Teenage Seductress

Teenage Seductress is a 1975 American drama film filmed in Taos, New Mexico. It was directed by Chris Warfield, and the Screenplay was co-written by actors, George Buck Flower, and John F. Goff.^[1] The film features Sondra Currie.^[2]

Plot

Terry Nelson is visiting Taos, New Mexico to see Preston King, an author, but she does not know where he lives. At an Art Gallery, she chats up the owner, Reynaldo "Reggie" Gonzales. She asks him about Preston, and he offers to take her to his house but Preston is not home. Terry has flashbacks of her mother, Emily, telling her that her father abandoned them when she was 2 years old. Terry believes her dad loves her, but Emily tries to tell her differntly, because she is bitter and hates men. Preston gets home, as Terry lurks nearby, ready to enact her plan to ruin his life as revenge for abandoning her.

Under the guise of being a journalism student, Terry gets him to talk to her about writing. Preston steps away for a moment to walk his maid, Elena, out but when he comes back, he finds Terry nude on his bed. He is uncomfortable and rejects her, but then forgives her.

In town, Terry is invited to a party Reggie is having and he tells her that Preston might attend. Terry also runs in to Elena at the grocery store, and usurps her duties by snatching the groceries away and lies to her about Preston hiring her as a secretary. At Preston's house, Terry begs him to hire her as a secretary, and he takes the offer. Valerie Hughes, Preston's Girlfriend arrives, and is shocked to see Terry there.

Preston asks her to go to Reggie's party and represent them. At the party, Reggie and Terry flirt, but the conversation becomes somber when she tells him that she was raped by a friend of her father when she was 13, and he consoles her and they kiss. Terry prys information about Preston and Victoria from Reggie.

Terry continues to date Reggie, and they go for a picnic nearby where Preston and Victoria are also having a picnic, unbeknownst to everyone except Terry. She wants to spy on Preston and Victoria, so she asks Reggie to leave. Terry watches the couple make out, and then uses a fake injury to get Preston's attention and disrupt the couple.

Victoria sees right through Terry's plot when Preston starts neglecting her. Preston makes it up to her by inviting her to his house for a romantic dinner. Reggie brings Terry's car from the shop. Preston invites them both to come inside for martinis. Victoria tries to convince Preston of what's going on, but Preston brushes it off.

Terry pushes Elena out by doing all of her job duties and she quits by making up a story about her family. Victoria confronts him about Terry again, and in a heated argument the break up. Terry moves into a guest room at Preston's, and they start spending more time together. Terry asks Preston about the wife and daughter he has, and he says they split because they were really young. He also mentions that he paid child support until she turned 18, but had not seen her since she was 2, saying that his attorney said that it would be best to stay out of her life.

Terry tells Preston about her father abandoning them, to which he tells her he can't imagine her father not wanting to see her. The chemistry they have begins to amplify, and they start holding hands in public. Preston finishes his novel, and tells Terry that he won't be writing for another couple months, but invites her to stay on if she wants to.

Terri delivers some paintings to the gallery for Preston. Reggie is apprehensive about her, but Teri kisses him and they make out. Preston comes in and sees them, and he storms away angrily. Back at house, Terry and Preston kiss, and eventually have sex. Afterwords, Terry gets upset and she tells him she is his daughter Emily. Preston thinks she's lying, but starts to believe her. Preston is sick to his stomach and Terry tells him he's selfish and doesn't care about anyone but himself, and he begins to weep, asking her why she did this.

They profess their love for eachother and cuddle, then Terry packs her bags and leaves.

Cast

• Sondra Currie as Terry Nelson
• Chris Warfield as Preston King
• Elizabeth Saxon as Victoria Hughes
• John Trujillo as Reggie Gonzales
• Sonny Cooper as Elena
• Gwen Van Dam as Emily Nelson
• Michelle D’Agostin as Terry at 2
• Claudia Smillie as Terry at 9

Production

The film was shot in Taos, New Mexico.

Home media

On April 4, 2015, Teenage Seductress was released on DVD as part of a drive-in double feature with another movie, 1973's Little Miss Innocence, which had the same director, Chris Warfield.

Reception

Third Eye Cinema praised the film, saying it was a "surprisingly respectable acting turn from director Warfield himself".^[3] 10kbullets critic, George Pacheco, praised Sondra Currie's performance, saying, "the actress’ natural, ravishing beauty projecting itself in every scene and stealing the show."^[4] Daily Grindhouse's critic, Jason Coffman, gave a negative review, saying the film "plays out mostly like a bleak soap opera."^[5]

References

External links

• Teenage Seductress on IMDb