Freddys Dead: The Final Nightmare

CAST

Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger
Lisa Zane as Maggie Burroughs
Shon Greenblatt as John Doe
Lezlie Deane as Tracy
Ricky Dean Logan as Carlos
Breckin Meyer as Spencer
Yaphet Kotto as Doc
Tom Arnold as Childless Man
Roseanne as Childless Woman

Plot

Freddy returns once again! What we come to realize is
that Freddy Krueger has accomplished his main goal.
He has killed off all of the Elm St. children. But its not
enough for Freddy any more. He wants more. There is
one left and Freddy intelligently uses him long enough
to gain escape from his original confinements. He seeks
to gain entrance elsewhere for more "fresh meat". Once
he no longer needs the last..he to, will receive his fate like
all the others of Elm St. During this transition, Freddy
comes face to face with his daughter! Thats right, i said
daughter. You can only guess how this unusual family
reunion will turn out! I dont think daddy has good intentions
here...do you?

Review

Freddys Dead was directed by Rachel Talalay and starred Lisa Zane. Freddys Dead: The Final Nightmare was also released on September 13, 1991. This was the sixth installment in the series and supposed to be the last. But we all know how that goes. This was apparently New Line Cinemas first film in 3D from what i have gathered. Robert Englund yet again plays Freddy Krueger and as always picks up where he leaves off. I remember seeing this film in theaters, i was all psyched up because it was in 3D. But i wasnt impressed with the 3D graphics, but thats to be expected, especially for back then. But it made for a good marketing gimmick to bring in watchers. I never was to fond of this installment. It seems to me this storyline and the script was just pulled out of someones rear end. There are several cameos in this movie that in my opinion help to put this movie further in to the category of "ridiculous sequels". Theres Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold, and i dont have anything against them at all, but this movie was just not the place for those two in my opinion. Along with a couple others. There is however a cameo by Johnny Depp, who was in the Original A Nightmare on Elm Street, who played Glenn. I always felt if they were going to use him as a cameo appearance that they could have done it in a much better way then what they decided on. To me that was a key opportunity to bring a little bit of the first movie back to the big screen. But like with most franchises like this, they have screwed them up so bad, why worry about it now. So basically what we have here in this film is that Freddy needs fresh meat. He has practically killed off all the Elm Street children except one. Who he cleverly uses to expand his killing territories. Then of course when he no longer needs this kid, he kills him off as well. Well Freddy catches up with his own daughter in his new land of nightmares and she must now try to put a stop to her evil daddys murderous killing rampage once and for all. Maggie learns from Doc that Freddy has obtain his immortal powers from "dream" demons. But can be killed once and for all if brought into the real world. Now where have we heard this before? So, with a non-original idea once again, Freddy must be pulled into the real world to be killed. Maggie takes on this task of course and enters Freddys mind. There she sees Freddys horrible past from a child to adulthood. She successfully brings Freddy into the real world where they fight it out to the death. She impales Freddy with a bomb and he explodes, releasing his demons that have always revived him. This time they can not do that in the real world and Freddys Dead. This scene always reminded me of The Dream Master, only instead of the souls of the dead releasing from Freddy, it was demons etc. I thought it was a quick and easy way to do away with Freddy. Sure we got a bit of background on Freddy in this movie, but by this time and after all we have learned from the previous sequels was it really necessary? For me i found alot of problems with this movie and just wasnt impressed all the way around with it. I felt there could have been alot more to it, a better send off etc..after all it was supposed to be that they saved the best for last. Not in my opinion!

Tidbits:
The original script for this film had a 15 year old Jacob, the son of Alice, as one of the main characters. Also, there was to be several of the Dream Warriors to return and help Jacob kill off Freddy after he finally killed off Alice. This idea was of course scratched. Peter Jacksons script was said to be titled "A Nightmare on Elm St.: The Dream Lover". I have heard about this before and always felt this might have turned out alot better then this crap they ended up with. This could have been an awesome movie if done right in my opinion.

RATING: 2/5

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A Nightmare On Elm St. 4: The Dream Master

CAST

Tuesday Knight as Kristen Parker
Ken Sagoes as Roland Kincaid
Rodney Eastman as Joey Crusel
Lisa Wilcox as Alice Johnson
Andras Jones as Rick Johnson
Danny Hassel as Dan Jordan
Brooke Theiss as Debbie Stevens
Toy Newkirk as Sheila Kopecky
Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger

Plot

Once again Freddy returns to torment young teens in
their dreams! That's right...Freddy is back! And he plans
to pick up where he left off. His goal is to gain the souls
of the last of the Elm St. kids. Kristen also returns, along
with her ability to bring others into her dreams. By now she
has learned how to use her gift fairly well. She ends up giving
her gift to Alice once she realizes her own demise is inevitable.
Alice also has a secret...can her secret help her defeat Freddy?


