch. But I don't think it was good enough for a 2nd viewing in the future.

When a college woman (Nell Kessler) in the New Jersey/Brooklyn area discovers her boyfriend cheating she accepts her Wicca friend's offer to call on a succubus for succor. Havoc ensues.

"Lillith" (2019) is micro-budget horror with limited camera angles, dubious cinematography and, occasionally, lousy sound, but the story is compelling and the acting/dialogue good; some of the music's not bad either. Speaking of the acting, Laurence Fishburne's son, Langston Fishburne, is on hand for the small role of the professor. But it's Savannah Whitten who steals the show as the lust demon made flesh. People call this a horror comedy, but it's really only Whitten's succubus that's amusing (in a good way). It's a refreshing way to approach the material. After all, why wouldn't an immortal demon relish 'her' work with a diabolical sense of humor?

The setting and tone are reminiscent of "Decoys" (2004) and "Decoys 2" (2007) mixed with a little "Jennifer's Body" (2009), albeit without the budget. If you don't mind technical deficiencies, "Lillith" delivers the goods despite a muted palette. For comparison, check out "The Devil's Nightmare," aka "The Devil Walks at Midnight" (1971), which is an entertaining classic flick involving a succubus, taking place in a castle in Belgium (on the border of France).

The film runs 1 hour, 33 minutes, and was shot in the region of Cranford, NJ, and Brooklyn, NY.

GRADE: B-

What is there to like? Maybe the dumb male friend of the group. At least he was not beyond ridiculous. He just stood around. To be honest, I did not watch this stupid movie all the way. I was so sick and tired of it very soon. Now that I think about it, I did like the "girlfiend" that got angry with the moron who decided that summoning Lillith was a good idea, and dumped her. (If they made up, I don't know, because by then it was a sort of not at all funny comedy, or least I think that was it really was.) If any of those people actually went to an acting academy they must have been kicked out, after week one.

The beauty of this day and age is that we have the ability to stream online movies. This, makes available thousands of great movies to sit back and enjoy. Unfortunately this is NOT one of those movies. For starters if you want your lady that's just come back from the dead to look as such, you should probably make up the whole body and not just the face.

The acting was to say the least, droll. Venon wells should have no more dialog than he was given in mad max 2 and he wasn't the worst

To be honest, I didn't know this was a horr/com but after watching it, I understand where the comedy come in. It was the movie itself!

I wouldn't bother watching this movie but i'll leave that decision up to you.