Succubus

Hey, wait -- isn't that also the definition of the word "girlfriend"?

This horror porn feature from director Jack Hemingway reminded me of the defunct television series Witchblade -- with lots more tits and ass, of course.

Raven Riley plays a demon slayer named … Raven Riley, who is the latest in a line of women sworn to protect the earth from the forces of darkness.

(I feel obligated here to throw in special mention of Raven Riley's sublime ass. It's big, it's juicy and it looks like she borrowed that shapely mountain of fleshy joy from one of the Kardashians. And I love every inch of it.)

Raven's nemesis is the ancient Mother of Demons herself, Lilith (played by the oh-so-delicious Liz Vicious). Lilith is described by one of the characters as having "red hair, pale skin and eyes that can enchant any man" -- yep, that sounds like Liz Vicious alright.

In mystic circles, Lilith was Adam's first wife, a woman who was eternally cursed by God and forced to flee the Garden of Eden simply because she refused to take the submissive role during lovemaking.

These days, there are plenty of men who love and respect sexually aggressive women (myself included) but Adam, apparently, was not only the First Man but the First Misogynist as well.

It would have been very interesting had the filmmakers made the attempt to correlate the obvious symbolism of Lilith's sexual liberation with the iconography of the pornographic movement but, alas, this film was intended to be more like the original Evil Dead. Oh, well.

The sex is good, if underlit, but it serves its purpose: to get you off. The orgy scene is nice and dirty, and Raven's lesbian one-on-one sex scene/mental battle with Lilith is as hot as the Hell the demoness is about to be sent to.

The acting leaves a lot to be desired, but let's face it: you're here for the sex, just like everybody else. And you have to applaud any adult film that tries to do new things within the limits of the genre.

Succubus even includes obscure occult references for those who are in the know (I may only be a poor widow's son, but I got the subtle mention of Aradia -- nice touch!).

Directed by Jack Hemingway.

Starring Raven Riley, Liz Vicious, Brandi Love, Isobel Wren, McKayla, Madison, Tom E. Motion, Kevin Baxter, Matt Danzig, Tracy Motion and Ron Jeremy.

Extras include behind the scenes, miscues, photos, trailers and an alternate ending.