Last night, I watched Def by Temptation, a movie I’d never heard of until I saw it featured in Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. I loved it and was quite taken with the leading lady, Cynthia Bond, who plays a succubus. Bond gives a skillfully nuanced performance, switching from sweet innocent to wicked demon with aplomb.
Def is only her second acting credit, and her first film credit. I’d never heard of her, and I was sure that at some point she’d done the one-hit-wonder thing and dropped off the face of the planet. Turns out, she indeed hasn’t been acting since the mid-90s–she’s been quietly making the world a better place as a counselor and novelist.
To quote Wikipedia:
“Bond founded The Blackbird Collective in 2011 to, according to their website, ‘create a nurturing, supportive environment for writers’ with an emphasis on ‘telling truths seldom shared, and using creativity to help others.’ She taught writing to homeless and at-risk youth for over 15 years at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.”
Damn. And she’s bi. I think I’m in love.
GhoulieJoe 
I’ve heard of Def By Temptation, only because it stars Kadeem Hardison and I loved A Different World. Vinegar Syndrome put the movie out on Blu-ray, then it popped up on Tubi, so there’s really no excuse for me not to have seen it by now. Lol. The title confuses me, though, cos I don’t know what “def” means. I’ve seen it defined as “excellent”. I’m guessing it comes from Def Jam/Def Comedy Jam, which was named after Def Leppard. So… Excellent By Temptation? Anyway, it’s awesome that Ms. Bond has been doing such important work.
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A Different World was amazing! Lol I too am confused by the title for the same reasons. The movie was really good! It was a little cheesy at times, cause early 90s, but it was also really creepy.
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