Satan’s Mistress is a 1982 American supernatural horror film co-written, co-produced and directed by James Polakof. It is also known as Demon Rage; Fury of the Succubus; Dark Eyes and, confusingly (as there is a 1977 film with the same title), Demon Seed.
The movie stars Britt Ekland (The Wicker Man; The Monster Club; Beverly Hills Vamp); Lana Wood (Byer’s Bog), Kabir Bedi, Don Galloway, John Carradine, Sherry Scott, Elise-Anne and Tom Hallick (Beyond Death’s Door).
Although the film came and went unnoticed theatrically, Satan’s Mistress became a hit on home video.
The film around the same time as the similarly themed The Entity.
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A frustrated housewife, Lisa (Lana Wood), who having been distanced from her husband Carl (Don Galloway) begins having nightly trysts with an apparition that gradually takes on the form of a tall, dark stranger (Kabir Bedi) who turns out to be a ghost from the other side…
Reviews:
“This little-known horror film is not great by any standards but it does hold your attention and there’s plenty to laugh at from the demon dust to Ekland’s wide-eyed dialogue delivery. It’s obvious the director, James Polakof was hoping for a sexy, adult thriller and indeed the setting is quite glamorous as well as Wood’s fabu wardrobe and gigantic hair…” Planet Fury
‘By any title, it sucks. They really should have just called it “Excuse To Get Plenty O’Toole Naked” since that’s what the true agenda seems to be from the very first scene of Lana Wood running down the beach in slow-motion with her breast popping out of her nightgown.’ The Bloody Pit of Horror
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‘Miss Ekland receives top billing but only appears in only about four short scenes, and Carradine has just one. It is really Miss Wood who carries the film on her shoulders, and other places! I hope Mr. Bedi (with emphasis on BED) wasn’t paid by the word since he never said anything. However, if Miss Wood was paid by the moan, she could probably retire by now. Come to think of it, I haven’t seen her around lately…’ Temple of Schlock
“As with the 1982 other occult–intercourse thriller, The Entity, Satan’s Mistress claims to be based on true incidents. Make no mistake, though the story is fake, Lana Wood’s breasts are very very real.” Mike “McBeardo” McFadden, Heavy Metal Movies
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‘Tedious, predictable and taking forever to build to its non-arousing climax. John Carradine is wasted in a thankless cameo as a priest.’ John Stanley, Creature Features
Film Facts:
The film is notable for its inadvertent James Bond movie connections. Kabir Bedi later appeared in Octopussy, Britt Ekland (who has only a minor role but gets top-billing) starred in The Man with the Golden Gun and main star Lana Wood is known to many as Plenty O’Toole, a minor but highly memorable character who gets thrown out of a high-rise hotel window in Diamonds Are Forever.
