The Slumber Party Massacre 1982 Film Review

When alot of people think of eighties horror movies they do more often then not think of films like Child's Play , The Shining , Friday The 13th or A Nightmare On Elm Street. Yet they never seem to think of the lesser known horror horror films the ones had a decent eye catching poster to them and that's really it and its one of those films that i'm going to be talking to you all about you today and so then join me as I review the film that started of a franchise that like alot of other eighties slasher films has been poorly remade with the film in question being called simply just "The Slumber Party Massacre" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a group of friends decide to have a slumber party they find themselves in for the fight of there lives when an escaped convict decides to crash the party. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Look to be fair you don't go into this film expecting to see a good plot you go into it expecting to see alot of very pretty girls get killed and to be fair that this is something that this film does give us in spades. With the films plot being alot more better then what t really had any right to be as by all rights this films plot should have been really bad and yet you an tell that the films writer Rita Mae Brown did put alot of thought and effort into the films plot as it is a plot that is alot more tighter then other films of this kind like for example Nightmare Sisters. However tho that is about the only positive that one can say about this films plot as while yes there is alot of thought and effort put into its plot the plot on the whole still isn't the strongest plot out with the main idea of having the film mainly taking place at this one slumber party feeling like it was just an excuse to get pretty women into skimpy clothes and while that is a great way to sell the film it doesn't add anything to the main plot of the film as the main film could have taken place in any situation and nothing about the films plot would need be changed all that much and while there is an effort to make this films plot be alot more better then other lesser known eighties horror films it's still not the best plot out there with the plot of this fil also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Michelle Michaels as Trish Devereaux , Robin Stille as Valerie Bates and Michael Villella as Russ Thorn. Also starring in this film is Debra Deliso as Kim Clarke , Andree Honore as Jackie Cassidy , Gina Mari as Diane , Jennifer Meyers as Courtney Bates , Joseph Alan Johnson as Neil , David Millbern as Jeff , Jim Reid Boyce as John Raden Minor , Pamela Roylance as Coach Rachel Jana , horror legend Brinke Stevens as Linda Dawn Grant , Rigg Kennedy as David Contant , Jean Vargas as Mary , Howard Purgason as Mr. Devereaux and Anna Patton as Mrs. Annette Devereaux.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty OK at best. Again much like with the films plot you don't go into a film like this one expecting there to be good acting in it and for the most part that is exactly what we get with all of the actors playing the girls giving us some really decent performances but where the acting does fall flat is in the performances of the films male victims as it does seem like that no one told them that this film was meant to be a serious slasher film and due to that they do give us alot of really over the top performances all of which do lower the films quality of acting. With the best actor in the whole entire film being Michael Villella as Russ Thorn as even tho he doesn't say all that much in the film he does say alot more with his body language with us being able to tell mostly what he's thinking or feeling due to what he's doing on screen, with the man even having these oddly captivating eyes that do make him seem more evil and deranged and yet when he does give us a few lines of dialog near the end of the film he still manages to make it work with those lines feeling something that his character would say and while it does help that he does seem to have a lot of chemistry with all of the films other actors what really does help his performance is the fact that you buy him as this insane killer as the man just looks like someone who might be a killer. With the acting that's in this very film not really being helped by the fact that this films script doesn't really give any f this films actors absolutely anything to work with with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film. 

Whist this film might have started out life as a parody of slasher films clearly no one told the writer to adjust the characters to reflect the films now more serious tone. As to put it bluntly all of the films characters are just very one note characters with all of them feeling like the kinds of characters thar you expect to see in the first draft of a script and not the kinds of characters that you would want to be seeing in the films final draft as none of them feel well thought out and none of them have anything interesting about them heck it's hard to even remember alot of this films characters as they do all just blend into one. This is something that would have been OK if this film was made as a slasher parody as it was originally intended to be as then you could argue that the film is poking fun at the character types in eighties slasher films but due to the fact that the producers of the film didn't know that this was meant to be a parody and ordered it to be a straight forward serious slasher film there should have been more work and more thought an effort put into making this films characters stand out as alot of them do feel like they are just there to be victims with the only characters that have some time given to them being sisters Valerie and Courtney Bates and even then those characters don't come across as being likable as when they are together they spend alot of there time just arguing with each other. Yet the film does start something possibly interesting with the character of Diane being a snob and not wanting to invite Valerie due to the fact that she's just moved to town and is better then Diane at everything this is something that should have been given more focus as it make the character of Diane feel more like a human being and it makes the character of Valerie be all the more likable but for one reason or another the film just drops that entire angle.

It could well be agued that this film is like Nightmare Sisters in that both films do have very eye catching posters and have big named horror stars starring in them but outside of that there's nothing to either film. This is by no means a bad thing as while Nightmare Sisters is very much a dark horror comedy this film is very much meant to be a straight forward slasher and as straight up slasher films go yeah this film isn't that good due to the fact that it does have an absurd premise to it but it does have all the markings of being a cult film as the film does know when to go over the top with it's comedy and the film does have moments in it that are so bad and so badly done that you can't help but to fall in love with them. This is something that does in it's own way make both films fun to watch as yes there are other and better horror films out there but sometimes you do just want to watch something that is so bad that you can't help but love them and while both Nightmare Sisters and this film do have a very wacky premise its this film does handle its premise all the more better due to the fact that the killers backstory is being more told to us in the background which does add a reply value to the film with us being told threw things like newspapers and radio not only who the killer is but also what his crimes were in the past which is a subtle way of getting all of that needless exposition out of the way with it being this kind of subtle storytelling that is sadly missing from alot of horror films as alot of them do outright tell you what the killers backstory is and alot of them do show us how he escaped the law in the first place where here in this film that is left to the imagination and that is something that does make it all the more scarier and while Nightmare Sisters didn't have anything like that it is something that would have helped the film out in the long run.