Review

A Nightmare on Elm St. 4: The Dream Master was released August 19, 1988. It was directed by Renny Harlin and Produced by Robert Shaye and Rachel Talalay. Starring Robert Englund who continues to reprise his role as the razor gloved nightmare maniac known as Freddy Krueger. Kristen Parker, now played by Tuesday Knight along with her two friends Joey and Kincaid have all been released from the institution and have been trying to carry on normal lives as teenagers going to high school and doing what makes teens "teens". But soon Kristen starts to feel a very familiar eerily sense that Freddy is coming back soon. And of course no one believes her. And she cant tell her new friends of her troubles, at least yet anyway. But as luck would have it Kincaid wakes up one night to find himself locked in the trunk of an old car in the very same junkyard Freddy was previously buried in the last film. Starting to sense Kristen may in fact be right about Freddy's imminent return, Kincaid starts to panic. He spots his dog acting freakishly weird digging and sniffing around the area Freddy was buried. The dog takes a hot piss, literally and the ground starts to quake and open up. Freddy's bones reconstruct themselves, complete with burnt flesh and all! And POOF! Freddy's indeed back! Kincaid meets his demise as well as Joey that night. Joey is once again tricked into believing a beautiful woman wants him, this time inside his water bed. Freddy bursts thru killing Joey. The next day at school, Kristen realizes that the two must be dead when she sees their seats are empty in class. She freaks and decides she has no choice but to confide in her new friends. But they don't believe her until its to late. Kristen eventually meets her demise, but not before she is able to gift Alice with her ability to bring others into her dreams. After every death that takes place Alice receives her friends strongest ability. But Freddy gets their souls. Alice is determined to take Freddy down and set all the souls free that Freddy has held captive for so long. During the battle between the two, it looks as if Freddy is going to put an end to Alice. But then Alice quickly remembers the rest of the Dream Master nursery rhyme that her mother taught her when she was a little girl. As she repeats the lines of the Dream Master rhyme, she grabs a piece of reflective debri and Freddy sees his reflection! It is at this time that all the souls start to turn on Freddy and begin to release themselves from this evil monster that has held them all captive for so long. Freddy can no longer hold them and use them to be powerful. Once all are released Freddy goes down like one of his own helpless victims. Freddy has been defeated by Alice and the power of the Dream Master! Is he gone forever? Not hardly, its Freddy! Nightmare on Elm St. 4: The Dream Master was supposedly the second highest grossing Elm St. movie other then Freddy Vs. Jason. Nightmare on Elm St. 4 was quite different from what we are used to with an Elm St. movie. Which that could be why this movie gained so many mixed reviews. Nightmare 4 is most notable for when Freddy decides to take on a new role as stand up comic/crazed killer. I never could get used to that whole new wise crackin Freddy. Sure he came off with some funny shit. But that's not why we watch Nightmare movies. If we wanted comedy, we would turn on the comedy channel. So the funny Freddy never appealed to me much. And one of the biggest reasons why i lost enthusiasm for the franchise. But don't get me wrong, i love the movies, just some more then others. And i can completely show respect to Freddy Krueger as one of the most original iconic killers in horror movie history. I just think some people took the franchise down a few wrong paths. The films seemed to rely more on fancy special effects more then anything else after a while. Not that its a bad thing. But i always felt there was great potential for the series if it just stayed true to its original roots. Anyway, part 4 wasn't a complete mess. It had its moments. And we got a new female super hero, Alice! Alice was seen as the new "Nancy" to many. And i thought the soundtrack was pretty good, that is for its time. The Fat Boys featured Robert Englund performing "Are you ready for Freddy" and included Freddy rapping. There is even audio of Nancy from the first film saying "don't fall asleep". The video is on the 1999 box set bonus DVD. I thought this video also played on the first ever VHS release as well. Vinnie Vincent Invasion performs "Love Kills" on the soundtrack to. Tuesday Knight sings the song "Running from this Nightmare" that's played at the start of the film. But don't worry, Freddy wont be gone for long! You can find him in the next sequel!

RATING: 3/5

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A Nightmare On Elm St. 3: Dream Warriors

CAST

Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson
Craig Wasson as Neil Gordon
Patricia Arquette as Kristen Parker
Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger
Ken Sagoes as Kincaid
Rodney Eastman as Joey
Jennifer Rubin as Taryn
Bradley Gregg as Phillip
Ira Heiden as Will
Laurence Fishburne as Max
Penelope Sudrow as Jennifer
John Saxon as Donald Thompson

Plot

Kristen Parker is plagued by nightmares. She has an usual
gift, the ability to bring other people into her dreams. Kristen
is later taken to an institution for her eratic behavior. Here is
where she meets other teens experiencing the same disturbing
nightmares as she does. She also meets a new staff member
who turns out to be Nancy Thompson. Nancy is the survivor of
the first Nightmare on Elm St. Nancy comes to learn that these
kids are all being tormented by Freddy Krueger in their dreams.
She now realizes that she herself may have to once again
battle the badly burned man in a dirty red and green sweater
all over again. But this time she has help...can they save
themselves from nightmare hell?

Review

A Nightmare on Elm St: 3 Dream Warriors was released on February 27, 1987. Directed by Chuck Russell, Produced by Robert Shaye. Was written by Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner. Also back for Nightmare on Elm St. 3 was Heather Langenkamp and John Saxon. Wes always loved Heather and wanted her back for the 3rd installment. Which this made many fans happy to have her return as many was expecting to see her in Nightmare on Elm St. 2: Freddys Revenge. Had Wes Craven been involved with Freddys Revenge things may have been different. Apparently, Wes Craven never intended on the Nightmare on Elm St. series becoming a francise. And his full intention here was to put an end to the Elm Street series. But as we can see, that never happened. Wes Craven never wanted Heather's Character killed off either. Neither did the majority of the fans. I was one of those fans. I was quite disappointed when i seen Nancy getting killed off in part 3. Well, actually i was pissed. More so at the way they made it happen. It was such an easy kill for Freddy and i felt that if they were going to kill her off, why not make it at least a good fight. I felt Heathers character Nancy deserved so much more then to be tricked and a razor glove to the gut. Nancy was considered the iconic heroine of Elm St. She was labled Freddys ultimate nemesis. So she should have never went out so easily like that. I myself never forgave the francise for that mistake. And what a mistake it turned out to be. Realizing this, the makers tried to create a new female hero for the series. Kristen Parker. But she never really was accepted amongst the more hardcore fans. So they tried again, with Alice. Alice was much more accepted then Kristen. I personally didnt care much for the Kristen Parker role. I found Patricia Arquettes performance to be very irritating really. Her voice in this movie could crack and break glass. But thats just my opinion. Wes Craven originally used the idea to have Freddy come into the real world and terrorize the cast and crew trying to film a sequel for Nightmare on Elm St., but New Line Cinema said no to that idea. But years later they accepted it and it was called Wes Cravens New Nightmare! Actually Wes Craven didnt get a whole lot his way with his involvment with part 3. Cravens first draft of Dream Warriors had the characters completely different from what we originally saw in the finished product. And the story was slightly different as well. There was no Sister Mary Helena/Amanda Krueger. Taryns character was originally going to be African-American. John Saxon's character always knew from the get go that Freddy was real and lurking around somewhere. Joey and Kincaids characters were to be killed off in part 3. The deaths in Wes Cravens original draft were supposed to be much more extreme and grusome. And Freddy wasnt supposed to be as talkative. Part 3 is where they started to gradually make Freddy humorous. In my opinion, i always felt making Freddy funny was their second mistake with the francise. I dont feel Freddy should have ever been made into a funny persona. Or ever talk as much as he ended up talking in the movies period. But thats just me. I loved the first movie and the concept. I originally found Freddy then to be so frightful and scary that even i didnt want to sleep. But i felt that was gradually demenishing with the start of Dream Warriors and on from there. It just seemed to get kinda ridiculous after a while. I never could understand why they ruined the "creepy/scary" factor with Freddy. There was so much more potential there. But nontheless i loved the Nightmare on Elm St. movies and Freddy despite the directions they ended up taking it in. But in the end after watching A Nightmare on Elm St. 3 despite some of paths the makers took the film in, i did enjoy it. I loved the part where Freddy comes out of the T.V. and grabs one of the girls and says "Welcome to primetime, bitch!". That line was actually improvised by Robert Englund. And even though i didnt care to much for the Kristen Parker character or Patricia's portrayal of it, i did like the dream ability she had. I felt that could have been used just a bit more creatively. Most of the cast is very likable, and the kids in this movie all seem to grow on you fairly quickly and you hate to see anything happen to them. They all have very unique dream abilities. I also liked Wills ability, the wizard master! I always thought he had the strongest ability, to bad he rushed up to close to Freddy. He could have used that ability for a more teamly advantage. Im still not sure how i feel about the ending of part 3. It seemed to easily predicted once you knew what Gordon had to do. Although the fight between the two with Freddys skeleton coming to life was pretty cool. The ending just seem to be missing something in my opinion. Dream Warriors did help put the francise back on its feet and got quite a bit of positive feedback. So you know what that means! Another sequel. The soundtrack featured a band called Dokken, Dokken provided the theme song for Nightmare on Elm St. 3, Dream Warriors was the title of the song. The single was actually quite successful. Check it out!

