I came across this film last night as a DVD on a store-clearance table. I love horror films, campy slasher movies, certainly with self-declared Gratuitous Nudity, and anything so "bad" it was "banned" (in England, apparently). I figured at worst it would be so bad it was good (eg, funny). And it is: for true MSTie-minded folk, this is hilariously bad. The violence is extremely tame by today's standards: every kill-blow is off-screen and implied with blood splatter to rival "Evil Dead." Using good film stock, the cinematography jumps back and forth between impressive and annoying, though most of the annoyance is from the editing or rather, the lack of judicious editing. Shots linger on "performers" and scenes for far longer than necessary, and the girls' driving scenes almost make the driving scene from "Manos: The Hands Of Fate" look riveting. The two lead girls cannot act to save their lives, most of the time showing no expression from their lifeless eyes, cast mainly for their obvious no-problem willingness for full nudity for two wonderfully-shot "gratuitious" shower scenes. As for the thin plot, such as it is, if you cannot see the "twist" ending coming from *miles* away, smack yourself in th'head. The DVD contains an additional "comedy" commentary, which is lame and unstructured and its audio sounds like it was taped in someone's bathroom. Mike Nelson's commentary with "Reefer Madness" is wonderful, while with this DVD, the gaggle of unknown goofballs haven't a clue how to MSTie a film. It's sad when a bad film is actually better than the added-"comedy" commentary...
I should add, I LOVE that awesome, round-styled house! Amusingly, they use the same establishing shot. If you have the DVD, jump forward to the next chapter and you keep seeing the same shot of the house (bg).
Shot in Portland, the DVD also has a daytime-newsy local-TV show segment in which the writer/director and actress Janice Penner are interviewed. It his humorously awkward as it's their first on-air interview and they're rather nervous. When you see Janice Penner as the dowdy Marion, just try not thinking Miss Hathaway on "Beverly Hillbillies" ("Oh, Mr. Drysdale...") (g). (Gee, does anyone *else* remember that John Wayne's birth name was Marion (bg)?)
Final note (glancing through other commentary after posting mine): Take note of the hilarious user comment by Brian Morisky ("Taut thriller, great performances, 18 August 2001"). On one hand he's from Portland, Oregon and that's where this film was made, so I'm not sure if this is ironic satire (certainly across which it comes), or a loyal attempt to boost a locally-made film production made by local friends and acquaintances.
I should add, I LOVE that awesome, round-styled house! Amusingly, they use the same establishing shot. If you have the DVD, jump forward to the next chapter and you keep seeing the same shot of the house (bg).
Shot in Portland, the DVD also has a daytime-newsy local-TV show segment in which the writer/director and actress Janice Penner are interviewed. It his humorously awkward as it's their first on-air interview and they're rather nervous. When you see Janice Penner as the dowdy Marion, just try not thinking Miss Hathaway on "Beverly Hillbillies" ("Oh, Mr. Drysdale...") (g). (Gee, does anyone *else* remember that John Wayne's birth name was Marion (bg)?)
Final note (glancing through other commentary after posting mine): Take note of the hilarious user comment by Brian Morisky ("Taut thriller, great performances, 18 August 2001"). On one hand he's from Portland, Oregon and that's where this film was made, so I'm not sure if this is ironic satire (certainly across which it comes), or a loyal attempt to boost a locally-made film production made by local friends and acquaintances.