Just to give you an idea of how underrated this franchise is this one film spawned two sequels , a spin off trilogy called Sorority House Massacre and another series of spin off films called Cheerleader Massacre with the first of those films even bringing back Brinke Stevens as Linda Dawn Grant. It really is nuts just how many films prior to the god awful remake that this film has spawned given the fact that the sequel to this film just outright abandons the Russ Thorn character for a Freddy Krueger knock off character ad the third film ditched him for someone else entirely and yet people do still on coming back for more. This is something that does show you that you don't need to be a big well known horror franchise to have a fanbase as sometimes all you need is a film that has the courage to do things its own way and to just have fun with it and thats exactly what you get with this film as while yes there's no denying the fact that this film isn't that good but what can be said about the film is that it is a fun watch with the film having plenty of entertaining scenes in it like the fact that Valerie and Courtney have this argument while the body of Kim just about staying in the fridge that Courtney keeps on opening with both her and Valerie just missing the body each and every time this is not only a really funny scene in its own right but it does also add some tension to the film as well as it becomes only a matter of time before her body discovered an sure enough the sisters do see the body with them both taking the time to scream as loudly as possible before leaving the kitchen. This is a scene that if it was in any other slasher film just wouldn't work as well due to the fact that they would be more bothered with getting to the next kill but here due to the fact that Kim is the last person that Russ kills in the film the makers of this film are therefore allowed to have more fun with it and they do take advantage of that.

As was mentioned several times in this review this film was originally envisioned by its writer Rita Mae Brown to be more like a slasher parody think Scream with a hint of Scooby-Doo. This is something that should have remained as there moments in the film like the films infamous shower scene which was quite literally only added in to the film so that the makers of the film could actually sell the film to theater owners with that being shot in such a way that it wouldn't feel out of place in a parody of slasher films infact it would have fit right in and yet due to the fact that the producers of the film instead saw it more as a serious slasher film it does mean that that scene now does feel out of place as instead of laughing with the film we are now left laughing at the film. With there being plenty of scenes like that in the film like for example there is a scene where a few of characters do all get behind each other and start moving in the same direction much like they would do in Scooby-Doo and this is something that does make you wonder if the makers of this film even bothered to change the original script as alot of of it does feel like something that you would see in a parody film with those moments being something that while they do still work in the film as it is they would have worked so much more better of the film was a parody as then the film would be able to give us the audience a knowing wink and nudge as they would know full well that there making a bad movie but are still willing to have fun with it and while yes this film was pretty much always guaranteed to be nothing more then a cult franchise if the film was a full blown parody it would have stuck out all the more in the slasher boom of the eighties rather then just fade away like it essentially has done.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and sixteen minuets and fifteen seconds. To be fait to this film is kind of the expected running time for a film like this one to have but at the same time tho it would have helped the film quite alot if the film was even just fifteen minuets longer due to the fact that the film does have alot of story and alot of main characters and it can't cover all of that and give the characters the spotlight that the really did need with that shorter amount of running time with the film even having the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time n the first place. Yet even so this film does very sadly not use its running time all that wisely due to thew fact that this film doesn't take the time to fully develop its plot this is mainly due to the fact that the film doesn't have that long of a running time in the first place and while the films plot as it is is a fine plot there's nothing about it that makes it standout whereas if the makers of this film did take the time to add things to the plot that did make it feel a bit more well thought out then it is something that could have made the film be alot more interesting but due to the fact that this film isn't that long it really can't do that. This is something that does also effect the films character development as none of this films characters get any kind of character development even Courtney who it could be argued wouldn't need character development in this film due to her being the main character in the films sequel and yet she really did need to get it in this film as she and the films other characters don't get any kind of character development heck we don't even get to find out all that much about any of this films characters outside of Russ Thorn and that's it with it really being more clear that the makers of this film really did care more about the films kills then they did in giving there characters some much needed character development but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a slasher film that really does mean that I have to actually talk abut the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. To be fair this films kills might very well be the best aspect of the film as the films killer does have a very unique weapon in that he uses a hand drill and while that is something that could be seen as being something that holds the film back due to the fact that the film can't really get alot of creative kills with that weapon the makers of this film do go out of there way to make this tool seem scary by having him use it not only ways that just involve him stabbing someone in the chest. With the films best kill being the death of Russ Thorn himself as we get to see him , Valerie , Courtney and Trish al struggle to take him on by the pool with him coming pretty close to killing all three of them at various points with Valerie only just managing to impale him on a machete threw his chest with the only thing that would made that kill be all the more poetic was if she used his own drill to kill him but you really can't go wrong with a machete kill with the thing that makes the kill be a creepy kill being the fact that our main final girl had to struggle just to be in with a chance of killing him with her only winning not threw skill but through luck with the kill even having some nice looking gore effects that do help to sell you on the attack but again it would have been all the more better if she used his own drill against him as that would have been a very poetic way for him to die with the rest of the films kills being just as good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall out of the two films this film easily trumps the remake due to the fact that this is alot more thought and effort put into this film then there is the remake. Yet at the same time tho it is hard to say that this is a good film as there's just so much going against and while a film like this was never going to be a mainstream hit it is a film that is a really good cult hit film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

The Munsters Film Review

When it comes to family friendly horror families you do usually think of The Addams Family and for good reason as nearly every single TV show and movie that they've been in they've knocked it out of the park. The same thing cannot be said however for The Munsters as while they did have a wildly popular TV show at the same time as the original The Addams Family show and have had a several movies including a theatrically released movie starring most of the cast from the show the family has largely been forgotten about and well there is one movie that alot of Munsters fans think back on in dread and it's that very film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today and so then join me as I revie the film that is a prequel to the show with the film in question being called simply just "The Munsters" enjoy.

