Poison Ivy II: Lily

Poison Ivy II: Lily
Home video release poster
Directed byAnne Goursaud
Written byChloe King
Produced by
  • Paul Hertzberg
  • Catalaine Knell
Starring
CinematographySuki Medencevic
Edited byTerilyn A. Shropshire
Music byJoseph Williams
Production
companies
Distributed byNew Line Home Video
Release date
  • January 16, 1996 (1996-01-16)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Poison Ivy II: Lily is a 1996 American direct-to-video erotic thriller film directed by Anne Goursaud, written by Chloe King and stars Alyssa Milano. It is a sequel to the 1992 film Poison Ivy and the second installment of the Poison Ivy film series. The film was released by New Line Home Video on January 16, 1996.

Plot

Lily is a sheltered art student from Michigan attending college in California. She finds an apartment and notices that her roommates, Tanya (a friendly lesbian artist who becomes a good friend), Bridgette (a cruel and taunting artist who takes an immediate dislike to her), and Robert (a silent but talented musician) aren't quite normal. One day, Lily discovers a box of items belonging to a girl named Ivy. In the box, she finds nude pictures of the girl and her diary. She is drawn to the content, desiring to have the girl's sexual confidence and fearlessness. In class, she has trouble expressing herself, unlike Gredin, an attractive classmate and sculptor whom she starts dating. Meanwhile, she has found a job babysitting Daphna, the daughter of her art teacher Donald Falk, who has betrayed his wife multiple times by having sex with his female students.

Slowly, Lily becomes obsessed with Ivy's letters and photos, attempting to take over her image. She cuts her hair and starts wearing more revealing clothes. Lily inspires Donald to perform art again and agrees to pose nude for him. He falls in love with her, which affects his marriage to Angela. One day, Lily thinks she has caught Gredin and Bridgette together. Feeling upset, she pierces her belly button and starts to rebel, estranging herself from her friends. At a Halloween party, she enjoys the attention that she is getting from men until she sees Gredin intimately dancing with another girl. Trying to make him jealous, she kisses a masked guy, who turns out to be Robert. She eventually has sex with Gredin, but he dumps her after realizing how much she has changed.

Meanwhile, Angela has found Donald's drawing of Lily and thinks that he is having an affair with her. Donald, already depressed since he saw Lily kissing Gredin, takes it out on Lily. He admits that he is in love with her and tries to kiss her. She is initially unamused by his attempts, but they eventually engage in sexual activity. They are interrupted, though, and Lily leaves. She soon reunites with Gredin. Not much later, Donald’s invites Lily to have Thanksgiving dinner with his family. She brings Gredin, which upsets Donald. Lily ends up alone with Donald, and he rapes her. They are soon caught by Daphna, who runs out of the home and into the street, where she is hit by a car. Lily, traumatized, returns home and destroys everything that has to do with Ivy.

Gredin arrives to reveal that Daphna has survived, but a now psychotic Donald knocks him out and enters Lily's room. After a chase and a scuffle, Donald slips off the roof and falls to his death. In the aftermath, Lily contemplates dropping out of school and moving back to Michigan. However, after she and Gredin admit their love for each other, she decides to stay in California.

Cast

  • Alyssa Milano as Lily Leonetti
  • Johnathon Schaech as Gredin
  • Xander Berkeley as Donald Falk
  • Belinda Bauer as Angela Falk
  • Camilla Belle as Daphna Falk
  • Kathryne Dora Brown as Tanya
  • Walter Kim as Robert
  • Victoria Haas as Bridgette
  • Tara Ellison as Catherine
  • Mychal Wilson as Spin
  • Joey Krees as Peter the Performance Artist
  • Kate Rodger as Isabel
  • Howard Brown as Rocco

Production

The film is known as one of lead actress Alyssa Milano's attempts to break her child star image. She appeared in several soft erotic films, including Poison Ivy II. When this sequel was in production, Milano was cast because of her 'recognition factor'.[2] Director Anne Goursaud worked previously with Milano on Embrace of the Vampire (1994), and they worried Poison Ivy II wouldn't be as daring as that film. They decided to go into another direction, not using Milano as the primary sex symbol in the film, but her co-star Johnathon Schaech.[3]

Release

Home media

After the release, it was mostly promoted for the sex scenes featuring Milano. Goursaud admitted that the film mostly had a following with boys, but insisted that there were female fans as well.[4] Although not as successful as Embrace of the Vampire, the film still did very well in home video sales.[5] Critics, however, dismissed the film as softcore porn and it received mostly negative reviews.

Reception

Critical response

Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 14% of 7 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 3.66 out of ten.[6]

Sequel

A sequel titled Poison Ivy: The New Seduction, was released in 1997.

References

  1. ↑ "Poison Ivy II - Lily". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ February 24, 1996 - Billboard - p.57
  3. ↑ Williams, Linda Ruth - The erotic thriller in contemporary cinema - p.413-414
  4. ↑ Williams, Linda Ruth - The erotic thriller in contemporary cinema - p.414
  5. ↑ Williams, Linda Ruth - The erotic thriller in contemporary cinema - p.410
  6. ↑ "Poison Ivy II (1995)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
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