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Def by Temptation [DVD]

James Bond III (Actor, Director, Writer), Kadeem Hardison (Actor) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 413 ratings
IMDb5.2/10.0
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Genre Horror
Format Color, Special Edition, DVD, NTSC, Full Screen
Contributor Minnie Gentry, Rony Clanton, Guy Davis, Bill Nunn, Freddie Jackson, Kadeem Hardison, John Canada Terrell, Cynthia Bond, James Bond III, Samuel L. Jackson, Steven Van Cleef, Najee See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 35 minutes
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Product Description

In one of his earliest pre-Pulp Fiction performances, Samuel L. Jackson helps face off against a supernatural menace to society in this theatrical sleeper hit shot on colorfully vivid 35mm. A sexy female succubus is hell-bent on destroying Joel (A DIFFERENT WORLD’s Kadeem Hardison), a young divinity student, through her powers of seduction. One by one, Joel's friends fall victim to her charms, leaving Joel to face the temptress...and his destiny...alone. Bill Nunn (DO THE RIGHT THING) also stars in this terrifying story of vampires and lust. Featuring star power, lavish production values and smoking urban locales, Def By Temptation showcases the brightest young black cast and crew in a thoughtfully frightening horror extravaganza.

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"A potent horror fantasy." -- -The Los Angeles Times

"Genuine tension and eroticism...excellent special effects" -- -The Hollywood Reporter.

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ James Bond III
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Special Edition, DVD, NTSC, Full Screen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 35 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ February 10, 1998
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ James Bond III, Kadeem Hardison, Bill Nunn, Samuel L. Jackson, Minnie Gentry
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC.
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 630485241X
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ James Bond III
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 413 ratings

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Ms.A
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprising Great Message - They don't make them like this anymore.
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2023
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I was pleasantly surprised by the powerful and positive ending that was accurate based on scripture. I'm so glad I watched this movie!

If you can get past the low-budget quality of the movie then you might like it also. You'll at least enjoy the early 90's nostalgia!

** Spoiler **

Samuel L. Jackson's character, the minister kept hinting to his son to use The Word. At first glance, the director wanted you to think he should grab the Holy Bible (the written word). But read John 1:1-5 and Ephesians 6:10-18, also Ephesians 6:12.

The one character that fought evil spiritually with the Holy Spirit (words) was able to overcome evil in victory because he relied on God, while the two men that tried to fight evil with physical weapons were overcome by evil and lost in the end. The only thing is that I wished he rebuked the evil spirit in the name of Jesus as Paul did in Acts 16:16-18. That was the one glaring flaw.

They don't make movies like this anymore! With a spiritual and powerful message!

There were many recognizable actors. I wish this movie was more known. It's almost like the precursor of Vampire in Brooklyn which also had Kadeem Hardison.
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AmyLulu
5.0 out of 5 stars First you laugh and then you scream. Never a minute of boredom.
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2017
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Excellent. Scary, funny and thought provoking. You may never cheat on the one you love after watching this movie. It's "Fatal Attraction" meets "Nightmare on Elm Street". Be careful what you pray for you just might get it. And it doesn't star Samuel L Jackson. He has a small but pivotal role. It stars Kadeem Hardison aka Dwayne Wayne of the tv series a "Different World". And it co-stars James Bond III, no relation to 007. He also wrote the script. You may remember that both he and Kadeem Hardison played Laurence Fishburns' pseudo frat brothers in Spike Lee's classic hit, "School Daze". If you want to make it a triple comedy/horror feature night I suggest, "Vampire In Brooklyn" written by the late great comedian, Charlie Murphy and stars Eddie Murphy and Kadeem Hardison. And "Tales from the Hood" starring Clarence Williams III, from "Purple Rain" and the tv series, "The Mod Squad". Invite some good friends over. Order some cool snacks and beverages from Amazon. Turn out the lights and clown the first person who screams. You will not be bored. Respect.
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MICHAEL.
5.0 out of 5 stars Had this on vhs glad to have it on Blu ray.
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2022
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Great movie yeah got to be aware of temptation it’s something that if you were not Taught at home you could be in a lot of trouble especially with all this crazy gender confusion out here saying everything is ok well all that glitters ain’t gold.
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John's Horror Corner
4.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining B-movie about a demonic temptress; slow in the first 60 min, but awesome last 30 min, so stick around!
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2016
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If you love bad 80s horror and make yourself watch this (the whole movie), I think you'll appreciate it for its zaniness, gore, campiness and diverse effects. But don't watch 20 minutes and decide "this sucks" and promptly stop watching. Trust me, it's worth it.

This is gory, silly, bad 80s horror fun at its best…as long as you can make it through the first hour. Featuring distractingly horrible editing and abject storytelling, this movie stars and was written/directed by James Bond III, who thankfully never directed anything else. This alone should tell you all you need to know. But, just for funsies, let's review it anyway…

This film opens introducing us to a womanizer who earns a brutal fate at the hands of a supernatural seductress (Cynthia Bond). The scenes feature full frontal male nudity as the man runs, screaming for his life. I feel like they were trying to present this to elevate the intensity, vulnerability and desperation; to set a dire tone. It worked.. But in subsequent scenes, things feel more campy. As if, shortly after this scene, the movie decided to stop taking itself so seriously. Unfortunately, the writing, acting, and pretty much everything else about this film is similarly inconsistent.

