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Deadly Embrace

  • Video
  • 1989
  • Unrated
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
523
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Jan-Michael Vincent and Mindi Miller in Deadly Embrace (1989)
Erotic ThrillerDramaThriller

The pulsating, passion-driven story of a man, his wife, and the lovers they play their nasty cat and mouse games with. Like repelling magnets, obsessive passion drives them apart as a psycho... Read allThe pulsating, passion-driven story of a man, his wife, and the lovers they play their nasty cat and mouse games with. Like repelling magnets, obsessive passion drives them apart as a psychotic lust locks them together in a tangled web of murderous sexual intrigue. Deadly Embrace... Read allThe pulsating, passion-driven story of a man, his wife, and the lovers they play their nasty cat and mouse games with. Like repelling magnets, obsessive passion drives them apart as a psychotic lust locks them together in a tangled web of murderous sexual intrigue. Deadly Embrace; the story of one woman's fatal attraction to the only man she must kill to possess - her... Read all

  • Director
    • David DeCoteau
  • Writers
    • Richard Gabai
    • Tony Malanowski
  • Stars
    • Jan-Michael Vincent
    • Jack Carter
    • Mindi Miller
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.1/10
    523
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David DeCoteau
    • Writers
      • Richard Gabai
      • Tony Malanowski
    • Stars
      • Jan-Michael Vincent
      • Jack Carter
      • Mindi Miller
    • 10User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Jan-Michael Vincent
    Jan-Michael Vincent
    • Stewart Moreland
    • (as Jan Michael Vincent)
    Jack Carter
    Jack Carter
    • Evan Weiss
    Mindi Miller
    Mindi Miller
    • Charlotte Moreland
    • (as Ty Randolph)
    Linnea Quigley
    Linnea Quigley
    • Michelle Arno
    Michelle Bauer
    Michelle Bauer
    • Female Spirit of Sex
    Ruth Collins
    Ruth Collins
    • Dede Magnolia
    Ken Abraham
    Ken Abraham
    • Chris Thompson
    Kim Darby
    Kim Darby
      Jeff Newton
      • Male Spirit of Sex
      • (uncredited)
      Albert Popwell
      Albert Popwell
        • Director
          • David DeCoteau
        • Writers
          • Richard Gabai
          • Tony Malanowski
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        6ehitchcock

        Worth seeing despite its flaws

        This movie belongs to Ty Randolph, who pulls off an acting coup in her portrayal of the seamless fusion of dominance and dependence in the personality of a predator, Charlotte Morland, who goes after the newly hired houseman Chris (played by Ken Abraham) while her despicable husband Stuart Morland (Jan Michael Vincent), who is only home on weekends, strings along his trampy secretary until he can decide "what to do with my wife" and Chris's sweet, not-too-bright girlfriend Michelle (Linnea Quigley), who loves Chris very much, can't wait to hook up with him in his new digs.

        The result is a triple triangle: the Morlands and his secretary; the same Morlands and Chris; and Charlotte, Chris, and Michelle. What could possibly go wrong?

        Although one part of the ending is revealed early on, it doesn't spoil the final twists. Quigley is adorable and believable, making you want to keep Michelle from harm; Vincent's one-note performance I judge to be good because every time Morland speaks I hate him more; and Jack Carter is good as Morland's lawyer though Ruth Collins is wooden as his secretary. Just for Ty Randolph and the final surprises, I think this movie is worth seeing despite its flaws.

        The main weak spot is Chris, in two areas: script and casting. The Morlands are domineering people who make things happen; but the story is centered on Chris, a guy things happen to. With every development you're thinking he should know better. And the actor, Ken Abraham, can't seem to find the character--he wanders through various character types and fails to react at critical points. There's a good deal of movie-maker artifice too, especially the intrusive fantasy clips; they work when they tell us Chris fantasizes Michelle in all situatins, but the ones with Michelle Bauer as the "goddess of sex" confuse the story.
        3bettybenzone

        Slow

        A typically cheap David DeCoteau production that was shot in 5 days, but without any of the campy fun of some of his other works like Nightmare Sisters or Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama. It's a competently made erotic thriller, but lacking any real style or narrative slow. Nudity fans get a good amount of equal opportunity skin from both men and women, but the script feels like it was written on the spot and all the actors seem like they're reading from a teleprompter.
        5Malodramatic

        Wooden performances seal the fate of this film

        Jan Michael Vincent puts in one of Hollywood's most wooden performances as a philandering husband bizarrely determined to resist the obvious charms of his wife, the gorgeous Ty Randolph.