Rating: 4/5

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Late Fee

CAST

J.D. Brown as The Boy
Stephanie Danielson as The Girl
Rick Poli as Devil
Victor Bonacore as Dracula
Jimmy Creamer as Black Metal Guy
Chris Cusano as The Man (segment "The Pick Up") / The Doctor (segment "Damnation")
Georgia Kate Haege as The Woman (segment "The Pick Up") / Elsa (segment "Damnation")

PLOT

Its Halloween night and the Boy and the Girl show up and this movie rental store just in time to catch him closing the store. Well they beg him to let them inside to just rent a few movies for the night. So finally he gives in and allows them to come inside. When they enter, they see several other people in the store in costumes. So they're like, "thought you were closed?" He says he was and that this was just a small personal Halloween party he was throwing. So the 2 look around and either they cant find anything good to rent because its out already or what is in looks like it would suck. So they spot these 2 movies to rent and the video guy dressed like a devil tells them that they can not rent these 2 movies and that they weren't supposed to be even on the self. He gives them both a line of shit as to why. Finally the couple talks him into letting them rent them out for a few hours, BUT he says they have to be back BY MIDNIGHT or else! He says they have a very severe LATE FEE!

Review

This was directed by John Carchietta and Carl Morano. Released October 27, 2009....
I don't have alot to say about this movie, other then it started out very promising. It started out looking like a late 80's early 90's horror movie. I thought gee, this could bring back some old memories etc. But when the couple goes home to watch movies that's when things start to go down hill. Little did i know that when they watched movies that i would be watching them with them as well. This movie is sort of like Creepshow where you get to see a couple of short movies within a movie. Which is fine, i just wasn't expecting that. Anyway, the first movie they watch is called The Pick Up. It starts out very slow going. This man is married and appears to be wealthy. He has an upscale prostitute with him and they go back to a motel that the slut has recommended. The motel dude is weird, but you later find out why. They go inside, she gets dressed for sex etc. When she finally gets her ass on top of him to ride in the horse, she starts turning into this god awful creature! But i have to say, it was one of the more entertaining kill scenes i have seen in a while. As shes riding him, shes killing him at the same time. She rips his dick off and tosses it in the wine or champagne bucket with ice. At least that's what it looked like sitting in the bucket later. But she does rip off his junk! The next movie they watch is called Damnation! And its just as crazy. There is this corrupt female cop that pulls over this chick and arrests her. Takes her back to this freakish prison, that you obviously can tell its no REAL prison. Even the Judge was in on it and not real. They never do tell her why she was arrested. Just throws her in a cell, next to this other chick they have done the same thing to. You can tell this place is ran by some heavy occultists. Anyway, this other chick in jail is pregnant. They take her to the "doctor" who is also in on this. They have this weird ass cannibalistic chick locked up as a pet or their sick servant or whatever their purpose is. This time they use this cannibal chick to perform an abortion on this other girl. And what an abortion it is! Its the best kill in the Damnation movie. She fists the girl with a furious thrust, reaches up in her and yanks out the fetus! Then she bites off the cord and eats the fetus! Gotta see it to get the full affect! Jumping to the next part here...both movies have been watched and guess what? Its PAST MIDNIGHT! Oh O! So the video man comes to the couples home with his party goers and they kill the couple! Big surprise huh? Well, the next day a worker at the video store is putting out new movies! And on the cover of their new releases is the couple they just killed the night before! The End!

RATING: 2/5

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Amityville II: The Possession -Review-

CAST

James Olson as Father Adamsky
Burt Young as Anthony Montelli
Rutanya Alda as Dolores Montelli
Jack Magner as Sonny Montelli
Andrew Prine as Father Tom
Diane Franklin as Patricia Montelli
Moses Gunn as Detective Turner

Plot

Amityville 2: The Possession appears to take place
before the Lutz family moved in. The Montellis move into
the creepy looking old home with their 4 children. Two
small children, a boy and girl. And two teenagers, also
a boy and a girl. Immediately things start to not feel so
right within the home. The family constantly bickers. The
father, who seemed to be unstable as it is before they moved
in, only seemingly gets worse. And the older son eventually
becomes possessed. Now the film doesn't come right out
and say it, but you get the sense that the Montellis are
actually supposed to be portraying the DeFeo family.
A very loosely based portrayal i want to add. But you
will understand what i mean if you see it.

