Angel Lust (2026)

-Written by Kyle Bain.

2026 GENREBLAST FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! 

After participating in a forbidden relationship in 1782, Ophelia (Roe Haven) is executed. However, the afterlife has provided her an opportunity to rekindle that relationship, though the laws of time travel are challenging in Angel Lust. 

It appears that Angel Lust hopes to be time-travelling erotica, tickling the fancy of anyone intrigued by erotic thrillers or sex in general. I’ve seen numerous films in which the premise of the film is overshadowed by the abundance of sex; and that can often work when some level of balance is achieved. Angel Lust fails to achieve that balance, and the majority of the film ends up being something shallow and unappealing. 

I will say, however, that Angel Lust tries desperately to be something with depth—extending itself beyond the sex that remains prominently featured throughout. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work. 

Angel Lust is effectively an hour-and-forty-five minutes of exposition, explaining to viewers the ins and outs of time travel. While this certainly isn’t a documentary, it absolutely feels that Writer-Director Michael Fausti wanted nothing more than to express his expertise in the world of time travel. How it works, what you can and cannot do when traveling through time, how it affects the greater expanse of the world—the entirety of the film harps on this. The film becomes redundant and uninteresting very quickly.  

Regarding both the sex and the exposition, Angel Lust is overly repetitive. Early in the film I felt disconnected from the narrative, the characters, and the pacing—and Fausti doesn’t do enough to reel me back in. I often hoped that the narrative would shift, that the structure of the film would fix itself, but I was repeatedly met by disappointment. At the core of Angel Lust I feel there is a compelling narrative, a story that has the potential to intrigue viewers. What ultimately comes to life doesn’t do that justice; and the finished product lost me in the early going. 

Written & Directed by Michael Fausti. 

Starring Roe Haven, Alex Nathan-Woods, Susanna Louise, Autumn Shields, Andrew Elias, etc. 

4.5/10 = WORTH WATCHING, BUT YOU’VE BEEN WARNED