The plot of this film is the very first thing that's wrong with the film as the film essentially has no plot outside of the premise of telling us how Herman and Lily met and why they came to America with Grandpa in the first place and that's it. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this verry film well then in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really bad. To put it frankly this film doesn't have a plot for alot of it's running time with the only vague hint of a plot that we get in the film being when Lily's brother Lester convinces Herman to sign over the deed to Lily and Grandpa's castle so that he can sell it and make a profit and even then that small hint of a plot doesn't come into plot until nearer the end of the film. Which does make it look like that this films writer , producer and director Rob Zombie forgot to add in a plot and only added in at the last minuet which is a shame as telling an origin story for the show and it's characters is a really good idea and it is one that could have worked with Zombie's style as a film maker but it's also an idea that was done ten times better in the nineties TV movie Here Come The Munsters which makes this film feel like it's ripping off that film with the only difference being that that film had a plot to begin with and this film barely has a premise. This films premise could have worked as a plot for a new Munsters and having life long fan Rob Zombie be the one to tell that story does oddly make sense but there still needed some actual thought and effort put into this films plot to make it worth while in the first place with the plot of this film not really being really rather entertaining and nor is it really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Jeff Daniel Phillips as Herman , Shecky Von Rathbone and Zombo and Sheri Moon Zombie as Lily and Donna Doomley. Also starring in this film is Daniel Roebuck as Grandpa and Ezra Mosher , Richard Brake as Dr. Wolfgang and Orlock , Jorge Garcia as Floop , Sylvester McCoy as Igor , Catherine Schell as Zoya Krupp , Tomas Boykin as Lester , Levente Törköly as Bela Krupp , Jeremy Wheeler as Mr. Gateman , Roderick Hill as Mr. Goodbury , Mark Griffith as Mr. Graves , Renáta Kiss as Uncle Gilbert , Butch Patrick as the voice of Tin Can Man , Laurent Winkler as Shelly Von Rathbone , Fred Coury as the voice of Franz Pennywhacker and The Munsters Cuckoo Clock , Miklós Kapácsy as Shady MaGoon , Pat Priest as the voice of the Transylvania Airlines Announcer , Dee Wallace as the voice of the Good Morning Transylvania Announcer and Cassandra Peterson as Barbara Carr.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this verry film well then in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty OK at best. This is a Rob Zombie film and with that you do know exactly what kind of acting that your going to get and yeah sadly it is more of the same here as while actors like Jeff Daniel Phillips and Daniel Roebuck are clearly trying to turn in a good performance alot of this films just feel like that there sleep walking through there performances however tho Sheri Moon Zombie is at the very least trying to recapture what Yvonne De Carlo did with Lily by having a very similar voice and mimicking her hand movements but that's really it interms of praise for her performance as it's just as wooden as you expect from her. With the best actor in this film being Jeff Daniel Phillips as while he sounds nothing like Fred Gwynne he does try to recapture the spirit of the character and he is charming enough in the role that you do kind of forgive him for having a really annoying speaking voice, with it feeling like that he was a fan of the show and therefore wanted to turn in a performance that would both honor the original actor whilst also doing his own unique thing as alot of the actors that are playing characters from the original show feel like there trying to do one or the other and yet with Jeff it feels like that he found the perfect balance between the two with his performance echoing things that Fred Gwynne would do whilst also taking the character and somewhat making him his own. With the acting that's in this very film not really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so bad as it gives none pf this films absolutely anything to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

If you know Rob Zombie character then you'll know that he typically creates hillbilly characters that don't know when to stop swearing and yet here whilst this films characters are still really unlikable there is still an attempt made to make them more like there original show counterparts. As all of the characters from the show do still feel like there old selfs with this being due to the fact that Rob Zombie is a massive fan of the show so much so that his song "Dragula" is named after The Munsters car from the first film Munster, Go Home! therefor it does make sense that he would go out of his way to try and get the shows characters as close to how they were in the show as he possibly could do as this is something that only a true die hard fan of The Munsters would care to do in the first place. However tho while the main Munster family are written like there old selfs and feel true to who they were as characters none of the films others characters are written all that well with alot of them coming across as being one joke characters that have nothing to them like with Lester for example he is the typical loser brother character and yet there's nothing to his character that makes him interesting whereas it would have been all the more better if we did get to see another side to him like maybe he does deeply care for sister even tho his father hates his guts just something would have done to make him feel alot less like a bland character. The same thing could also be said Dr. Wolfgang who did have all of the potential to be this really funny character as the film does set him up as being someone who is really smart but is also really pompous and yet the film just drops him the first chance that it gets when it would have been more funny to see go from someone who did have these fans to someone who is now struggling just to get by and yet this seems to be the thing with this film as the film will set up interesting and funny things with its characters but then it won't follow through on any of them in favor of just setting up more pointless things with its characters.

