This is one of the more notorious examples of 80's sleaze. Finally available on DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment, The Seduction will more than likely either be ignored by the general public, or whole heartedly embraced by people who remember this movie for it's novelty value of seeing 80's hair queen Morgan Fairchild naked, which is honestly it's biggest claim to fame.

Fairchild plays Jaimie Douglas, a beautiful L.A. anchorwoman who likes to swim in her pool nude (thank God for that!). Her boyfriend likes to "watch her." Jaime answers back, "I like to be watched." Uh oh – wrong thing to say. You see, her creepy neighbor, played by Andrew Stevens likes to watch Fairchild, too. He's developed a sick obsession with her, and has convinced himself that she returns his love. Flowers, candy and other gifts fail to convince Fairchild of his sincerity, so he moves up to breaking into her house, which naturally freaks out Jaimie. Fairchild's boyfriend interrupts Steven's Photo Shoot from Hell, and beats him up. But naturally, that only convinces Stevens that Fairchild should be with him. Not even the cops can put a stop to Steven's madness. Will Fairchild, once she's Alone, Terrified and Trapped like an Animal (to quote the exploitative film tagline), be able to use "the only weapon she has....herself," to stop him?

Before that, we're treated to a talky pseudo-intellectual cat and mouse game. The final confrontation between Fairchild and Stevens is quite well acted, with Fairchild finally able to actually act instead of showboating herself off in perpetual victim mode. Her final "seduction" of Stevens where she turns the tables on her stalker is very well done. Stevens is very believable as her obsessed neighbor (maybe a bit too believable?). He exudes a desperate sliminess that makes him one of the more depraved psychos in stalking film history, but of course, no one could hold a candle to Michael Beihn's turn in The Fan which this film somewhat resembles. Fairchild looks great in a role that mostly requires her to be the equivalent of a window shop mannequin, and this was when she really was a pretty woman, before later plastic surgeries gave her the resemblance of an actual mannequin.

Anchor Bay has delivered a very nice widescreen 2.35:1, 16:9 enhanced transfer, giving the feature a nice big screen look, with a Dolby Digital mono soundtrack. Nothing spectacular, but it's exactly how it was intended to sound.

Extras include three feature documentaries, as well as a commentary by Producer Irwin Yablans and writer/director David Schmoeller. Also included is the very effective theatrical trailer, which would probably convince me to fork over my hard earned cash to see this movie.

Watching THE SEDUCTION is still a fun experience. It's vintage early 80's sleaze, masquerading as high-toned trash, and if you have a weird thing for Morgan Fairchild, this is the movie for you. Despite the high faulting' talk on the commentary and the extras, this is just an exploitation picture meant to attract everyone it possibly can and an excuse to show Fairchild in various stages of undress. It's classic fun, and is a harmless bit of entertainment.