Review

Amityville 2: The Possession was released September 24, 1981. It
was directed by Damiano Damiani. And written by Tommy Lee Wallace.
This movie seems very loosely based on the family that lived in the house just before the Lutz family. So that's one of the reasons why you get the sense this family, the Montellis, might actually be portraying the DeFeos. There are several similarities between the two families. If indeed the Montellis are supposed to be the DeFeos, the story is mostly fiction. What is true, is the unstable relationship between the older son and father. The older son hearing voices. And the biggest connection, the older son ultimately killing his whole family with shooting them. George Lutz ended up suing the producer Dino De Laurentis because he decided to go with a sequel based on Murder In Amityville and not base it off the book The Amityville Horror Part 2. But George lost the suit. Technically this film has no real affiliation with the Lutz family. And there are minor inconsistencies between this film and the movie The Amityville Horror. But other then that, the movie did quite well at the box office despite alot of negative reviews. For a horror movie this film seems to deal with alot of sensitive issues. Like for instance, the father slapping his youngest children across the face, quite hard actually. And going at them relentlessly, is bordering child abuse. You see him attack his wife etc. Which you could blame it on the house having a negative affect on him yes, but you get an overwhelming sense at the beginning that the father isn't very stable to begin with and you start to wonder if this is the first time he has raised his hand to his wife and children or is there a history of abuse way before they moved into the hell house. And also you seem to sense a sexual attraction between the two older siblings at the beginning of the film. Which also starts to make you wonder how long that feeling has been lingering around before they moved into the Amityville house. And its not long before the siblings give in to temptation and go through with having sex. By that time the older boy was influenced by an evil spirit yes, but the older sister was not and she completely complied with her brothers wishes by removing her clothes and exposing herself to him. And later in the film you come to realize that she had no remorse or guilt for what happened and you kinda get the feeling she would do it again. So there is something that wasn't quite right with the Montellis family in the first place. At least that is my observation and opinion. Anyway, the movie is pretty good despite the moral issues at hand. There is no huge scary exorcism in this movie if your wondering. There is however a decent scene of the demon physically leaving the older boys body. To me there wasn't alot of scares here, more creepy feelings then anything else. The same music score that was used in The Amityville Horror was also used in this film. The ending in my opinion was disappointing. I think there could have been an ending that was alot better then this. Which i wont go into it just in case someone hasn't seen this and decides to check it out. It is worth a watch, so i would recommend it. Just don't expect to much from this. And there are plenty sequels to choose from after this one.

RATING: 3/5

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Beyond The Door -Review-

CAST

Juliet Mills as Jessica Barrett
Gabriele Lavia as Robert Barrett
Richard Johnson as Dimitri
Nino Segurini as Dr. George Staton
Elizabeth Turner as Barbara Staton
Barbara Fiorini as Gail Barrett

Plot

A woman in San Francisco becomes pregnant...is it the
devils baby? Maybe. The woman ends up possessed by
a demonic force also.


Review

Beyond the Door was released November 21, 1974 in Italy and
it was also released July 31, 1975 in the U.S. Written and Directed
by Ovidio G. Assonitis and produced by Edward L. Montoro and
Ovidio G. Assonitis. This film has a very controversial back story
behind it. Warner Bros. sued the makers of this movie for copyright
infringement. But the lawsuit was eventually thrown out due to the
fact that Warner Bros. couldn't claim copyrights to specific scenes
that were similar to those used in the movie the Exorcist. Beyond
the door has always been accused of ripping off the Exorcist.
Despite the controversy the movie made a decent amount of
money, about 15 million actually. The film has many other titles
also. The original Italian title of this movie is called Chi Sei.
In Australia its known as Behind The Door. Theres quite a list
of other names to. There is about 15 extra minutes included in
some other versions of the film as well. There are sequels,
Beyond The Door 2 and Beyond The Door 3. But if you are
looking for a continuation of the original story of the first
Beyond The Door, you can forget it. There is no continuation
of the original story. The film was finally released on DVD
back in 2008. So if your interested in checking out the movie
to find out what all the controversy is about with this film
then feel free to. Otherwise, i didn't find it all that interesting.
I found it to be quite slow and the basics of the story has all
been done before. So nothing outstanding here. Don't be
fooled by the trailer. The trailer is way more entertaining then
the movie.

RATING: 1/5

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Slumber Party Massacre 2 -Review-

CAST

Crystal Bernard as Courtney Bates

Jennifer Rhodes as Mrs. Bates
Kimberly McArthur as Amy
Patrick Lowe as Matt Arbicost
Juliette Cummins as Sheila Barrington
Heidi Kozak as Sally Burns
Cindy Eilbacher as Valerie Bates
Atanas Ilitch as The Driller Killer
Joel Hoffman as T.J.
Scott Westmoreland as Jeff
Michael Delano as Officer Kreuger
Hamilton Mitchell as Officer Voorhies

Plot

Well if you remember from the first movie Courtney Bates is the younger sister of Valerie Bates. Valerie was the one who put a stop to Russ Thorns murderous rampage once and for all. Courtney, all growed up now still has problems with what happened that night. She has nightmares, hallucinations and to top it off her older sister Valerie was committed to an institution. Courtney is part of an all girl rock band made up of some friends. Well they decide to take a trip and stay at a condo, During the trip Courtney has her spastic moments with seeing things that aren't really happening. Once they arrive at the condo Courtney's episodes gradually get worse. And then eventually her worst nightmares start playing out in reality!

Review

Slumber Party Massacre 2 was released October 30, 1987. Was written and directed by Deborah Brock. Also stars Crystal Bernard, better known in her role on the t.v. show Wings. Slumber Party Massacre 2 is very different from the first movie. Even though the sequel stays true to the story's main characters of the first. The story here is Courtney, younger sister of Valerie Bates, is having terrible dreams brought on by that fateful night of when her and her sister was attacked by nut job Russ Thorn. Valerie has since been placed into a psyche institute and Courtney also having a difficult time dealing with that also. Courtney seems to space out alot, during these times she has visions of the man she dreams about and at times of her sister. As if her sister is trying to warn her about the doom to come. The man she dreams about doesn't appear to be real, no one has seen him but her. He mimics Elvis and even sings! He carries this red electric rocker style guitar, which is very cool looking actually, that is also a drill at the top of the neck. Courtney thinks that maybe all she needs is to get away for a while. So her and a few of her rocker band gal pals run off to a condo for the weekend for some band practicing and a girls night out weekend. But Courtney is already feeling bad before she leaves for the trip because her mother wanted her to go up and see Valerie with her that same weekend. Guilt can have quite the influence on a person mentally and may be exactly why Courtney's dreams and hallucinations get worse once she arrives at the condo. She trys to tell her friends about the dreams, but they don't believe her. They never do until its to late. So as you can guess, one by one Courtney's friends get the drill. This movie does something you don't see everyday in the horror genre. It incorporates the musical style theme you mostly see in movies like Grease etc. And i think the movie actually makes it work fairly decently. Not only are the tunes the girls sing catchy, but even the songs the driller killer sings is quite catchy and entertaining as well. A singing, dancing serial killer...got to admit its def different. And in some odd sick way, even though the driller killer wants to kill Courtney, you get this dreadful sense that he is in love with her to. So maybe we could call this movie Grease 3: The Domestic Violence Chronicles. Another aspect of this movie i think was taken from A Nightmare on Elm St. with the whole dream killer formula, especially when he finally comes out of her dreams and manifests in real life to start killing her friends. And if you pay attention to the two officers in the movie their names are officer Voorhies and officer Kreuger. Even though they spell them differently, i think we get the inside joke. I never found this movie to be boring and its one i can watch more then once. I think its a very fun type of movie, mostly because of the musical aspect. Once again, i didn't find the kills that creative in this series. But it does have its moments mainly in the dream and hallucination states. One scene that's hard to forget is when one of the girls comes up missing and Courtney freaks and swears up and down shes been murdered. So they finally call the cops, Voorhies & Kreuger. Well what do you know, their friend shows up. She had left to go get some oxy ten because she had a zit. But as shes telling Courtney this, Courtney starts to hallucinate this zit being 50 times bigger then what it really is on her face. And then it explodes! So there are a few memorable scenes. And of course your fair share of nudity. But sorry, no nudity for Crystal Bernard. The cast is very likable and seems to genuinely mesh well together though. Juliette Cummins also stars in this movie. You may know her better as Robin in Friday The 13th: A New Beginning. Even the driller killer is likable. So i would suggest this film for a watch. I found it quite entertaining in my opinion.

