Deceit (1989 film)

1990 American film

Deceit

Directed by| Albert Pyun
Written by| Kitty Chalmers
Produced by| Tom Karnowski
Starring| Sam Phillips
Norbert Weisser
Scott Paulin
Diane Defoe
Christian Andrews
Cinematography| Philip Alan Waters
Edited by| Sydney Conrad
Music by| Anthony Riparetti
Jim Saad
Distributed by| 21st Century Film Corporation

Release date

* July 10, 1990 (1990-07-10) (United Kingdom)

Running time

| 92 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English
Budget| $22,000
Box office| $2 million

Deceit is a 1989 minimalist science fiction film.[1] Some sources cite a 1990, 1992[2] or a 1993 release date.[3]

## Plot

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An unknown man commits suicide by drinking bleach. After his death, his body is then possessed, and he claims his name to be an alien sex fiend named Bailey. About a month later, a group, including Wilma (Diane Defoe), on their way to Las Vegas for a wedding stop to pick up Bailey who claims his car has broken down.

Bailey (Norbert Weisser) now claims to be an alien who destroys polluted worlds. He shoots the others in the car and kidnaps Eve (Samantha Phillips) deciding to postpone his plans to destroy Earth until they are able to have sexual relations.[4]

Eve thinks Bailey may be an escaped mental patient, and this seems likely when Bailey's "therapist" Brick (Scott Paulin) shows up, but he also claims to be an alien sent to Earth to destroy all humans and cleanse the planet.[5]

Both Brick and Bailey attempt to seduce Eve, but are unsuccessful. Just before the Earth is destroyed, an intergalactic police officer, now possessing Wilma, uses a powerful object (The Cube) to grant the Earthlings a stay of execution. Eve shoots Bailey and Brick. The fate of the world now rests in Eve's hands.[6]

## Production

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The entire film was shot in three days.[7] Written and directed by Albert Pyun, the film has no special effects other than a single cube and was mostly filmed on one set.[5] Pyun said he filmed the movie this way as he enjoys avant garde film making.[8]

The film was shot during Cyborg additional photography and Pyun used the same crew and locations.

## Cast

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* Norbert Weisser as Bailey
* Christian Andrews as Niram
* Diane Defoe as Wilma
* Samantha Phillips as Eve
* Scott Paulin as "Brick"

## Reception

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Creature Feature gave the movie two out of five stars. Moria found the film "awful" [5] Rivets on a poster was much kinder to the film, finding it a "beautiful and intelligent midnight movie, which is good enough – and funny enough – to make you forget its flaws." TV Guide gave the movie one star, finding it overlong and thinly plotted, and the attempts at parody strained.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Richard Scheib (2008-03-09). "DECEIT". Moria. Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
2. ^ "Deceit (1992)". February 14, 2017.
3. ^ Stanley, J. (2000) Creature Feature: 3rd Edition
4. ^ Mick Martin; Marsha Porter (2001). Video Movie Guide 2002. Ballantine Books. p. 277\. ISBN 0-345-42100-0.
5. ^ a b c "Deceit (1989)". December 24, 2002.
6. ^ a b "Deceit". TVGuide.com.
7. ^ Nicanor Loreti (2008-08-09). "Filmmaker Interview: Albert Pyun". Fear Zone. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
8. ^ "Is it finally time for the director of the original Captain America to get some love?". Gizmodo.

## External links

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* Deceit at IMDb
* Deceit at Rotten Tomatoes

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Films directed by Albert Pyun

* The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
* Radioactive Dreams (1985)
* Dangerously Close (1986)
* Vicious Lips (1986)
* Down Twisted (1987)
* Alien from L.A. (1988)
* Journey to the Center of the Earth (1989)
* Cyborg (1989)
* Deceit (1989)
* Captain America (1990)
* Bloodmatch (1991)
* Kickboxer 2 (1991)
* Dollman (1991)
* Nemesis (1992)
* Arcade (1993)
* Knights (1993)
* Brainsmasher... A Love Story (1993)
* Kickboxer 4 (1994)
* Hong Kong '97 (1994)
* Heatseeker (1995)
* Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995)
* Spitfire (1995)
* Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996)
* Omega Doom (1996)
* Nemesis 3: Prey Harder (1996)
* Nemesis 4: Death Angel (1996)
* Raven Hawk (1996)
* Blast (1997)
* Mean Guns (1997)
* Crazy Six (1998)
* Postmortem (1998)
* Corrupt (1999)
* Urban Menace (1999)
* The Wrecking Crew (2000)
* Ticker (2001)
* Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004)
* Infection (2005)
* Cool Air (2006)
* Left for Dead (2007)
* Road to Hell (2008)
* Bulletface (2010)
* Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010)
* The Interrogation of Cheryl Cooper (2014)
* Interstellar Civil War (2017)

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