''Serpent's Lair'' is a 1995 American
horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.
Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...
directed by
Jeffrey Reiner
Jeffrey Reiner is an American film director, editor, screenwriter, television director, and producer.
Career
Since the late 1980s, he has amassed a number of credits in the film and television industry. He edited the films ''Cheerleader Camp'' ...
and starring
Jeff Fahey
Jeffrey David Fahey (, born November 29, 1952) is an American film and television actor. He has portrayed Captain Frank Lapidus on the ABC series ''Lost'' and the title role of Deputy Marshal Winston MacBride on ''The Marshal''.
Early life and ...
,
Lisa Barbuscia,
Patrick Bauchau
Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau (born 6 December 1938) is a Belgian actor best known for his roles in the films ''A View to a Kill'', '' The Rapture'' and ''Panic Room'', as well as the TV shows '' The Pretender'' and '' House''.
...
, and
Anthony Palermo. The film premiered on 19 October 1995 in the
Hamptons Film Festival. The plot concentrates on a young man who is seduced by an evil succubus intent on destroying his marriage and killing him.
Plot
Newlyweds Tom and Alex move into a gloomy old apartment in Los Angeles. Soon cats start congregating around the house, one of them causes Alex to fall from the stairs, effectively sending her to the hospital and leaving Tom alone in the apartment. While she is away, Tom is visited by a strange, seductive woman, Lilith, who informs him that she has come to collect the remaining property of a former tenant, her recently deceased brother. Lilith has a special feline grace—she sneaks into the apartment and then makes aggressive moves to seduce Tom. Soon he gives into the lure of rough sex. Lilith turns out to be an insatiable lover. Tom feels so exhausted that begins seeing terrifying satanic hallucinations. When Alex finds out his affair, she leaves Tom. Lilith then moves in, and soon Tom finds himself becoming both physically drained and mentally collapsed. Gradually, he comes to realise that Lilith is, in fact, an ancient demonic
succubus
A succubus is a demon or supernatural entity in folklore, in female form, that appears in dreams to seduce men, usually through sexual activity. According to religious tradition, a succubus needs male semen to survive; repeated sexual activity ...
who seduces men, preying on their energy. Fortunately, Tom has his friends and relatives on his side who help him get rid of the demon.
Cast
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Jeff Fahey
Jeffrey David Fahey (, born November 29, 1952) is an American film and television actor. He has portrayed Captain Frank Lapidus on the ABC series ''Lost'' and the title role of Deputy Marshal Winston MacBride on ''The Marshal''.
Early life and ...
as Tom Bennett
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Lisa Barbuscia as Lilith Cameron
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Heather Medway
Heather may refer to:
Plants
*The heather family, or Ericaceae, particularly:
**Common heather or ling, ''Calluna''
**Various species of the genus ''Cassiope''
**Various species of the genus '' Erica''
Name
* Heather (given name)
* Heather (s ...
as Alex Bennett
*
Patrick Bauchau
Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau (born 6 December 1938) is a Belgian actor best known for his roles in the films ''A View to a Kill'', '' The Rapture'' and ''Panic Room'', as well as the TV shows '' The Pretender'' and '' House''.
...
as Samuel Goddard
*
Anthony Palermo as Mario
*
Kathleen Noone
Kathleen Noone ( O'Meara; January 8, 1945) is an American actress. She began her career as a singer in nightclubs and performed in musicals off-Broadway before making her television debut in the CBS daytime soap opera, ''As the World Turns'' (197 ...
as Betty
*
Taylor Nichols
Cecil Taylor Nichols (born March 3, 1959) is an American actor. He is known for roles in the Whit Stillman films '' Metropolitan'', ''Barcelona'', ''The Last Days of Disco'', and ''Damsels in Distress''. His characters in the first three of thes ...
as Paul Douglas
*
Patrick Bauchau
Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau (born 6 December 1938) is a Belgian actor best known for his roles in the films ''A View to a Kill'', '' The Rapture'' and ''Panic Room'', as well as the TV shows '' The Pretender'' and '' House''.
...
as Sam
Filming
The film was shot in Bucharest, Romania from 22 May to 17 June 1995.
See also
* ''
Fatal Attraction'' (1987)
* ''
Basic Instinct
''Basic Instinct'' is a 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. The film follows San Francisco police detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas), who is investigating the brutal murder of a wealt ...
'' (1992)
*
Mental illness in film
This is a non-exhaustive list of films which have portrayed mental disorders.
Inclusion in this list is based upon the disorder as it is portrayed in the canon of the film, and does not necessarily reflect the diagnosis or symptoms in the real wor ...
References
External links
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*{{Allmovie, 135722
1995 films
American supernatural horror films
1990s English-language films
Films directed by Jeffrey Reiner
1990s American films