For some odd reason the makers of this film chose to make this film be a prequel to the show which does mean that not all of the Munster family are present as there's no Eddie and there's no Marilyn in this film. This is despite the fact that Marilyn would technically be alive as she was Herman's niece in the original show and not his daughter which makes her absence in this film all the more weird but at the same time tho making this film a prequel is a smart move as it does mean that people who are none fans of the show can now use this film as a jumping off point moving forward as the film does explain alot about how both Herman and Lily got alot of the things that they have in the show including there pet dragon Spot. This is also something that could be seen as being a bad thing as the film does throw so much backstory and lore at you that it could be seen as being off putting and while all of those things are great for the fans of the show to see they are things that could be seen as being off putting for the mainstream viewer who perhaps hasn't seen a single episode of the show, but to be fair tho The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas also did a very similar thing and yet that's not something that will stop people from using that film as a jumping off point for the 1994 film but here tho it is something that does ultimately hurt the film as the film is throwing alot of easter eggs at you so much so that it does make it obvious that this film does care more about the easter eggs and the obscure characters then it does in telling a complete story as no joke the film just stops for no reason as that's how little that the makers of this film truly cared about the story of the and while granted it was always going to be hard to end this film that doesn't mean that the film just had to stop as they could have found a way for the film to come to a natural conclusion where the next logical step is either the first episode of the show or a potential for a sequel like maybe the film could have ended with Lily finding out that she was pregnant with Eddie.

To give this film some form of credit there are times where it does make an attempt to feel like The Munsters TV show. Like for example there's a scene in Paris where Grandpa is trying to tell Herman what Lester has done and Herman thinks that Grandpa is the main that is a very Munsters TV show gag and it is something that does work well in this film with it even being one of the few times where the Herman and Grandpa relationship feels more true to how it was in the show and not something that was quite badly handled like it very easily could have been due to the fact that Rob Zombie really hasn't made good films before now. With the only other time where this film does feel like classic Munsters is oddly enough at the end of the film where they just straight up play the films teaser trailer complete with a rendition of the classic Munsters TV show theme these are thing that do make it clear that the makers of this film did know how to recapture the spirit of the original show and yet both times they came to little to late as for a lot of the time the film doesn't feel like anything to do with The Munsters heck it doesn't even feel like any of The Munsters reboots or sequels either rather it feels like something that is trying to recapture the spirit and tone of the original without realising what it was that made the original show stand out in the first place with this making those few times where it does feel like the show again stand out all the more as then you do realise that actually the makers of this film did know how to make a Munsters movie it's just that they weren't trying hard enough in the first place. Yet if the makers of this film did put in more thought and effort in getting this film to feel more true to the spirit and tone of the original show and if the makers of this film had been allowed to film this film in black and white like the original show then we might have gotten a more better product out of it.

Understandably this film does put alot of focus on the relationship between Lily and Herman which is fair enough as that's the whole point of the film in the first place. However we don't get to see many of the ups and downs that a relationship like there's might have ran into as we don't to get see them falling for each other as they both fall for each at first sight and nor do we see them arguing alot of the time which yes is a small thing but if your going to do a film that revolves around two people falling in love then there should have been alot of thought and effort put into making there relationship seem alot more believable. Not that it's handled badly as indeed it is handled in a very sitcom type of way which for this film is something that is oddly fitting it's just that it is something that could have used alot of work like for example we should have had a scene where Lily and Herman do fall out which yes would have been a cliche thing to do but it's a cliche for a reason or we could have seen them getting used to being around each other as while we know for a fact that Lily is after a husband Herman on the other hand has only been alive for a few months maximum by the time he meets Lily and therefor he wouldn't know what he wants an that is something that could have been explored with this film but again that seems to be a common thing wit this film as the film does put alot more thought and effort into giving us these obscure Munsters characters then it does into making it's key relationship work with it being the relationship that people are coming to this film to see and when that can't work as well it could have done due to all of the easter eggs then the whole film just falls in on it's self.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty nine minuets and forty six seconds. Which to be fair is both a sold running time for this film and also the wrong running time for this film to have as while you do expect films like to be around this films running time you do also expect comedies let alone direct to DVD comedies like this one to be around the one hour and thirty minuet mark and yet because of the fact that this film is almost twenty minuets longer it does sadly mean that you do notice all of its flaws alot mire due to the fact hat we the audience are now being forced to focus on them alot more with this film not really having the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place. The film doesn't even use its running time all that wisely due to the fact that this film really doesn't take the time to develop what very little plot that it has in the first place with the film being alot more focused on giving us these over the top almost cartoonish visuals then it is in giving us a well developed and thought plot as on paper the story of how Lily and Herman met and fell in love could have worked. The film even doesn't take the time to fully develop any of it's characters with all of them including the characters from the original show being these very bland and very one note characters where you know right away just what it is that there going to say and how there going to react to any given situation with that being something that does rob the characters the chance to be these interesting and fun characters but as the makers of this film are alot more interesting in focusing on quite literally anything else then its characters it does mean that all of its characters do come across as being half baked and undercooked but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Heck this films comedy it could be argued is the best thing about this film as the makers of this film did go out of there way to hire funny actors that could make this films jokes work in the first place with all of them really trying there bets to make alot this films jokes but sadly they can't do it alot of the time as while there are some really funny jokes to be found in this film this film does have alot more jokes that are just bad at worst and it's worst just plain lazy. With the best joke in the whole entire film being the scene with Grandpa and Herman in Paris as that joke does feel like some thing that Al Lewis and Fred Gwynne would do with it being something that does prove that both Jeff and Dan are good psychical comedians as the key to making a joke like that work is timing and it is something that they did have down perfectly as first we have Herman taking a bottle of wine from Grandpa that he was going to use to hit Herman with and then when Grandpa knocks again Herman tips him with it only being on the third attempt that Herman actually looks up and notices that it Grandpa and if there timing was off by a even a single second then that joke just wouldn't work and yet because of the fact that they did work at it and they did get that timing down perfectly it means that we get a joke that does feel like it would have been right at home in the original show with the rest of the films jokes being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall Munster, Go Home! is easily the best of The Munsters films not only because of the fact that it has alot of the original series actors in it but because of the fact that it does feel like a film version of the show where as here in this film despite the fact that it has a fan of the show making it doesn't like The Munsters for alot of it's running time with the film being a very cheap and lazy cash grab of a film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does have a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where In personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies ad gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , Amazon . Co . Uk , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Faces Of Death 2026 Film Review

