This film is one of Michael Souvi's first ventures in being the director. To say the least, Souvi has had some high points in his film making career. He's worked with Italian horror Maestro Dario Argento and American director Terry Gilliam (both of whom I have high respect for) as a second unit director and directed the morbidly funny "Cemetary Man." Having seen some of Souvi's work, I had some higher expectations for this film. I was disappointed with this film. A brief synopsis of the plot should clarify some of why I was disappointed.
It starts with a theater company preparing for a slasher/musical. The cast has most of your stereotypical theater types; the bad actress trying to steal her way into a better role however she can, the slime-ball director who would sell his mother to make money, the horny producer, the homosexual leading man, etc. Alicia (the nice girl, down on her luck) has the wardrobe girl take her to a mental hospital (it's the closest hospital) to get her ankle fixed. They inadvertently bring a psychotic killer back to the theater. As expected, the killer starts hacking his way through the cast while wearing an owl mask.
The plot is pretty simple, and it's not too hard to determine who will get the chop next. The acting was moderate (some were better than others) and the music stank (then again, it was the 1980s). Some of the camera work was pretty well done. The finished product definitely was of professional grade, but the movie still seemed to lack something. I didn't really dislike it, but was not overly impressed either. From what I understand, director Michael Souvi didn't like the Italian version of this film. If it had the problems that I saw in the American version, I can see why.
For people who enjoy slasher movies, but don't want any extreme suspense.
It starts with a theater company preparing for a slasher/musical. The cast has most of your stereotypical theater types; the bad actress trying to steal her way into a better role however she can, the slime-ball director who would sell his mother to make money, the horny producer, the homosexual leading man, etc. Alicia (the nice girl, down on her luck) has the wardrobe girl take her to a mental hospital (it's the closest hospital) to get her ankle fixed. They inadvertently bring a psychotic killer back to the theater. As expected, the killer starts hacking his way through the cast while wearing an owl mask.
The plot is pretty simple, and it's not too hard to determine who will get the chop next. The acting was moderate (some were better than others) and the music stank (then again, it was the 1980s). Some of the camera work was pretty well done. The finished product definitely was of professional grade, but the movie still seemed to lack something. I didn't really dislike it, but was not overly impressed either. From what I understand, director Michael Souvi didn't like the Italian version of this film. If it had the problems that I saw in the American version, I can see why.
For people who enjoy slasher movies, but don't want any extreme suspense.