The nature of our seductress remains a mystery for much of the movie. We don't know how or why she kills. Just that she does. At one point I thought she was a demon or a succubus or some other manner of infernal temptress. A brief glance of a clawed (and maybe hairy?) hand made me wonder if she was later a werewolf.

As the story weakly progresses, we get glimpses of vampirism. But this movie neither follows "the rules" of vampirism nor demons nor does it clearly lay out its own new rules. She has no reflection in the mirror, walks around in daylight, holy water gives her thrashing indigestion and the right Biblical verse will make her head explode. At one point she seems pleased to have afflicted a lecherous victim with a disease and his skin forms perhaps blistering legions--but the scene is so poorly staged that I wasn't entirely clear if it was meant to be caused by sunlight…or if it would continue until he died regardless. But then why is she not so affected? And what the Hell even happened to that guy? Did he die? We never know!

The special effects, like most 80s and early 90s horror, is heavily biased towards the last third of the movie. Some blood here and there, wounds and skin lesions, and a clawed hand don't make for a promising first hour. But the last 30 minutes offers someone being "eaten" by an evil TV, our succubus assumes her demon form (multiple different forms), and there are some scenes of spewing gore. The other element that typifies the third act is LUNACY! It's hard to keep track of precisely what's going on…is this a dream, an illusion from mind control, a flashback mixing with the present? It sort of turns into a fever dream. For some reason in a single scene we see our protagonist fighting the succubus in New York City, his grandmother (who lives in North Carolina) suddenly appears in New York and his dead father lectures him…again, all in one scene! And no, it wasn't a dream nor was anything explained. But therein lies the joyous madness of bad 80s horror.

Despite being horribly edited, I enjoyed the flashback sequence with Samuel L Jackson (The Hateful 8, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) as Joel's minister father and Bill Nunn (Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead) who we meet as a guy with a new lie for every girl he tries to pick up at a bar…like making kung fu movies with Bruce Lee or being a race car driver. But he also turns out to be an important character and even when he's not trying to pick up hotties, he has by far the best lines! Kadeem Hardison (White Men Can't Jump, Vampire in Brooklyn) also has his moments…good and bad (but mostly bad). But our writer/director/star simply does quite poorly with his character's attempts to be soulful and inflexive.

If you love bad 80s horror and make yourself watch this (the whole movie), I think you'll appreciate it for its zaniness, gore, campiness and diverse effects. But don't watch 20 minutes and decide "this sucks" and promptly stop watching. Trust me, it's worth it.
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Jasper Stone
5.0 out of 5 stars The real deal
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2021
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It took me years to find this movie again. I wouldn't consider this scary just a wake up call when it comes to temptation.
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airforce2000
3.0 out of 5 stars Yes the film is edited! What a shame
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2017
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Great fun flick from the 80's about good vs evil I guess.I remember watching this back in the day when I was teenage and I got to see the complete film unedited which is so much better.
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E. Emory
5.0 out of 5 stars This is how evil really works.
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2018
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This is how the Devil really works. Demons don't overpower you, they seduce you. I am not just talking about sex. Whatever your temptation, your weakness is, it is found. I loved the family and friendship love, the support they provide. If you are looking for an evil spirited movie with all powerful evil, graphic sex, blood and a depressing outlook on life, move on. You won't like this movie.
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Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars A scary movie that shows intoxication of the flesh!Beware in real life!
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2017
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Frightning where a person can let temptation lets it lead a person.Now days there is lies that portray something that makes one think there is gays,lesbians,but it is,but a charade!A female trapped in a male's body,a man trapped in a woman's body that leads to gender lie that there is more than one,but gays although a lie only states of two,and same as lesbian,but both discriminate against theirself's,and others,but the movie was frightning!
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Mika
5.0 out of 5 stars Hat mir sehr gut gefallen
Reviewed in Germany on February 13, 2024
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Der Film ist eine VHS-Version auf DVD, somit sollte man sich im Klaren sein, dass das Bild nicht hervorragend ist, aber man kann es schauen. Die Story ist meiner Meinung nach das Pre-Sequel von Vampire in Brooklyn und ist echt gut und interessant gemacht. Bin froh den Film auf deutsch gefunden zu haben
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Matías Espasa
4.0 out of 5 stars Entretenida desde princesa fin
Reviewed in Spain on December 21, 2020
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Imagen aceptable sonido bueno muy entretenida
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gary james nugent
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in Canada on August 23, 2019
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Excellent
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Iván
1.0 out of 5 stars Pésima
Reviewed in Spain on January 24, 2023
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Es una película absurda y sin sentido, la Mía gen y el sonido de pena y la trama? Es lo peor q he visto, al terminar la película fue directa a la basura
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Ralf
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2009
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Well, I really tried!
But it didn't help.
This movie is so bad it hurts.
Dull screenplay, amateurish acting and very bad visuals. And though Ernest R. Dickerson might be the only artist/technician on this project, it didn't amount to nothing but the look of a home-video. And then the soundtrack: O boy, this is even worse than the famous Glen-or-Glenda soundtrack! The sound-quality is very low (home video again) and the music is just horrible and without any connection to the plot whatsoever. I really like low-budget movies, as far as there is any vision you can explore or at least: something. There's nothing here.
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