Horror remakes are a thing that is becoming more and more common place with each passing year however we now have an issue in that all of the really popular horror films have been remade. Therefor Hollywood is now turning to the more lesser known horror films and remaking those with the latest one of this films having just been released and well I thought that i'd take a look at it and so then join me as I review the film that really should have been unrated with the film in question being called simply just "Faces Of Death" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when a series of videos that seemingly depict real life killings start appearing online content moderator Margot takes it upon herself to wok out who is killing all of these people and put a stop to them before its far to late. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. This films plot does do something was actually a pretty clever way of updating the original films concept by having the characters watch the original film and have that be a key part of the films plot with this being something that does serve as a nice way to tip your hat to the original whilst also very firmly doing your own unique thing. However tho this films plot does feel like it's not as strong as it perhaps could have been with the makers of the film spending alot more time in setting up the plot then it does in actually telling a good story and indeed the first half of the film has next to nothing happen that actually impacts the plot of the film with it only being in the last forty to thirty minuets of the film being where the films plot gets to be interesting and you get to see the few brief glimpses of just how good that this films plot could have been but with all that being said this films plot is a pretty good plot and out of all of the horror remakes out there this films does get points for at the very least trying to do something new with the original films idea with it's plot with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Euphoria star Barbie Ferreira as Margot Romero and Power Rangers 2017 star Dacre Montgomery as Arthur Spevak. Also starring in this film is Saved By The Bell 2020 and Spider-Man: Homecoming star Josie Totah as Samantha Gravinsky , Aaron Holliday as Ryan , BoJack Horseman and Coming 2 America star Jermaine Fowler as Josh , Charli XCX as Gabby , Kurt Yue as Neal and Isa Mazzei as a woman talking about Narcan,

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. The fact that this films acting is as good as it will ever be is something that is to be expected as to be truthful here all of this films actors are at the very best very little known actors and therefor while we do have an understanding of just what kind of performance that they are going to bring to a film it still would have been wise to expect there to be good acting from this film, however thankfully alot of this films actors really did bring it in this film with alot of them being shockingly really good in this film with the only slight let down being Josie Totah and even then  that's more due to the fact that she isn't on screen all that long and therefor doesn't get much a chance too show off just what it is that she can do as an actor. With the best actor in this whole film being a tie between Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery as with Barbie you do get this really powerful performance that does help us the audience fall in love with her character but on the flip side of that is the fact that Dacre Montgomery is just so creepy in this film with him being able to go from 0 to 100 at the drop of a hat. With the acting in this film not really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so bad as it doesn't give any of this films actors absolutely anything to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Character wise while this films characters do fair alot more better when compared to the characters in other remakes in general when it comes to this film they are still pretty bad characters. As this films characters whilst there not bad persay as there is alot of potential with them especially with Margot who very well could have become a really good horror character but the film just doesn't seem all that interested in them as the film doesn't spend any time in giving us any kind of information about these characters to the point where we the audience want to see them succeed and come out of this film alive and well. This is despite the fact that the film does have some good ideas for characters like for example the character of Samantha is a social media obsessed person who will go on this films version of TikTok and complain about being famous as there are people staring at her but then in public will have a go at people for walking into her shot even tho she's the one that's causing the issue yet the film does nothing with her character with the film outright dropping her character for a huge portion of its running time when it could have gotten some more milage out her and it's like that for all of its ad yet if the makers of this film did take the time to actually make us care about this films characters and what it is that there going threw then the films death scenes with those characters would be all the impactful as we would have gotten the chance to get to know them as characters and the fact that the makers of this fil had this film wrapped and in the can in 2024 and still didn't take the time to fix this issue does say that they just didn't care enough to fix it as they think that just having the "Faces Of Death" name would  be more then enough to get people to watch this film and yet by doing that they are robbing us of the chance to have some really fun characters.

