Meridian: Kiss of the Beast

Meridian: Kiss Of The Beast
Meridian: Kiss Of The Beast
Directed by	Charles Band
Screenplay by	Dennis Paoli
Story by	Charles Band
Produced by	Charles Band; Debra Dion
Starring	Sherilyn Fenn; Malcolm Jamieson; Charlie Spradling; Hilary Mason
Cinematography	Mac Ahlberg
Edited by	Ted Nicolaou
Music by	Pino Donaggio
Distributed by	Full Moon Features
Release date	April 13, 1990;
Running time	85 mins
Country	United States
Languages	English; Italian

Meridian, also known as Meridian: Kiss of the Beast, The Ravaging and Phantoms, is a 1990 American romantic horror film produced and directed by Charles Band and starring Sherilyn Fenn, Malcolm Jamieson, Hilary Mason and Charlie Spradling.

Plot summary

Catherine Bomarzini and her best friend Gina have traveled to Catherine's family castle in Italy after her father's death. Once there, the two visit a local carnival, where Gina invites the head magician Lawrence and his crew to the castle for dinner. At the dinner, Lawrence drugs both women and rapes Gina in front of his crew. He then carries Catherine off to another room where he strips and begins to seduce her, but pulls away so his twin brother Oliver can instead have sex with her. As the film progresses Catherine finds that both brothers are under a curse - they can only die at the hands of a loved one.

Cast

Sherilyn Fenn (Catherine Bomarzini)
Malcolm Jamieson (Lawrence/Oliver)
Hilary Mason (Martha)
Charlie Spradling (Gina)
Alex Daniels (Beast)
Phil Fondacaro (Circus Dwarf)
Vernon Dobtcheff (Village Priest)
Isabella Celani (Castle Ghost)

Release

Meridian was released to video in the United States on April 13, 1990. It has received several DVD releases and in 2016 Full Moon released a re-mastered version of the film, which they re-titled The Ravaging.

The film's soundtrack was released in 1992 through Moonstone Records. Allmusic gave the soundtrack two stars, as they felt that it was not among Pino Donaggio's best work.^[1]

Reception

Matt Serafini heavily criticized the film in a 2010 review for Dread Central, commenting that while he had previously listed the movie as one of his favorites, Meridian did not hold up under further viewings, as it was "as poorly written and sloppily made as anything in their recent output".^[2] Allmovie panned the movie and gave it 1 1/2 stars.^[3]

References

^ McDonald, Steven. "Meridian: Kiss of the Beast [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (review)". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
^ Serafini, Matt (25 August 2012). "Saturday Nightmares: Meridian (1990)". Dread Central. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
^ Erickson, Hal. "Meridian (1990)". AllMovie. Retrieved 2016-04-03.

External links

Meridian: Kiss of the Beast at IMDb
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[1] McDonald, Steven. "Meridian: Kiss of the Beast [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (review)". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-03.

[2] Serafini, Matt (25 August 2012). "Saturday Nightmares: Meridian (1990)". Dread Central. Retrieved 2016-04-03.

[3] Erickson, Hal. "Meridian (1990)". AllMovie. Retrieved 2016-04-03.

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