The Tubi algorithm keeps recommending movies to me about sexy succubae named Lilith (or in this case, “Lillith”), and I keep right on watching them. This one is the best of the bunch so far.
Jenna (Nell Kessler) and her friends take a college class on demonology. When she catches her no-good boyfriend cheating on her, she decides to ask her witchy pal Emma (Robin Carolyn Parent) to help get back at the two-timing bastard. Together, they summon a succubus named Lillith (Savannah Whitten) to seduce and torment him. Naturally, things get out of hand in a hurry and Lillith kills him after doing the nasty. When she sets her sights on fucking and killing more frat boys, it’s up to Jenna and her Wiccan besties to stop her.
Lillith is a surprising, funny, and fun time. It’s always a little bit better than you expect, as it defies conventions at every turn. The way co-writer/director Lee Esposito colors outside the lines of the usual horror cliches is also a real treat.
At the heart of the film is a tour-de-force performance by Whitten as Lillith. Instead of playing the succubus as a demonic sex machine, she opts to act like a catty goth chick, which is really inspired. Not many actresses can remain charming, funny, and sexy during long dialogue scenes where they appear with dried dick blood on their face, but Whitten is definitely one of the best at the craft. (“Blood and cum. NOT a good combination!”)
Unlike most horror-comedies, Lillith scores high marks in the comedy department. Heck, it manages to hit its marks during the dramatic scenes as we even grow to like the characters too. When they are killed off, it gives the movie unexpected depth and weight. It’s certainly head and shoulders above most low budget horror flicks that populate the backwaters of Tubi, that’s for damned sure.
While Whitten is a hoot and a holler as Lillith, it’s Kessler who gets the best line of the movie when she says, “Okay, just to be clear: You want to summon a sex demon to have sex with my ex-boyfriend, and then… what? Give him demon crabs?”
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