Whilst this film does have the "Faces Of Death" name this isn't a true remake of the first film as for starters the first film pretty much has no plot as it's just a character talking over deaths of things and people dieing. Yet this film does somewhat lean into the controversy that that first film spawned by having Margot question of the things that she is been sent to review are real or fake which is a good idea as is the fact that the original film is a film that does exist in the world of this film as the characters are seen watching the film alot of the time this is something that does make this film stand out as no other remake has dared to feature the film that they are remaking in there film with all of them just being a straight forward modern retelling of the film and that's it. Whilst this film does take the opposite approach which in all fairness is something that they did kind of have to do as there was no way that they could do a straight up remake of the original film as if you think the film was controversial back then it would been twice that today and the original film as was mentioned doesn't really have a plot to speak of and therefor the makers of this film were forced into doing there own unique thing and this is something that does help the film as it means that this film won't be able to be compared to the first film as outside of the name they have nothing in common with each other this is something that could be seen as being both a bad and a good thing it's bad thing in that the people that are more then likely going to be seeing this film are fans of the original film and are therefor going to see this film expecting it to be like the first film an it's a good thing as it means that this film now has the chance to be it's own thing whilst still being connected to this franchise.

It could very well be argued that this film is more of scathing satire on how any innocent video be it on TikTok or Youtube gets banned or removed whereas the more dangerous ones get kept up. As at several points earlier on in the film we see Margot at her job doing exactly that she's adding warnings to videos that are giving us health advice and she's outright banning several clips that are harmless but then she come across the first video where she sees someone get killed and she allows it to stay up with her only leaning a comment wondering if it's fake or not and this is something that is still going on with Youtube today as there are plenty of videos out there that do get pulled of the website for no good reason yet all of the dangerous ones are allowed to be kept up with them only pulling them down when someone on the outside does something public and it becomes public knowledge. Whilst this isn't top level satire its so close as it's something that anyone who runs a Youtube account or who uploads to TikTok can relate with and thankfully it's something that the film doesn't shy away from as they do take the time to say that these videos are only being allowed to be kept because of the fact that they draw traffic to the website with the sad part being that it's true as videos like those do indeed draw traffic to there various websites as people will indeed be curious to see what all the fuss is about and because of that these big video hosting websites like TikTok and Youtube won't take those videos down because of the fact that are still a busisness and if people are coming to your website or are using your app then that's still good of busisness even if those videos aren't good business, yet those companies only resolve to take those videos down when it becomes public and it makes them look bad and this is something that this film does capture perfectly. 

Like Terrifer 3 this is s film that really did need to be released unrated as by forcing this film into an R rating you robbing the film of that extra something that it needs to be as good if not better then the original film. As whilst this film isn't tame by any means it's also not as extreme as you'd expect it to be and that is something that a film with this title really should have been and yet because of the fact that the film was rated R which is still a good rating for a film like this one to have it does mean that the makers of this film have to force cuts to the film which do rob it of that something that it needs to work in the first place. What that something is tho is hard to say as the film does have plenty of decent gore and kills both of which might be in the first film as well but the film also can't be as special as it could have been and yet despite the fact that the film was made by Shudder and oddly enough Legendary Pictures the film just feels like it's not got that extra something to make it a great film as all of the ingredients are there to make it a good film it has good actors and the writing and directing are passable enough for a remake but even so its like this film needed that extra something extra just to be a really good film and yet due to the fact that it's an R rated film the film isn't allowed to have whatever it is that it needed to have in it in the first place, this is a good reason as to why this film needed to be unrated as while The Toxic Avenger didn't prove that being unrated can equal a hit film both that film and Terrifer 3 proved that not all films need to be rated as sometimes the directors vision does mean making the film unrated and that's exactly what a film like this one really did need to be. 

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty seven minuets and nine seconds. Which is pretty much the exact grand total running time that you'd expect a film like this one to have in the first place and to be fair to this film it is a film that does need that amount of running time in order to tell its story as it's essentially telling a new story and it's can't tell that good of a story and have some decent characters as something is bound to cause the film to fall in on itself and while yes that does still happen the fact that this film does have a solid running time does show that the makers of this film knew just what running time would best suit there film with the film having the right amount of plot there to cover that amount of running time in the first place. However tho this film doesn't really use its running time all that wisely due to the fact that the films plot is left feeling underdeveloped due to the fact that the film does take alot of time in even getting the films plots started and when it does nothing of note happens until the end of the film by which point its far to little to late with it being made clear as day that the makers of this film are more focused on giving us some really transitions then they are in giving us a well thought and developed plot. This is also something that does effect the films character development due to the fact that none of the films characters get any kind of character whatsoever with us knowing just as much abut them coming out of the film then we did coming into the film with the same thig even applying to how little we care for the films characters and yet if the film did take the time to fully develop its characters then we would end up caring for them and feeling something literally anything for them when they die but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho/

So now then as this is a horror film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. The fact that this films kills aren't that bad is something of a good thing as they are one of the more better elements in the film with this mainly being due to the fact that alot of the films kills are quite literally remakes of kills from the original film which is something that would be seen as being a bad thing but given the context of what this film does with the original film that is something that does make alot of sense. With the best kill in the whole entire film being the death of Arthur as without giving away who the killer is he and someone do have this dragged out fight at the end of the film with both characters getting in some really good hits with Arthur using a lit rock like object in his house to do some damage but then this person does get a small knife that was introduced near the start of the film as a joke and uses it to just go nuts stabbing at him and while yes a stabbing is a pretty generic kill it is one of the shockingly few kills that we get to see on screen in this film which is a huge bugbear as you go to a horror film not only expecting but also wanting to see the kills and yet out of all of the kills that we do get to see of which there is maybe three of them and that's it with all of the others happening off screen with the rest of the films kills being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall yeah its not really all that hard to see just why this film flopped as hard as it has done as not only is Faces Of Death a smaller known horror franchise even in the world of horror it's not that well known but it's also due to the fact that whilst this film did have all of the potential to be really good the film just crumbled under its own weight and wasn't allowed to be as good as it could have been in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad thigs that re in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 110 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all pf the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies ad gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.

