Lillith (2019)
Ok, this one is spelled with two Ls and is a bit of a silly movie, but even then there is a good-sized body count. Jenna played by Nell Kessler discovers her boyfriend cheating on her. She and her friend Emma decided to get some revenge by summoning the demon "Lillith." Trouble is she never really believed it would work even when she shows up. Savannah Whitten is so much fun as Lilith. She brings a real dark sense of humor to the role. I love the makeup effects they use for her too.
A few other things. I love the Tarot card they are using here. And 69 action news? Sure why not!
Let's be honest...this is not a great movie, but it is a fun one. There is a solid vibe here of just a bunch of friends getting together to shot a horror movie. It is quite fun.
They have/had a good social media presence, so that is also really fun.
- https://www.facebook.com/LillithFilm/
- https://itsblogginevil.com/tag/lillith/
- https://ritterhausproductions.com/lillith/
- https://www.voicesfromthebalcony.com/2021/06/24/lillith-2019-review/
The first story deals with Brook Carson (Brialynn Massie), the detective's teenage daughter. She is having sex with her teacher and gets pregnant. Unable to deal she kills herself. Brooks friends, who abandoned her when she needed them try to blackmail the teacher, but they screw it up. One kid gets shot and the teacher tries to kill the others. While he is hunting them down Brook comes back, but possessed by Lilith. She kills her former friends for abandoning her and the teacher. When she is done though her father sees her and tells her that Lilith will take care of her now.
In the next one Lilith poses as a caregiver for an old man. She takes on the form of "Joanne" the old man's dead wife. In this one Philip (Vernon Wells) expects her to show up and has been waiting. There is the implication that Lilith is now in charge of Hell. She kills Philip and Det. Carson shows up later to investigate.
The next story deals with a guy, Darren (Colton Wheeler), and his porn addiction. His wife heads out to a religious retreat. His skeezy buddy convinces him to call this call-girl, who is of course Lilith. They have sex. A lot of sex. Lilith kills him. Madison, his wife, comes home and finds his dead body posed like Baphomet. Det. Carson investigates this murder too.
The last story deals with a serial killer Frank (played by Frank Tryon) and he kidnaps Melissa (Kimberly Roswell). He brings her to his home where he has been torturing her. Frank is remembering all the women he killed (and their shoes) and is getting ready to dismember a still living Melissa when there is a knock on the door. It is Lilith (no shock). Frank tries to drug her, but Lilith manages to switch the drug to Frank's drink. Lilith proceeds to torture him, but sets him free. Melissa shows up behind him and shoves the drill into him. Lilith then rips out Frank's heart. As expected Det. Carson shows up.
The connecting scenes between the stories deal with Det. Carson and a priest trying to trap Lilith, but it is obvious there are in way over their heads. It is also the least interesting of the tales.
The makeup effects are kind cool and Lilith is played in each story by a different actress. I admit this is what drew me to the movie to start with. Some of the actors were good, many were only ok. It was still a fun little romp. I do love a nice horror anthology.
This one is a little odd. It is filmed as a point of view movie staring the "filmmaker" Ruggero Deodato as himself and two others to film a horror movie. I say "filmmaker" since he is playing himself and he is the filmmaker in the movie, the actual director is Vincenzo Petrarolo. Though Ruggero Deodato is an actual director, just not in this one. He is most famous for "Cannibal Holocaust." This movie is a nod to that,
The movie is taking place "just outside of Rome" and it is obvious that the filmmakers (in the movie) have no idea what they are doing.
There is some security came footage, ala Paranormal Activity which could have been scary, but ends up just being tense. The only scare comes when Marco hides under the bed of the actresses (everyone has to share) and then reaches up to grab Michelle's leg. Everyone then tries to go back to sleep. Michelle wakes up startled and walks around the house. She finds Marcond Alberto in the pool and seems to warm up to them. That is until she bites off Alberto's penis. Ryans and Sara find them and start freaking out. Michelle is nowhere to be found and Alberto is dead. They find Michelle but she seems all possessed. She screams, but it sounds like an animal and the security cameras go all weird.
They stumble into another room that is covered in drawings and runes that look demonic. The room is connected to the security room where all the cameras are. They also find the body of Marco's grandmother. Of course, Ryan is freaking out, but not because of the deaths or the evil room, but because what is they are filming now is better than his movie.
They find a camera on the ground and play the SD card on it. There are robbed people in the evil room and they performing a seance to summon Lilith. She appears to possess the young woman in the video. The men in the video get terrified and try to stop Lilith and Marco's grandmother, but they all end up killing each other, leaving the possessed girl tied up in the room. They realize she is still there, and she begins to scream. It looks like the girl, Linda, is ok, and in pain, and only Sara seems to understand what is going on. She demands that they tie her up since Lilith can possess her. Though in their excitement to find a phone and call the priest they let Sara loose.
Credit to Manuela Stanciu who plays Michelle as a vapid actress wanting drugs, to a scared woman, to a demon-possessed monster. Her exorcism scene is quite good. Joelle Rigollet also does a great job as Sara, the make-up artist that knows a lot about Lilith. Speaking of make-up, her running and smeared mascara is a great touch.
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What do these all have in common? Well, they get a lot of it right at least in terms of popular cultural understanding of Lilith. In two of the three cases, priests are unable to exorcise her. In the 2017 movie, he says it is because she is Sumerain and can't be removed. She can charm with her eyes and get men to do what she wants. She only possesses women, but that might be a personal preference. When she does her eyes turn yellow or gold.
None of the movies were "great" but all were fun and I honestly enjoyed them all.
October 2021
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