Horror in the eighties was truly a sight to be seen as while we had giants like Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger among others racking up victims on the big screen. We also had a slew of direct to VHS horror films that range from being really good to being really weird but all of them are a good example of just how big horror in the eighties really was and so then join me as I review the film that used the exact same cast and crew from Sorority Babes In The Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama with the film in question being called simply just "Nightmare Sisters" enjoy.
The plot of this film is when three nerdy guys find themselves being invited to the house of three equally nerdy girls the guys find themselves in for the fight of there lives when they accidentally unleash an ancient evil that takes over the girls. 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 bad with this films plot also not really being all that good either as while it is a rather simple plot it's perhaps a little bit to simple for it's own good as this films plot is also a it on the weak side of things as well as while this films plot is more then strong enough ti support an entire feature length film it's also not a plot that's as good as it could have been due to the fact that there's not really that much focus on the films plot with the film oddly enough giving alot more focus to it's three leading ladies then it is the actual plot of the film which is something that does make sense as this film does have three fairly big names in the world of horror all starring in one movie together but that would mean nothing if the plot of the film isn't that good and while this is a film that really doesn't need to be a deep and thought provoking plot in order for it to work as here it just needs to be simple and that's really it but at the same time tho the plot still needs to be good in order for people to actually like the film with the plot of this film 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 Return Of The Living Dead star Linnea Quigley as Melody and The Slumber Party Massacre star Brinke Stevens as Marci. Also starring in this film is Michelle Bauer as Mickey , Richard Gabai as Kevin , William Dristas as Duane , Marcus Vaughter as Freddy , Timothy Kauffman as Phil , Matthew Phelps as J.J. , C. Jay Cox as Bud , Michael Sonye as Omar and Jim Culver as The Exorcist.
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. With alot of this films actors turning in some fairly solid performances which is something that is truly shocking as alot of this films actors are really unknown to at the very best very little known actors and therefor it would have been foolish of anyone to expect to see good acting in this film and yet that's exactly what we get and while granted this films acting isn't OSCAR worthy it is a damn sight better then what it really had any right to be as by all rights this films acting really should have been bad but you can tell right from the first frame that all of this films actors are giving it there all and are just having a blast making this movie with the films best actor or in this case actors being Linnea Quigley , Brinke Stevens and Michelle Bauer as not only are they the three biggest names in this film but they are also the ones that get more of a chance to show off there acting skills as well and what we get to see from them from an acting point of view really does help to make this films acting really even more better then what it had any right to be as well 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 of this films actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there characters actual personalities are even meant to be in the first place which is something that really foes help to lower the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.
When it comes to it's characters this film really doesn't all that much better as to be frank this films characters are really weak. As all of them just fall under two categories either nerdy or popular and that's it as none of them have anything about them that makes them standout from one another which is fine given that this film is meant to be a very low budget B movie horror comedy but at the same time this is also a huge issue with the film as all of the films characters are just these very flat and very dull and boring one dimensional characters which does make them hard to watch alot of the time with it being main fully obvious that the makers of this film put more thought and attention into the fact that they wanted to let you know that all three of this girls main leading characters are drop dead gorgeous then they did into quite literally anything else in the film and while having three drop dead gorgeous girls in the film is great for the over art it means nothing if all three of them have the personality of a blank wood but to be to fair tho seeing Linnea Quigley play "dumb One" one of the trio was hugely entertaining in it's own right but it doesn't excuse the fact that all of this films characters could have been written so much more better as that would then make them memorable characters and it would make this film stand out all the more from all of the other direct to VHS horror film that came out around this time but because of the fact that the makers of this film were just content with having badly done characters then it means that instead of standing out from those films by having these memorable the film instead blends in by having badly written characters.
To give this film some sort of credit it's three bully characters are more of a parody of bully characters that you'd see in other eighties movies from around the same time. With this being something that does oddly make those three characters all the more fun to watch as even tho you know full well just what it is that there going to say and how there going to act in the film that's part of the charm of there characters and while it's not something that makes them likable characters in any way whatsoever it is something that does make oddly enjoyable to watch in this film where as alot of bully characters regardless of if there in a horror film or not feel like that there being written by someone who was never bullied in their life and so are just having them say or do things that they think a bully would say or do and while it could be argued that that's also the case here that is something that does add to the charm of these characters as there written in a such an over the top kind of way that the ultimately end up becoming human cartoon characters where as the characters that aren't the bullies whilst they still are written in that over the top kind of way don't have any charm to them and thus even tho we are meant to hate the bully characters and want to see them die at the end of the film we the audience end up having more fun with those characters as there for the most part written like the heroes even tho there meant to be the bullies and therefor we end up liking them alot more then what we should do and feel sad when there gone as all we get left with are a bunch of characters that aren't that well written and have nothing that's actually interesting about them.