RATING: 3/5

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Black Christmas 1974 -Review-

CAST

Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder,
John Saxon, Marian Waldman, Andrea Martin

Plot

A disturbed man sneaks into a girls sorority attic right before
Christmas break. Who starts out with making grossly creepy phone
calls to the girls living in the house. One by one the calls become more
grim and more un-nerving each time he calls. Suddenly, the
girls start mysteriously disappearing!

Just a little background on Black Christmas 1974

Black Christmas was directed by Bob Clark, most famous for directing the hilariously crazy Christmas film A Christmas Story. Black Christmas is one of those forgotten horror gems that you might decide on renting if your intended rental is out. But be rest assured you will not be disappointed my fellow horror movie buffs! Black Christmas inspired such films as Halloween. Black Christmas came out back in 1974 and stars one of Nightmare on Elm Street's most notable actors. John Saxon! John Saxon also plays ironically a lieutenant as he later played one in Nightmare on Elm St. So a real treat for Saxon fans to get to see some of his earlier work.

Review

I always found it strange that i never stumbled up on this movie anytime i went to my local movie rental store to rent movies. Granted most of the rental stores i grew up around were pretty small and almost all of their horror movie sections were little. Only carrying the most popular well known horror movies. Once in a while you might come across something you never heard of and give it a watch. But i never saw this one. We did have a place that was a little out of our way that was privately owned and it was believe it or not a 2 story movie rental store! But we didn't get to go there very often. And i don't ever remember seeing it there either. Anyway, so the first time i ever saw this movie was back in the 90's and i stumbled on it on Cinemax late one night. And i have to say that i was genuinely creeped out by it. Especially the creepy phone calls. I was surprised to found out this movie was made in 1974 seemingly because it had the familiarity of such movies as Halloween, Friday the 13th etc. I thought the story was fairly well written. The characters seemed to have great chemistry together which makes a movie like this even more believable. The movie wastes no time getting to the point. Which is something i like in horror movies. The POV shots are great for this movie in its time. And sets the standard for other great horror movies. The movies mystery factor pretty much stays exactly that til the end. Questions like who killed the little girl in the park are never answered. So it leaves you wondering if the killer had anything to do with that or not. Not to mention the biggest question of all...who is Billy? Who's Agnes? Why is this guy killing people? There isn't alot of blood in this movie, but you don't need alot of blood and gore to make a great horror movie. At least in my opinion. It doesn't hurt of course either. The movie also has its funny moments to, like the house mother Mrs. Mack sneaking around the house taking swigs off of hidden booze bottles shes got placed all over. And getting upset with her cat Claude! I really liked her character in this movie, she helped to take the edge off when things get to tense. Nash the nerdy deputy takes that job over when Mack is killed off with his total lack of common sense when Margot Kidders character gives him their house number and tells him Fellatio and that its a new extension! But all an all if your a big fan of traditional style horror this is definitely going to be a pleaser.But if you like more movies that cater to the glorifying of clever kills, over kills, blood and guts then this probably isn't going to satisfy your taste. But still worth a watch!

RATING: 4/5

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Hell Night -Review-

CAST

Linda Blair as Marti Gaines
Vincent Van Patten as Seth
Peter Barton as Jeff Reed
Kevin Brophy as Peter Bennett
Jenny Neumann as May West
Suki Goodwin as Denise Dunsmore
Jimmy Sturtevant as Scott

Plot

Its pledge night for sororities and
fraternities! We have four kids here
2 guys and 2 girls. They have one final
task to complete. That is to spend one full
night in the old legendary Garth Manor.
Legend has it that Raymond Garth killed his wife and
all of their children. All of their children
had some type of deformity. Police say that
the youngest Garth child, Andrew was never found.
Legend has it that Andrew saw his father murder
the whole family before killing himself. It is
also said that Andrew still lives and roams the
Garth Manor to this day.(then)

Review

Hell Night was released August 28, 1981. Starring Linda Blair
better known for her role in the Exorcist as the possessed
child. And Peter Barton who later went on to play in Friday
The 13th The Final Chapter in 1984. Hell Night directed by Tom
DeSimone is another one of those horror films trying to
quickly capitalize on the success of movies like Friday The
13th, and Halloween. The first few years of the 80's people were
spinning out horror movies left and right trying to make the
next popular successor of its genre. One of those movies was
Hell Night. They made this in just 40 days. Its actually a
pretty convincing, an effective decently made movie. The
editing of the movie fits together pretty well. You would
never guess the movie used several locations to film on.
The outside portions of the Garth Manor were filmed at a
mansion in Redlands, California. Now the inside portions of
the film were shot in a residential home in Pasadena, California.
And as for the Frat party, that was shot in a lobby that belonged
to an apartment in L.A. Cali. The underground tunnels in the movie
were very creepy. Very dark and dirty. It will have you believing
that those tunnels were actually under the Garth Manor. When
in actuality, they were really just a couple of corridors the
director had his 2 cast members run back and forth from different
angles. Quite effective in my opinion. First time i saw the movie
i really felt a sense of claustrophobia from the tunnel chase scenes.
This movie really does try to break away from the exploitation of
bloody guts and overly done gore. Its made to scare and actually
succeeded pretty well. The atmosphere in the movie contributes to
this factor quite nicely. And has its good share of intense moments.
Once you get past the slow start of the movie and a couple of
slow pockets in between, It really does make up for it later.
And maybe, just maybe, Andrew wasn't the only one who survived!
Hell Night in my opinion earns it spot in the best of the batch of its
genre. I would suggest this movie to anyone that can appreciate old
80s traditional style horror anytime. Oh and Linda Blair is a great screamer!

