Product Details

• Actors: Siegfried Alexander, Biscuit, J.C. Brandy, Ajax Davis, Bliss Davis
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Adv Films
• VHS Release Date: October 3, 2000
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004Y7I0
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #95,782 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The magic scene sure has changed since Merlin's day. If writer-director Jon Jacobs's Lucinda's Spell is any gauge, modern spell casters are the equivalent of grunge rockers, hipsters doing their own thing on the fringes of society. Set in New Orleans, the drama covers the days before the Eve of Beltrane, and Jason (Jacobs), the last in Merlin's bloodline, must choose the mother of his child during a spell casting contest. Bottle blonde Jason slinks and glowers and poses his way through New Orleans as he hunts for his son, born of a one-night stand five years before, but the picture is all but stolen by Christina Fulton as Lucinda, the New Orleans "sex witch" who just happens to be the mother of his child. With more costume changes than Cher and more characters in her closet than Tracey Ullman, Lucinda plays everybody's fantasy with a breathless vitality, sliding from one persona to the next without losing her essential spark. A modest but colorful production, it never succumbs to the sexploitation one would expect with the tag line "sex is magic," though the smoke-and-mirrors, demon-conjuring climax does suggest a B movie version of Kenneth Anger imagery: sexual but not particularly sexy. Like many an American indie production, there's more conversation than spectacle, but it's a charming production centered on a spirited performance by Fulton, an actress on the verge of a breakthrough. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I fell under Lucinda's Spell, you will too, August 25, 2000

By	S. Miller "reader" (Lindenhurst, New York USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Lucinda's Spell (DVD)

Lucinda's Spell is a charming little independent movie from bizzare director Jon Jacobs (who wrote/directed/starred in this and the previous "Girl with the Hungry Eyes"). Set in decadent New Orleans, on the eve of Beltain (pagans' "sacred night of love"), Jason the First Horn has come to couple with the most powerful witch. He encounters a coven of witches who would do anything at the chance to have sex with him. A group of women fighting over one guy? Sounds like every man's fantasy. But director Jacobs has turned the fantasy into a nightmare! In the middle of all this is Luicnda Bale (Christina Fulton, also from "Girl with the Hungry Eyes"), white witch and working girl who must overcome her self esteem in order to win and get back the son she thought she lost.

All in all, this was a pretty good film. I gave it only four stars because there was no director commentary. DVDs need commentary and it would have been nice to hear how Jon Jacobs put together this independent movie. See this movie!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Witches, Pagan Magic and Booze, August 23, 2000

By	First Horn (NY) - See all my reviews

Just when I thought I had seen everything.... I sat down to watch this wee beauty. Shot in fabulous widescreen, it's colorful, witty and unpredictable. Christina Fulton is a Riot and Jon Jacobs has gotta be the ballsiest guy in Hollywood to direct and star in this satire on sex. Do I recommend it? It's my new favorite movie. .... Oh and I found the official website at www.sexismagic.com .. more interesting stuff there.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-see indie hit, April 16, 2001

By	Jason (L.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lucinda's Spell (DVD)

Jon Jacob's latest film is set in the seductive and dangerous city of New Orleans...and rightly so. Where else could a writer/director (and yes - actor) capture the spirit of a coven of witches, the man they all attempt to seduce and all of the baddies that endeavor to thwart all of Lucinda's attempts to reunite with her only son?

The story is multi-faceted and takes place a few days prior to, and through, the Eve of Beltrane. It follows Lucinda (Christina Fulton), a New Orleans prostitute who ingeniously caters to her clients with a bevy of outrageous outfits, as she repeatedly tries in vain to reconnect with the son that she gave up for adoption many years ago. However, there are many people, for reasons apparent later, that will do anything to keep Lucinda from getting her son back. The story also follows Jason (Jon Jacobs), a.k.a. The First Horn, the decadent, mystical direct descendant of Merlin the Great Druid, who also happens to be the carrier of the magical bloodline of his ancestor. Jason is in town for "the contest." On the Eve of Beltrane is held a witches contest whereby witches from an area coven vie to see who can create the most powerful spell over Jason, and thus win the opportunity to join him in creating the offspring that will then be the carrier of the magical bloodline. One witch in particular, Beatrice (Shannah Bettz) wants this opportunity so badly that she'll do anything to have Jason. However, Lucinda also sees this as an opportunity to get her son back since Jason fathered her son Severain (Ajax Davis) several years prior in a moment of unbridled lust at the Mardi Gras.

The film, although it sounds quite dramatic, also has several quite humourous moments that are usually provided by the sexy and funny Christina Fulton. If Fulton's wide-ranging talents aren't recognized with this film, it leaves one to wonder what type of role could bring out more diversity in an actress. Regardless of the fact that she slips in and out of her New Orleans dialect, Christina has the quintessence, talent and gushing sex appeal to become a true luminary.

The entire cast, some of which were literally culled from the streets of New Orleans, under the direction of Jon Jacobs, brings a sense of reality and feeling to a very involved picture. Not a detail - okay maybe one or two - escapes Jon's keen directorial eye. It is truly hard to tell that Jon had little budget to work with as this film is shot with painstaking appreciation for detail from the characters to the sets. Even Jon's guerilla-filmmaking sequences come off with the proper feel. This is one indy film that you should definitely see because...sexismagic.