Night Of The Demons 1988 Film Review

When you think of horror franchises you don't usually think of smaller known horror films rather you think of the more well known films. Yet the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today was actually the first film in a franchise of films as it not only spawned to sequel but much like every single horror film of the eighties this film also got a 2009 remake and so then join me as I review the film that actually has a smart horror character in it with the film in question being called simply just "Night Of The Demons" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when Judy and some of her friends attend a party at a supposed haunted house hosted by the local weird kid Angela they all find themselves in the fight for there very lives when demons start tryin to possess them one by one. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. While one does expect a film called "Night Of The Demons" to have a pretty bad plot to it as the main idea behind these cheaply made eighties horror films is just to be balls to the wall insanity this is something where the films plot isn't as good as it could have been as it's not as insanely fun as the films title would make it out to be rather it plays everything super straight and while that is fine for something like a Friday The 13th movie as those plots are serious in nature here given the films title you do expect a plot that is a little bit more weird and is a little but more out there and alot less series in tone. Yet in saying this tho the films plot is also exactly the kind of bad that you think it would be as it is clear as day that the makers of this film were having a good time in making the film but they didn't put half as much thought and effort into giving us a plot that is more well thought out which is something that would have been fine if this film was say a horror comedy for example as then you could argue that that's part of the joke but it's not it's meant to be a serious film and yet this is the kind of film that demands a less serious plot to it with the plot of this film not really being really rather entertaining and as well as not really being really rather engaging as well on my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Cathy Podewell as Judy Cassidy , Amelia Kinkade as Angela Franklin and William Gallo as Sal Romero. Also starring in this film is Alvin Alexis as Rodger , Linnea Quigley as Suzanne . Lance Fenton as Jay Jansen , Hal Havins as Stooge , Allison Barron as Helen , Philip Tanzini as Max , Jill Terashita as Frannie , Harold Ayer as The Old Man , Marie Denn as The Old Man's Wife , Karen Ericson as Mrs. Cassidy , Donnie Jeffcoat, Jr as Billy , James W. Quinn as Clerk 1 and The Demon Voices and Clark Jarrett as Clerk 2.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty OK at best. Acting wise the actors that you do expect to give us a solid performance give us exactly that however tho this film is made up of very little known actors and it's those actors that do bring down the quality of the acting in this film which of course isn't there fault as they can only do so much with the material and need direction with this being something that it appears wasn't given as it does come across as this films director Kevin S. Tenney had no clue on how to direct his actors alot of the time as we do get actors feel lost and unsure of themselves. With the best actor in the whole entire film being Amelia Kinkade as Angela Franklin as she is quite clearly having alot of fun playing this character with it being something that does show through in her final performance and while she doesn't really act anymore it would be nice to see more of what Amelia Kinkade can do outside of these films just to see how good of an actor that she is as she does seem like a really good actor if this film is anything to go by, with the acting that's in this film not really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so bad as it gives none of this films characters a lot to work with interms of what it is that there actual characters personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really does harm the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Much like alot of trashy eighties horror films the characters in this film aren't really anything to write home about. That is apart from the character of Rodger who is ab actually a smart horror character as the second things start to get a little bit to scary he's saying that they should all get out of the house something which both he and Judy actually do granted they don't get very far but it's the fact that he actually did it in the first place which is what makes him a smart character as the second things to get a little bit to spooky in real life we would be the ones trying to escape it just to live another day and whilst we do expect horror characters to mainly be dumb because if they were smart and did the smart thing that there would be no movie to begin with but nine times out of ten they never escape the scary house where all the danger is rather they just stay in one place and here we have a character that fights to get out of the house the first chance that he gets. With the rest of this films characters being the typical characters that you find in these sleazy eighties horror movies with Angela being the weird one , Suzanne being the girly girl , Sal being the joke and Stooge being the unfunny comedy relief character and while the characters of Judy and Rodger are a little bit better then this as Judy is the kind and caring one and Rodger is the smart one of the group they all feel like characters that we've seen done better in other horror movies and heck even Rodger stops being the smart one and runs BACK into the house near the end just before he gets killed of which is something that his character just wouldn't do as it's not the smart thing to do.

One of the worst things that any film can do is make you think of other and better films as it takes you out of the film that your meant to be watching. Yet this is something that this film does with it's tongue in cheek poster with the film saying that it's so scary that both Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger won't be attending this villains party and while OK fair enough you want to make sure that people think that your film is scary that's fair but when you straight away start comparing yourself to both Friday The13th and A Nightmare On Elm Street then you better have the scares to back in up or be a film that's so bad it's good because if not that line on the poster about the party being so scary that both Jason and Freddy won't be there will be seen for nothing more then what it is and that's a cheap marketing tactic to get horror fans into watching the film. Look to be fair mentioning them on the poster is something that does make alot of sense as slasher films where all the range in the eighties however this film was coming out at the tail end of that boom and therefor mentioning two of the biggest horror characters is something that would be seen as being out of touch with what the public are currently seeing and while there is nothing you can really replace there names with and it is fun seeing this film kind of poke fun at them in the poster it would have made more sense if the makers of this film came up with something else that emphasized just how scary the film is or heck maybe they could have gone the tongue in cheek route and have the poster be more darkly comical like what they would they would do with Night Of The Demons 2 and 3, While mentioning Freddy and Jason by name on the poster isn't harming the film by any means and it is a good way to get horror fans to watch the film it is something that doesn't work with the films more serious tone.