RATING: 4/5


Tidbits:

The part where Jeff (Peter Barton) gets tossed down the cement stairs in the tunnel under the manor and ends up getting his leg hurt. Well, that indeed is what happened. Peter actually injured his leg during the filming of that scene. So when you see him limping in this movie, remember he is truly in some nasty physical pain.

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He Knows You're Alone -Review-

CAST

Don Scardino as Marvin
Caitlin O'Heaney as Amy Jensen
Elizabeth Kemp as Nancy
Tom Rolfing as Ray Carlton (the killer)
Lewis Arlt as Det. Len Gamble
Patsy Pease as Joyce
James Rebhorn as Prof. Carl Mason
Tom Hanks as Elliot

Plot

A young woman who is about to get married soon
starts to feel uneasy as it appears everywhere
she goes she seems to spot the same man lurking
around her where abouts. Her friends tell her its
probably just wedding jitters..or is it?

Review

He Knows You're Alone was released September 12, 1980.
I believe Halloween was definitely the inspiration for
this creepy horror flick. For its similarities in the
music score and also the fashion of which the killer
carries himself. You can surely see Michael Myers was
the template here for this stalkers presence. Although no
mask is used to conceal this stalkers identity, his motionless
pale skinned face is all he needs. He does lack the "pure evil"
presence in his stature, but i don't truly believe that was to
be apart of this particular stalkers persona. Ray Carlton
was to be married by the love of his life, just to be kicked
to the curb by his bride to be. She decides to marry another
man. The cop no less. Ray tracks the bride to be down and
murders her in cold blood. This act of brutality ignites a
slew of bride to be slayings before their wedding day. His
next victim, Amy Jensen. Amy is all set to marry Phil. But
the guys go on a bachelors party trip for the weekend and
poor Amy is left behind. Don't worry, her friends are all
there to. And Marvin of course. Marvin is Amy's ex. Hes a
lovable guy and he still has feelings for Amy. So does
history repeat itself? You'll have to watch it to find out.
He Knows You're Alone is your typical slasher style horror
movie. It can be a bit slow going in some areas to. And a
few scenes in the movie tend to kinda drag out. The characters
in this movie seem to have some real chemistry together which
is always a plus in a movie like this. And you cant help but love
Marvin. Also, Tom Hanks makes his movie debut here. Its a small
part as he is a jogger who ends up "bumpin" into one of Amy's
friends who is also a jogger and has had her eye on him. But
as they say there are no small parts, just small actors. Its
always cool to see these huge hollywood stars in these old
horror movies. Even though they would like to forget them.
The audio is pretty good for this old flick if you get it on VHS.
Its more improved on the DVD of course. If you watch the letterbox
version you will see some really good imagery shots that get cut
short on the standard full screen version. The kills are pretty
straight forward. Nothing inventive here kill wise. Its degutting
at its slimiest. Although there is one decapitation and its the best
kill of the movie and gave people the willies. Also, this movie sparked a fear in people back in the 80's with the killer sneaking into the movie theatre to get one of his victims. It just so happens the 2 girls are watching a horror movie when Ray comes and sits down behind the slasher bride to be. He then times his kill with the screaming of the girl in the horror movie they are watching. Making it look like his victim screamed at the movie, giving himself enough time to get away before the girls friend realizes she was just murdered. That scene sparked a wide paranoia in movie goers who went to the theatres for a while. People were afraid someone was going to stab them in their seat from behind. Back then some theatres didn't have the hard backs on the seats. He Knows You're Alone isn't one of the greatest slashers for graphic content by any means. But it does have its moments, they are just few and far between in this movie. The intensity level just isn't there either in my opinion. Predictable? Sure, but what horror movie isn't all that predictable? The characters in this movie truly does carry the film on their backs. Most found the characters more interesting then the storyline of the movie. We all know there are much better stalker/slasher films to see. So if your out looking for a horror movie and their all out of what you wanted to see. Then id suggest this film on the basis of a 2nd or 3rd choice. But i have to admit, i do own this for my collection. lol

RATING: 2/5


Tidbits:

I just recently heard they want to remake this movie. But nothing is set in stone for it tho. Far as i know there is no script etc. yet. But they are definitely talking about doing it. Why i don't know as it wasn't a real stand out horror movie even in its time. Some horror movies don't need to be remade. Whether they were good enough or just plain bad. Are they going to remake ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the horror movies? *shakes head*

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The Slumber Party Massacre -Review-

CAST

Michelle Michaels as Trish Devereaux
Robin Stille as Valerie 'Val' Bates
Michael Villella as Russ Thorn
Debra Deliso as Kimberly 'Kim' Clarke
Andree Honore as Jackie
Jennifer Meyers as Courtney Bates
Gina Mari as Diane
Pamela Roylance as Coach Jana

Plot

Trish's parents leave town for a while, so Trish
decides to throw a slumber party and just invites
the "gang" for old times sake. She later changes
her mind and would like to invite the "new" girl
Valerie. Diane doesn't approve, and talks trash
about her. Jealous much? Well, Valerie over hears
it and declines the invitation when Trish asks
anyway. Meantime, we eventually get a shot of a
newspaper that sports the headline..."Russ Thorn
escapes!". What do you bet Russ Thorn invites
himself to the girls slumber party?!?!

