Decadent Evil
{{Short description|2005 vampire film by Charles Band}}
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| director = Charles Band
| writer = {{unbulleted list|Charles Band|August White}}
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| producer = {{unbulleted list|Charles Band|Joe Dain|Jeremy Gordon|Jethro Rothe-Kushel}}
| starring = {{unbulleted list|Phil Fondacaro|Hazel Dean|Raelyn Hennessee|Daniel Lennox}}
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| cinematography = Keith James Duggan
| editing = Danny Draven
| music = James Thomas Sale
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2005|06|25|Los Angeles}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
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Decadent Evil (known by the slightly reworked title of Decadent Evil Dead in the UK) is a 2005 vampire film, produced and directed by Charles Band under his Wizard Entertainment banner, released on June 25.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/decadent_evil/|title = Decadent Evil|website = Rotten Tomatoes}} The film was shot in and around Los Angeles, California.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/decadentevil.html |title=Decadent Evil - MJSimpson.co.uk |access-date=2009-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418031220/http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/decadentevil.html |archive-date=2009-04-18 |url-status=dead }}
The films stars Phil Fondacaro, Debra Mayer, Jill Michelle, Daniel Lennox, Hazel Dean, and Raelyn Hennessee. Porn actress Harmony Rose has a small role as a hooker.
Plot
A fallen foot tall Homunculus called Marvin (a part human/part reptile creature) is imprisoned in a birdcage by a vengeful lover who is bidding to become the world's most powerful vampire.
Footage from Vampire Journals (a spin off from the Subspecies franchise) is used at the beginning of the movie to explain how Morella, the vampire Queen, left her bloodline behind in Europe. The movie ends with Morella transformed into a Homunculus and having sex in the cage with Marvin.
Cast
- Hazel Dean as Tami
- Phil Fondacaro as Ivan
- Raelyn Hennessee as Spyce
- Daniel Lennox as Dex
- Debra Mayer as Morella
- Jill Michelle as Sugar
- Brian Muito as Club Patron
Reception
Critical reception was typically negative.{{Cite web |last=Condit |first=Jon |date=2005-07-06 |title=Decadent Evil (2005) |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/3773/decadent-evil-2005/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Dread Central |language=en-US}} Scott Weinberg reviewed Decadent Evil for DVD Talk, calling it "a mess in just about every sense of the word -- but that won't stop me from checking out his next projects".{{Cite web |last=Weinberg |first=Scott |date=August 5, 2005 |title=Decadent Evil (review) |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/17029 |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=DVD Talk}} Felix Vasquez of Cinema Crazed also reviewed the movie, similarly panning it.{{Cite web |last=Vasquez Jr. |first=Felix |title=Decadent Evil (2005) |url=https://www.cinema-crazed.com/blog/2013/06/21/decadent-evil-2005/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Cinema Crazed |date=21 June 2013 |language=en-US}} Kim Newman reviewed both Decadent Evil and Decadent Evil II, criticizing both.{{Cite web |last=kimnewman |date=2020-01-16 |title=Film review – Decadent Evil/Decadent Evil 2 |url=https://johnnyalucard.com/2020/01/16/film-review-decadent-evil-decadent-evil-2/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=The Kim Newman Web Site |language=en-GB}}
Sequel and legacy
Charles Band directed a sequel to Decadent Evil, Decadent Evil II, in 2007.{{Citation |last1=Band |first1=Charles |title=Decadent evil II |date=2007 |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/437368742 |place=Hollywood, CA |publisher=Wizard Entertainment |language=English |oclc=437368742 |access-date=2022-07-04 |last2=White |first2=August |last3=Michelle |first3=Jill |last4=Gil |first4=Ricardo |last5=Lennox |first5=Daniel |last6=Full Moon Features (Firm) |first6=Wizard Entertainment (Firm)}}{{Cite web |last=Foywonder |date=2007-10-12 |title=Decadent Evil II (DVD) |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/5008/decadent-evil-ii-dvd/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Dread Central |language=en-US}} Jill Michelle with Danniel Lennox returned to star in the film, while the role of Ivan Burroughs was played by Ricardo Gil. Fondacaro would later reprise the role of Ivan Burroughs in Evil Bong. A character by the name of Ivan Ivanov, played by George Appleby and revealed to be the character Ivan Burroughs, appeared in the 2016 series Ravenwolf Towers.{{Citation |last1=Creveling |first1=Shiloh |title=Ravenwolf Towers |date=2016-12-13 |type=Horror, Mystery, Thriller |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7035992/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |others= |publisher=Full Moon Features |last2=Henderson |first2=Evan |last3=Olsen |first3=Maria |via=IMDb}}
References
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Category:American supernatural horror films
Category:Films directed by Charles Band
Category:American vampire films
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