This is a film that you can tell right from the title alone wasn't made to be a mainstream hit film as rather it was always going to be more of a cult hit. Which to be fair isn't a bad thing but at the same time tho this film really doesn't all that much to earn it's cult status as yes there are two sequels and a remake but just in terms of what's in the film this film was very lucky to even be the modest hit that it ultimately ended up being as its fun enough to be that much of a cult hit even tho the film itself does have its fair share of fans yet it's not good enough to be a hit with the mainstream crowd due to how out there and weird that this film could be. This is something that dies make you wonder just who will really like this film and well to be truthful the answer is both the mainstream and the cult film crowd as there are moments in this film that will appease both sets of people and yet if the film leaned in on it's comedy alot more as there are signs of this film being a truly wicked film with there being a pair of killer scenes with a grumpy old man that you think aren't going to go anywhere but then they come back at the end of the film for a nice darkly funny joke that would have worked alot more if the film did lean in to it's comedy alot more and be this truly weird and out there film that both mainstream audiences and cult film fans can enjoy. This is a film that you can also tell could only work in the eighties due to the amount sleaze that we get in the film which is something that does make the film more enjoyable as it allows you to get fully prepared just for what type of film that your going to be watching as while this film knows what it is and is afraid of being exactly that its when the film leans into the things that make it fun that it does become this hugely entertaining film.

It's been said quite a few times in this review but if this film was more of a horror comedy then it would have worked all the more better. As the films title is one that doesn't make you think that your going to be getting a serious film therefor you might as well lean into it and fully embrace the films more goofy premise as this is something that would allow the film to be alot more fun to watch and yet by playing it super straight it does hinder the film and stop it from being as fun as it could have been as if this was a film that was truly balls to the wall insane and had alot of insane kills think Evil Dead 2 but on an even smaller budget then we could be looking at a film that alot more people will not know about but will also be talking about. Another thing that stops the film from being as fun and goofy as it really could have been is the fact that alot of the time we don't get to see the main characters together with alot of them being separated for alot of the film and while this was mostly likely done for practical reasons or so that the film can give us some really good kills if these characters were together alot more then it would have meant that we got to see more of the characters just talking and making fun of each other in the way that friends do with this being something that would have the add on effect of making the film alot more fun to watch. However the film shouldn't be goofy for the sake of being goofy and thankfully this is something that the film does realise as when it comes to the very plot exposition it is something that is treated seriously and that is how it should be and yet when the film doe get to it's kills that's when the film should have been more goofy as due to the main villains of the film being demons the film does have permission to go to those more over the top places and yet for one reason or another it never really goes there.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and thirty minuets and six seconds. Which to be to this film is pretty much the exact running time that a film like this one is always going to have and to be fair to this film whilst it doesn't really need that amount of running time in order to tell its story it is hard to argue the fact that the film doesn't waste alot of time in moving the plot as alot of the films scenes are all about doing exactly that moving the plot of the film forward and heck the film even has the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place. Yet the film really doesn't use its running time all that wisely due to the fact that it doesn't take the time to fully develop it's plot with this mainly being to the fact that even tho the film does devote alot of time to moving it forward and focusing on it's plot with the makers of this film instead being alot more focused on showing the teen characters partying then they are in showing us alot of really cool kills and developing the films plot something which the film very easily could have done just by removing some of the party scenes which would then free up time to developing the plot of the film. This is something that does also effect the films character development as while it would have been foolish of anyone to expect this film to give it's characters character development as this is after all a cheaply made eighties horror film there still should have been an attempt to make these character feel like there alot more then the stereotype that the film assigns to them at the start of the film and while Angela does come of as begin memorable despite this none of the others apart from Suzanne and Rodger are all that memorable but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a horror film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With this film making great use of practical effects with all of the films kills using practical effects in really creative which is something that does make this films kills even tho there aren't that many of them truly stand out and be timeless with the only thing that does let this films kills down being the fact that it does take until well over the half way mark for us to even get to the films kills and when the film is this short it did need to start getting to the kills pretty much right away. With the best kill in the whole entire film being that of The Old Man at the end of the film just due to the fact that not only is it a good pay off to something that was set up earlier on in the film but it is also something that plays on the genuine fears that adults in the eighties had about finding razor blades in childrens sweets during Halloween with that kill being as over the top and as gory as you'd want it to be and that is something that does show you just very briefly just how good that this film really could have been and heck the film even ha a great practical effects scene with Linnea Quigley which is something that won't get talked about here but if you know the scene then you know just how good that that effect is, with the death of The Old Man being something that does have the added value of coming out of nowhere due to the fact that we only saw that character near the start of the film and therefor to see him get killed off at the end of the film was something that was both funny and shocking with the rest of the films kills being just as good as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall if you love films that are cult films then you will find some level of enjoyment out of this film but in saying that tho this film really doesn't go all the way with how goofy that it should have been which is something that does make it feel like that the makers of this film were afraid to embrace the more goofy nature of this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things thar re in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , Amazon . Co . Uk , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.