Review

Slumber Party Massacre was originally released on November
12, 1982. Its one of the shortest horror movies i have ever
come across. Running at only 77 minutes! It was directed by
Amy Holden Jones. And surprisingly was written by Rita Mae
Brown, a feminist. The movie has a fair share of nudity,
at almost every chance it gets to show some boobies and
booty. So we start with Trish, plotting the slumber party.
And we find out Russ Thorn is on the loose, who is responsible
for a slew of brutal slayings that took place in Venice, CA back
in 1969, according to a radio news cast playing. Some how Russ
ends up at the girls high school and kills a telephone repair
girl. And follows another girl back into the school because she
forgot a book. When she realizes this dude is about to kill her
she tries to escape the school. But every door she comes to its
all chained locked. So I'm like wtf? Can we say "fire hazard"?
And some how Russ knows where this party is going to take place
and shows up in the neighborhood. All these movies like this must
have psychic power killers. Just so happens Valerie lives right
across the street from Trish to. So the movie takes place mainly
at Trish's house. But it also swings over at Valerie's in between
shots of action. The boys eventually show up, like always. They
are not supposed to be there, but they wanted to scare the girls.
So they sneak into the garage and shut the power off from the fuse
box. Which in turn brings the girls out to investigate. They succeed
in scaring the girls. One got punched in the eye, so they feel sorry
for him and invite them both into the house. Diane soon after wants to ditch the party to go back to her boyfriends house for a romp in the sack. When she returns to his car, she discovers he was decapitated. She soon gets picked off afterwards. During a phone call the girls make to their coach about some game, the call is abruptly cut short due to the line being cut by Russ. Coach Jana becomes concerned and calls Valerie to ask her if she would go check it out. Shes reluctant to do so. Pizza shows up at Trish's, but when they open the door the pizza dude falls forward into their living room, dead! Well the guys decide they have to help the girls. So they decide to split up and leave the house going in separate directions. Needless to say, their attempts to get help are not successful. We eventually are down to just Trish left at the house. Courtney, who is Valerie's younger sister comes up missing. Valerie looks out the window just in time to see Courtney heading over to Trish's. Valerie goes after her. The two soon realize something is terribly wrong when they find one of the girls murdered and was stuffed into the refrigerator! Courtney hides under a piece of furniture. She sees the killer lay on the floor and pulls a blanket over his body to hide. Valerie looks for a weapon in the basement. Coach Jana has arrived just in time to find the killer hiding under the blanket. While she battles him, Valerie find a machete! And the end is near! Now i actually liked this movie. In spite of some of the nonsense and things that don't make sense. Like how does Valerie not see the blood stain on the back door of Trish's house when she goes over there? The kills in this movie are not creative by any means. Its just Russ and his huge ass two handed drill. He turns it on, sticks it in and we see a little bit of blood and that's it. But the end of the movie shows its most graphic scenes when its just Valerie battling Russ out in the back yard next to the swimming pool. Not that there aren't any more survivors, i just don't want to give away the end of the movie for those that may not have seen it. But it is an old early 80's horror movie. So don't expect to much. I think the movie also was decently written and directed for its time. Still a favorite amongst old horror movie goers. So to the newer generation of fans out there, i recommend it. Especially to see what happens to Russ!

RATING: 3/5


Tidbits:

Feminists back then protested the movie. They felt like it was a slap in the face and didn't get the inside joke. Can we say "no sense of humor". The director said in an interview that the haters were taking the movie and its violence way to seriously. Now in my opinion of what i have to say about that is, if you don't like something or even think you aren't going to like it. Then don't freakin watch it! But don't give others a hard time about it either!

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Slaughter High -Review-

CAST

Caroline Munro as Carol Manning
Simon Scuddamore as Marty Rantzen
Carmine Iannaccone as Skip Pollack
Donna Yeager as Stella
Gary Martin as Joe
Billy Hartman as Frank

Plot

8 Teens torment and humiliate the high schools big geek
Marty Rantzen. They play horrible pranks on this nerd
until one day one of their little plots go horribly
wrong. Their prank backfires so badly that it not
only catches the schools lab on fire, but also with
Marty inside of it. He takes a bottle of acid in the
face and the bunsen burner ignites Marty's whole body.
The kids feel bad at first but quickly shake it off
and back to business as usual. Not much of a punishment
was given. But 10 years later, Marty decides to give
out his own punishments at their High School Reunion!

Quickie Review

Slaughter High a movie released November 14, 1986. Was
directed by George Dugdale, Mark Ezra, Peter Mackenzie Litten.
You might also notice a little familiarity to the music score
of this movie. Well that's because the music score is provided
by none other then Harry Manfredini! The man who gave us ki,ki,
ki...ma,ma,ma of the Friday the 13th francise. Also, Friday fans
will get a little surprise in one scene in particular during
the first few scenes once the clique finds a way inside their
old high school for the reunion. Slaughter High is one of those movies that uses thee old "nerd comes back to kill everyone who ever shit on him" formula. We have seen this numerous times in some fashion or another. And although it does get tiresome and old, we still seem to bite at it. So yes, i did like the movie in spite of all the cheesy undertones and in my opinion the drama club style
acting. The movie has its moments with a couple of decent scares and a couple good creative kills that i enjoyed. I do think the movie could have been better written. And the ending could have been
alot better for a movie like this. Also, some of you ladies out there might like Marty's full frontal nudity scene at the beginning. LOL!

RATING: 2/5


Side Note

Simon Scuddamore who plays Marty Rantzen in the film sadly
committed suicide shortly after Slaughter Highs release.
Little is known about Simons suicide other then it is
said it was a drug overdose. There apparently was no suicide
note found. Some say his father abused him and may have been
the motive for the suicide. But nothing is 100% official from
my understanding other then the drug overdose. I do remember
reading a while back somewhere that members of the cast said
Simon pretty much stuck to himself on the set. They said they
just left him alone because they thought he was trying to stay
in character.

RIP Simon Scuddamore

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Killer Party -Review-

CAST

Martin Hewitt as Blake
Ralph Seymour as Martin
Elaine Wilkes as Phoebe
Paul Bartel as Prof. Zito
Sherry Willis-Burch as Vivia

Plot

3 Friends decide to join a sorority. But what they don't realize is that the sorority house is inhabited by an evil spirit named Allan. 20 years ago Allan was "Accidentally" killed at an April Fools party. Now the girls are gearing up for their own April Fools Party! I sense a special guest appearance by Allan...don't you?

Quickie Review

Killer Party was released back in 1986 on May 9th. If you like such films as Friday the 13th, and Slaughter High, then i recommend seeing this movie. Killer Party is another one of those unpopular horror gems that just hasn't got its due props. The movie starts out with a boring and un-necessary showing of a music video being played during a movie which you later discover is being watched by one of the 3 friends joining the sorority. To me that has to be the most silliest part of the movie and a waste of time. My guess is the duration of the movie came up short and they had to fill it in with something. But don't let that discourage you from watching Killer Party. Exorcist fans will get a real treat at the end of the movie and is worth seeing for the ending alone.

