Witchcraft III: The Kiss of Death

WITCHCRAFT III: THE KISS OF DEATH opens in a bar / club, or it could be a coal mine, since it's really too dark to see much. Thankfully, in addition to the murkiness, everyone is dressed in black! In no time, a woman is killed via the titular lip-lock by a mysterious man, who we soon learn is named Louis.

Louis goes on to meet Will Spanner (Charles Solomon Jr.) from part 2, who is now a defense attorney. Will's fashion designer wife, Charlotte (Lisa Toothman) doesn't understand his bizarre behavior, lately. Apparently, she missed part two of this series! Of course, it doesn't help that Will's last name was "Adams" then! Either that, or Charlotte's too busy outfitting models for her latest curtain / comforter concoctions.

The murders continue until the final confrontation sends Will and Louis hurtling through Charlotte's fall collection!

Part 3 has far less story and more nudity than its predecessors. This is when the seemingly endless sequels began turning away from any semblance of horror, and increasingly into the silly, soft core cheeeze arena...

You might think that a film this weak would be the kiss of death for any horror franchise, but not the Witchcraft series: despite Part III being yet another utterly unmemorable example of cheap and nasty straight to video crud, the films just kept on coming (there's sixteen of them to date!).

I might be a bit sketchy about the details of this one since I struggled to stay awake, but I seem to recall that son of a witch William (Charles Solomon Jr.) is now a defense attorney, trying to prevent the innocent from being sent to death row. When evil warlock Louis (Domonic Luciana) gets between William and his big-breasted girlfriend Charlotte (Lisa Toothman), the lawyer must use his supernatural powers to fight back.

As with the previous two Witchcraft films, the production values are very low, the acting is pitiful, and the plot is completely unremarkable. Director Rachel Feldman tries to keep punters happy with a spot of soft-core sex and some gratuitous nudity, but even that proves boring. Unless you happen to be a movie masochist like myself, you would probably be better off giving this one a miss.

Will Spanner (Charles Solomon Jr.) is now an attorney and not living a life as a warlock. But, another warlock named Louis (Domonic Luciana) steps into his life and is messing things up. He has committed murder using Spanner's car in hit and run and is after his girlfriend Charlotte (Lisa Toothman) as well. Guess he's going to have to get his warlock on and fight this guy.

Usually three strikes means your out, but not in this series. An endless parade of more sequels has followed. While I do believe Rachel Feldman may have been the most competent director so far in the series, you still gotta have something to work with. The film gets silly and nonsensical. Not to mention the effects while once again used sparingly (which is good) are pretty cheesy.

Sure, this is a standard, cheese ball, demon-lover story with a little tease, but the saving grace of this flick is lovely Lisa Toothman shines charms throughout, but saves the best for last. This is one of those actresses who incites one thought all the way through: Damn, I hope she has a nude scene! And she doesn't disappoint. What a joy to see this girl-next-door type flaunt her Big Naturals before the closing credits! Lisa deserved many more bad movies with award winning nude scenes. Her big scene is all the more satisfying because of the cat fight she has with her witch rival. Lisa, thank you for leaving us this legacy! I recommend fast forwarding to just the scenes with Lisa in them

A good warlock fights for the love of a woman against an evil warlock. The story is thinly disguised as a horror film, and not a very good one at that. Slightly better than the first two, but not by much. Most of the female cast members are terrific looking, and are frequently naked. 2 out of 10.