Fatal Games (1984)

Note des utilisateurs:

4.7/10   

Réalisateur:

Michael Elliot

Writers:

Rafael Buñuel (writer)
Michael Elliot (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Sport

Accroche:

The second prize is death!

Plot:

A mad javelin thrower kills teenagers in the school. All promising athletes are executed in the most brutal way...

Plot Keywords:

School | Athlete | Olympic Games | Impalement | Nude Woman Murdered

Avis des utilisateurs:

Facile Games

Ensemble

Sally Kirkland	...	Diane Paine
Lynn Banashek	...	Annie Rivers
Sean Masterson	...	Phil Dandridge
Michael O'Leary	...	Frank Agee
Teal Roberts	...	Lynn Fox
Spice Williams-Crosby	...	Coach Drew (as Marcelyn Ann Williams)
Melissa Prophet	...	Nancy Wilson
Angela Bennett	...	Sue Allen Baines
Nicholas Love	...	Joe Ward
Michael Elliott	...	Dr. Jordine
Christopher Mankiewicz	...	Coach Jack Webber
Ed Call	...	Mr. Burger (as Edward Call)
Mel Klein	...	Annie's Father
Alan Waite	...	Waiter
Miguel Elac	...	Singer

Autre(s) titre(s):

Killing Touch
Olympic Nightmare (Europe: English title)
The Killing Touch (UK)
Les jeux de la mort (France) [fr]

Durée:

88 min | Netherlands:83 min (uncut version) | UK:81 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Australia:R | Norway:18 | UK:18 | West Germany:18

Movie Connections:

References Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Facile Games

Take some characters that look like they came out of the 'Fame' TV series, add a script ripped off from countless 'Friday the 13th' and 'Halloween' clones, throw in a Dario Argento type music theme from 'Demons 2' and you have the ideal makings of a grade B straight to video or in this case, DVD film.

I too, bought this from a pound shop in the UK and that's about what it's worth. No more, no less. For 90 minutes of brainless fun, it's OK and quite enjoyable if you don't expect too much. And also can amuse oneself by spotting all the trappings of the 1980's, leg warmers, BIG hair and slang, i.e. 'making out, you're out of your gourd,'etc.

No use trying to detect who the mystery killer is as the rhyme and reason for it is so far off the logic scale as to be unreadable! Even for slasher films, this one is mega-dumb and just shoe-horned into the plot in the final moments with a handy discarded newspaper with a convenient, 'this explains everything,' revelation.

For lovers of kitsch horror movies only.