        Randolph manages to skilfully combine poignancy and a charged eroticism to her role as the neglected and ultimately disturbed wife.

        Ultimately, the poor plot and acting performances of the other principals condemns Deadly Embrace to mediocrity.
        eddierankey771

        Deadly Embrace more like Deadly Embarrassment

        Wow, what can i say about this movie, Jan-Michael Vincent reportedly had just come out of rehab and accepted this movie, apparently he needed some fast cash, he actually looks quite healthy, tanned, thin, fit, and looks the California surfer type with his sun bleached hair, his scenes with Jack Carter are the only parts that give this film any credibility and in fact, seemed, that many of those scenes (if not all) were filmed separately, as the film cuts to JMV then Carter but i found it to contain quite a bit of humor, though this wasn't it's intention. The actor, who plays Chris (Chris Bauer)seems to me, like this was probably his first acting job and was probably paid scale (if that) in such a low budget production, the scenes between him and Linea Quigley are embarrassing stale with a total lack of chemistry between two people very unfamiliar with each other, it's also obvious that there was no rehearsal and the scenes were taken on one shot (again keeping the budget down) the so-called mansion looks middle-class at best, this film was shot in 3 days and looks it. The premise has JMV looking for a way out of his marriage, in his words "The novelty has worn off" and wants to take up with his moronic, brain-dead secretary, while his sex-starved wife (Ty Randolph) does everything within her womanly power to seduce the young Chris (Chris Bauer) and gets her wish but Chris has regrets about it when Qugley comes to visit, because it was filmed so quickly and to give it legit running time, it has fantasy soft core scenes adding additional minutes of footage probably to get it distributed, but you'll need to FF through these to get the predictable ending, JMV at one time was considered a viable star but why in the world he didn't concentrate on interesting minor character roles, in major studio releases, instead of top billing in trash like this, is beyond me.
        7Hey_Sweden

        Better than expected erotic thriller.

        David DeCoteau directs this fairly pleasing movie that showcases the abilities and physical assets of its female cast to good effect. In fact, it often plays like an exercise in titillation *sometimes* interrupted by a story. DeCoteau does go out of his way to stylize the movie, working with whatever minimal budget he must have had. Set to a pulsating electronic music score by Del Casher, it features characters capable of earning our sympathies.

        Ken Abraham ("Creepozoids") is cast as Chris Thompson, an amiable young stud hired to work as a houseboy for well-off couple Stewart (Jan-Michael Vincent) and Charlotte Moreland (Mindi Miller, billed as 'Ty Randolph'). Stewart has tired of the marriage, but is told by his lawyer Evan Weiss (Jack Carter) that because there was no pre-nup, he'd have to split everything 50-50 with Charlotte. While he tries to come up with a way to work around this, the lonely Charlotte turns on the heat and has a sexual tryst with Chris, who feels pangs of guilt because he already has a girlfriend, sweet aspiring actress Michelle Arno (Linnea Quigley).

        When it comes to the DeCoteau filmography, one must expect a certain lack of slickness and negligible acting - most of the time, anyway. This one, at least, is reasonably compelling in a sordid and sad way. Not that this will matter to many viewers, who will watch it for the titillation factor and be rewarded with a regular helping of sex and nudity - both female and male. This takes up a substantial amount of the run time, which is fortunately fairly trim (just over 80 minutes) in a B movie tradition.

        Quigley is adorable, and she and her co-stars Miller, Michelle Bauer, and Ruth Collins all look great. Ms. Millers' performance as the voyeuristic and ultimately disturbed Charlotte is a definite highlight.

        Seven out of 10.

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          Karen Black was originally set to play the therapist, but pulled out days before shooting was to begin.
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        • Release date
          • April 5, 1989 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • United States
        • Language
          • English
        • Also known as
          • Explosion der Leidenschaften
        • Filming locations
          • Beverly Hills, California, USA
        • Production companies
          • Cinema Home Video Productions
          • Filmtrust
          • Gerardfilm
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        • Runtime
          • 1h 24m(84 min)
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Stereo
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.85 : 1

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