Posting a bit late on a Sunday night and I just found this flick a few days ago. I watched it. I want my time back. Honestly, after watching, I am still not 100% sure what this movie is about. Is it a slasher flick? Is it a movie about about a Satanic cult? Is is a movie about a demonically possessed serial killer? Apparently, yes.
Apparently, in a small rural town, there is a Satanic cult presided over by creepy Grandpa whose grandson is supposed to take over the cult, but must prove himself on Halloween by killing someone. There are scenes of hooded cultists chanting, lots of gratuitous T&A (porn actress Jeanna Fine appears), gore, a masked killer who slays using gardening implements, and incestuous innuendo. Oh, and let's not forget, a hair metal music video nightmare sequence. Yeah, this one has it all, folks.
Let's take this in small doses, or you might get dizzy. Grandpa, played by Hy Pyke (Blade Runner *yes, really!*) is just a horrible human being running a Satanic coven in his barn where he brands women's butts with pentagrams. Just a few minutes in, there is an exchange with his daughter that makes you wonder if he might really be Tommy's father instead of grandfather. Gross. Gregory Scott Cummins (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia) is Tommy, the chosen one who is apparently supposed to replace Grandpa as the All High Muckety Muck of the coven. Tommy also has a sister and brother who are NOT part of the coven. Tommy's mother is semi insane because of Tommy, and probably being diddled by Grandpa. Just thinking about THAT made me throw up in my mouth a little. Even worse, Grandpa appears to be hitting on his granddaughter at one point, too! Anyway, there is a Halloween dance, lots of people getting murdered by a killer in a demon mask, and more nonsense than you can imagine.
As I previously mentioned there is a lot of boobs and blood to be found here. The masked killer seems to be enamored of farm implements for his murders.
Fair warning, here! This film was so desperate to make money, that it was retitled to Death Mask and Halloween Night in the U.S. and The Damning in the U.K. Other titles were used around the world.
Of course, what slasher flick from the 80s would be complete without hair metal music? I blame Dokken. Tommy's weird music video dream sequence is a howler.
Really, dear readers, just avoid this one. This one is so bad, you will wonder how it ever got made. IMDB says the budget for this was $5.5 million. I can't imagine A.) Why anyone would have put up that kind of money for this and B.) Where the heck did that money go? There are times when you want to laugh at this movie, but it never reaches that level of "it's so bad it's good" that would redeem it, to some degree. There is something of a cult following for this movie, apparently, but this is one I just can't see watching again.
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