The Devil’s Honey (also known as “Dangerous Obsession”) is terrible on so many levels. The lack of story makes me want to argue that the “plot” is a pretext for the sex but even then, the sex is relatively minimal.

Jessica’s (played by Blanca Marsillach) relationship with Johnny (Stefano Madia) is a volatile one. Johnny is obsessed with sex and tends to push Jessica’s boundaries. Feeling like a piece of meat to Johnny’s advances, Jessica often finds herself wondering why she stays with him. Doctor Wendall Simpson (Brett Halsey) also has a troubled personal life despite being a successful surgeon. He’s a neglectful husband who’d rather spend his time with tawdry hookers than with his loving wife. When Wendell’s behavior becomes too much for his wife Carol Simpson (Corinee Clery), she files for divorce.

Distracted by the events of his personal life, Wendell accidentally kills Johnny when performing brain surgery. Jessica, consumed by grief and sadness, is convinced Wendall murdered Johnny. She formulates a plan to exact her revenge and is excited by the power she possesses over her prisoner.

The most ridiculous aspect of The Devil’s Honey is Jessica’s motive. We see into Wendall’s mind via flashback as he replays the moment his wife leaves him causing him to make a fatal mistake. However, Jessica isn’t privy to that information, nor does she know Wendall enough to suspect foul play, but she does. Grief and loss are powerful emotions, but the way this movie handles them, you would think that doctors would be at risk of being kidnapped whenever a patient died on their operating table.

The only thing I can recommend from this movie is the score. Composer Claudio Natili created a sexy and upbeat sounding score, whether it’s Johnny’s saxophone main theme or the energetic synth music playing while Johnny and Jessica ride around on a motorcycle.

I’m hard pressed to think of an audience I’d suggest this movie to other than the midnight movie crowd. The soap opera level of acting only adds to the comedy of this poorly written movie.

It doesn’t help that some of the sex scenes are genuinely laughable, like when Johnny uses his saxophone to bring Jessica to orgasm. The sex scenes are mostly there to show the audience that Johnny is the dominant one in the relationship and Jessica is oftentimes uncomfortable with Johnny’s requests, which is mirrored when Jessica kidnaps Wendall and finds herself aroused by her power over him. I think the idea works better conceptually than it does onscreen.

Rating: 1.5 out of 5.

Devil’s Honey is now available at Severin (CLICK HERE) on both Blu-ray and 2-Disc 4K UHD with exclusive slipcover.

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The writer of this piece is: Laurence Almalvez
Laurence tweets from @IL1511

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