One of the more popular tropes of the early 80's slasher film heyday was the always-dependable anchorwoman in peril thrillers. It made perfect sense churning these things out as the plots basically wrote themselves- a perky, usually opinionated protagonist finds herself squaring off against either a crazed stalker or a deranged chauvinist which always culminates in an oh-so-satisfying wham-banger of a climax. And boy were there some goodies in that bunch, too.
THE SEDUCTION, from 1982, is probably the most well-known of the AIP slashers. Starring the white-hot Morgan Fairchild as popular anchorwoman Jaime Douglas alongside hunky Andrew Stevens as her mad stalker Derek, THE SEDUCTION is endlessly entertaining on many levels.
For one, it's actually a solid little thriller. A slasher-lite, if you will, but still oddly creepy thanks to Steven's go-for-broke performance as Derek. Say what you will about the acting chops of La Morgan, but one cannot deny that when she's on the screen, you simply can't take your eyes off her. The film is also a bona-fide camp classic, even blessing us with Dionne Warwick warbling the title tune, Lord help us.
Morgan's actually pretty good in the film, tbh, and holds her own against the creeper Derek. 80's icon Colleen Camp appears as Jamie's bff, and she's always a delight. A true cult classic, THE SEDUCTION made enough of an impact to be featured in the delicious 1984 frightfest TERROR IN THE AISLES.
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