Rating: 4/5

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Massacre At Central High -Review-

CAST

Derrel Maury as David
Andrew Stevens as Mark
Robert Carradine as Spoony
Kimberly Beck as Theresa
Ray Underwood as Bruce
Steve Bond as Craig

Plot

David who is a newbie transfer student to Central
High School already knows Mark from another school.
David, from what you will learn later in the film
helped Mark out in a tough bind from their past
time together. Mark as a loyal friend, tries to
have David all set up and no worries when he
arrives at Central High. Unfortunately, David
is not to keen on Marks new pals who he quickly
realizes runs the school with bullying the other
kids. David rebels by not joining their lil clique
and trys to get the rest of the school to stand up
for themselves against this bunch of heathens.
Things take a tragic turn for david when the bullies
pay him a visit while he is underneath a car the
gang recently totaled that belonged to a student.
David ignores the bunch as he tries to repair the
vehicle. They in turn try to get his attention by
pushing on his rollboard, but the bully looses his
balance and david get throwed under the wheel of the
car and it comes slamming down on his leg. David is
now permanantly crippled due to the bullying. Now
David steps things way up and decides to stop the
madness once and for all.

Review

Massacre at Central High was released September of 1976.
I couldnt find an exact date of its release. But it was
released in France on January 11, 1978. It also has several
subtitles. Its also known as..Blackboard Massacre in the UK,
Les baskets se déchaînent in France, Masakra na Central High
in Poland, Massaker in Klasse 13, in West Germany, Sexy Jean
in Italy (X-rated version) and Terror i Central High in Sweden.
Massacre Central High was directed by Renee Dalder, who also
did the screenplay. This film also stars a young Kimberly Beck,
better known for her role in Friday The 13th: Final Chapter as
Tommy Jarvis' older sister. Massacre At Central High is one of
those movies that some would like to see released on DVD soon.
I believe this movie got a PAL format only release on DVD, but
no NTSC format yet. Most have never heard of this movie, i
certainly didnt until i came across it one time years ago in
a rental store. I had seen just about everything on their shelf
except this and decided what the hell why not. Massacre at Central
High falls into the category of teen slashers/revenge. As to be
expected the quality of the film isnt all that great. The sound
of the film can be terrible at times. Lacking background noise
such times at the beach, the wind blowing and crowds. Dialog can
be a bit off at times as well. But if you can forgive the film
for its flaws it has some pretty good action in it for its time.
There are some really good kills in the movie for a 1970's flick.
For me personally, i really got into the whole taking revenge out
on these bullies. I couldnt wait to see what David was going to do
next to these creeps. Unfortunately, its to bad the other students
couldnt appreciate the fact that they no longer had to be bullied
around by this clan any more. So what did they do? They turned on
each other and started to bully each other around. Longing for a
new group to "lead" them and keep them in line. David decides that
he is just going to have to teach the whole school a lesson by
attemping to place a bomb in the basement. Now who hasnt thought
about doing that at some point in time? One thing i found pretty
cool about this movie was the fact that there was never any police
involved. There was no adult authority figures what so ever. So did
this school not have principles? That would be great wouldnt it?
But the lack of any authority seems to be appealing in all the same.
The script is a bit cliched but thats usually to be expected in a
explotational type of film. If you are into slasher/revenge films
then this movie is worth a watch. Its not the greatest film out there
by any standards, but the director does try to widen the material as
much as possible in order to get the issues out there that he finds
most serious. Now i have heard about there being plenty of sexual
situations in this movie that are pretty good. But i have seen 2
versions of this movie and i didnt find the sex content to be all
that. Unless they mean its good for its time. Or theres another
version i havent seen. But maybe its the Sexy Jean X-Rated one in
Italy. Oh well, it still has plenty explosions and death scenes to
keep a person occupied.

RATING: 2/5

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The Stepfather (Remake) -Review-

CAST

Dylan Walsh as David Harris
Sela Ward as Susan Harding
Penn Badgley as Michael Harding
Amber Heard as Kelly Porter

Plot

The Stepfather is about a delusional man with old fashion family
values with absolutely no room for error. Should you disappoint
him he may just re-paint your cute little house in your blood!

Review

I just want to start off with saying that i really liked the original version of The Stepfather. So like with any remake i watch, especially if i liked the original i am going to watch with a critical eye. I dont expect a remake to be an exact copy of its original predecesser, because that would just kinda be pointless. But what i do expect in a remake is for it to capture the essence of the original and not go off to much of its orginality or add to much or take from the main character in the remake. For example of this Rob Zombies remakes. So with that being said i would say the film held true to the story, right down to how the original started out. Man kills current family, and is changing his identity and ready to move on to the next poor victims family. And the fact that they kept this Stepfather in the reality business also. But not for long as he starts to get nervous when they insist that he fill out his paperwork for tax purposes etc. Now what i didn't like about this movie was the fact that they didn't include the creepy little whistling jingle "camptown lady sing this song do da, do da". I mean come on now, that was such a huge factor to the Stepfather in the original its what helped to make him so eerily creepy. That's like taking the "ki,ki,ki.. ma, ma, ma" out of Friday the 13th. So for me in my opinion that was a big disappointment. I also didn't think that this Stepfather was very convincing in his moments of rage and agitated phases. I just wasn't feeling the "oh shit" factor when he would get upset. I also didn't think he captured that villianistic charm or the evil smoothness of situations when they would go bad. Not like Terry O'Quinns version. I thought the prepping of the plans to kill this family and move on again was a bit bland also. Its like, well let me call the newspaper company and cancel my subscription because in doing that no one will be able to track me down. WTF? lol Pop in some colored contacts and shave and no one will find me. And even tho the movie lead you to believe he was changing the color of his hair, it didn't look any different to me. So things like that in the movie seemed really silly to me. It wouldn't if it were more believable and had some real convincing cause to back it. I also think there were just to many kids in this family to keep track of. Originally the Stepfather tended to seek out single mothers with one child. Which worked better in my opinion. But i don't want to give to much away since this is a newer movie. It is worth a watch despite the lack of intensity of the main character. And if you like Lifetime suspense movies then this is the movie for you! Kinda has that feel to it i think.

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