This film is home to what might the weakest slap in horror film history as during the opening prolog of the film a woman is seen talking to a fortune teller where he straight up tells her that her husband is hooking up with someone after his mystic ball possess him and starts to then taunt the woman. It's only then that the woman gives him what has to be the weakest slap in horror film history because it didn't look like that it hurt at all no matter how loud they made it sound it just looked weaked and it makes you wonder if actor Michael Sonye was on a really tight schedule as it looks like that they didn't do a second take of that slap which is something that really should have done as the acting from both the woman in question and Michael Sonye wasn't that good either it looking like that they spent all of five minuets on that scene even tho it sets up something that is then payed off later on in the film and yet if they did do a second take of that scene then not only could there acting have been so much more better then what it is as the pair of them are just hamming it up but not in a fun way either then it would also mean that we'd get a much more better slap out of it as her slap was so weak that if it was on WWE they'd have to reshoot it after the episode was broadcast as that's just how weak that her slap was but to be fair tho it's that scene that does let you know right away just what kind of film that your in for as that scene is so campy and over the top much like the film itself that it does get you ready for the madness that's to follow it so in that regard maybe it was a great thing that the slap was that weak but on the flip of that is the fact that regardless of if it was intentional or not it still has to look like that it hurt where as the slap as it is looks really painless and not really painful.
While this film is meant to be a horror comedy it's a little bit hard to tell just where the makers of this film put there focus on in this regard. As the film has very scares in it and the laughs feel more like the jokes that would be in any of the lesser Scary Movie sequels as there not really all that funny either with there being one or two passable jokes at best with one of those being a reference to The Exorcist as the exorcist in this movie just straight up implies not only was he the one delivering the exorcism to Regan but that this movie and that movie also take place in the same fictional universe as a result of it which all that does is just make you wonder if with the release of The Exorcist: Believer did the makers of thar film resurrect the world that this film takes place due to the fact that the priest character in this film also by his own account be the one to cure Regan of her evil spirits as well and while that reference was solid it also wasn't needed either as the film very easily could have had him just be a random character or if they wanted to go all in with The Exorcist joke then why not get someone who played one of the fathers in that movie to play the priest in this movie with the best joke that the film has being anything with the bullies as anything they do in this movie is just pure gold with there best scene being quite early on in the movie where they straight up make up rules for a rule book just to keep our hero characters from going out something which they later bring back when the bullies have all three guys tied up and go mad at them for apparently breaking a rule that they've just made up all for no reason whatsoever which is just how funny that these bully characters could be and while all of the other characters including the girls themselves get some decent jokes as well nothing will ever top whatever the bullies say or do as there just meant to be living breathing human cartoon characters and are rightfully treated as such in the final cut of the film itself.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty minuets and fifty six seconds. Which in all fairness to this film is pretty much the exact grand total running time that you'd expect a film like this one to have with this film having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time but in saying that tho this film really doesn't use it's running time all that wisely as the plot of the film isn't that well developed with it being very hard to tell just what it is that the main plot of the film is even meant to be as it does come across as the characters just doing thing not because the plot of the film demands it but rather to fill out the films running time when if the film just had a more developed plot then there would be no need for filler in this film in the first place with the film not even taking the time to fully develop it's character which in all fairness to this film is also an issue with other direct to VHS horror films as well as alot of them much like this one but alot more thought and effort into there cover art and not there characters but in saying that tho there should have bee more effort in this film to make it's characters stand out and be more developed as that would help the film become all the more better because of it and yet for one reason or another the makers of this film chose not do either of those things when doing either or both of them really would help us the audience to not only like the film but also care for it's characters alot more then what we already do in the first place 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. However tho in saying that all of this films kills aren't that good either as there all the exact same kill where one of the bully characters just turns into dust for little to no reason with this film being one of the rare films where there actually isn't a best kill in the film as all of the films kills are the exact same kill which yes makes sense in terms of the film and the films main killer but at the same time it does make all of the films really boring to see with this being made all the more worse when you don't even get to see any gore at all which is something that would have made the film all the more better as then the film could at least have some more entertainment value to it but just having all three of the bully characters turn to dust after getting with all three of the possessed girls is a bit of a lame death even if all three bullies are characters that really did earn there deaths and therefor did deserve a more satisfying death for all three of them instead of just getting variations of the same death and even the films main villain gets a pretty lame death as she much like with the bullies gets turned to dust and that's really it and while that is something that really does mesh well with the films more comedic tone it does nothing for the films horror aspect in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall while it's hard to say if this film is a truly bad film or not as what it lacks for in scared and comedy it more then makes up in entertainment value and sometimes being entertaining is just as important then being a good film but with that being aid this is still a film that's not that very good either altho it's hard to say if this film is worse or better then Sorority Babes In The Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama 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 revue and as such that really does mean that this very film really 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 al of the images hat I personally used in this very review from the official Headhunter's Horror House fandom wiki page , 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.
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