Thursday, April 9, 2026

Vampiress Review: Electra (1996)



The Gist:  A woman who secretly has a sexual obsession with her stepson is manipulated by a super villain to use those feelings to get a secret formula from him that would give him superpowers. 

 

Clarification:  This film starring Shannon Tweed is about a woman who falls in love with her late husband's son who just happens to be inheriting all his father's research (basically he created a formula that gives people superpowers).  The film is fun to watch in a old school Cinemax guilty pleasure sort of away as the plot and everything about the film is wall to wall fan service. Especially since the supervillain's main henchman amount to two really hot woman who wear revealing costumes throughout. 


Female Vampire Factor: As mentioned, the main plot revolves around a woman who has a thing for her stepson which is adult film stereotype 101.  

Problem for her though outside of the son having the logic of a 10-year-old who is very confused about the idea that his stepmom might be hot is that he has an equally hot girlfriend.  It becomes clear that the mom becomes jealous of her and by the films end both end up taking the serum to get superpowers and fighting it out. It is here when the mother gets superpowers, is renamed Electra and gets her own sexy outfit. 

Oh, and did I forget to mention she got the superpowers by molesting her stepson as apparently, they can be spread sexually?


Well, when Stepmom and her stepson's girlfriend fight it out there is a point where they stop as stepmom somehow transforms into the girlfriends missing mother. When the girlfriend then let's her guard down Mom turns back, sprouts fang and stabs her with her nails before licking the blood off her fingers. 


Final Opinion: So is this really a vampire film?  Not really but does include a fanged woman who drinks blood which makes it good enough.  Otherwise the target audience here is people into low budget superhero style films with a small bit of Cinemax style nudity thrown in.  I give it a Vampire Beauty Rating of 3 out of 5.  Because it's unintentionally funny it's actually a pretty easy and sometimes enjoyable watch if you're into cheesy films. 



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