Okay, a strange tale for you. Last night I narrowed down my VHS choices to Last of the Warriors (aka Empire of Ash III) and this. I started Warriors, which was directed by Michael Mazo and Lloyd A. Simandl, but wasn't feeling it. So I put in Possession and it was made by...Michael Mazo and Lloyd A. Simandl! WEIRD!
This Canadian slasher focuses on Frankie (John Johnston), a momma's boy who kidnaps Madeline (Melissa Martin) and forces her to wear his favorite dress. She escapes and a convoluted series of events take place that end with the cops blowing up Frankie on a boat...or so they think. When Madeline and her friends go up to an isolated cabin for the weekend, Frankie soon follows to stalk them. I guess not everything can be My Bloody Valentine (1981). This one of those dumb as dirt slashers. I mean, dumber than your regular slasher. Example: After Madeline escapes her killer, she and her roommates call the cops, who say they can't do anything if she can't remember where she was being held hostage. A roommate then says, "We need to go find him!" (WHAT!?) and they are out into the city and find him right away. Huh? It is one of those slashers (you know the type) where the girls run and run and run from the killer they just knocked out but then he is suddenly ahead of them. Also, I had a hard time telling the girls apart. I'm not dumb (I think), but they all looked the same and the directors never try to establish who is who. It also doesn't help that the killer constantly cackles and give wide-eyed looks in every shot.
Simandl appears to have gone on to have a very prolific career as a producer and director. The latter had him getting his freak on with softcore BDSM titles like Chained Fury: Lesbian Slave Desires (2003) and Medieval Fleshpots 2: Hot Wenches (2003). There doesn't appear to be a Medieval Fleshpots 1.
This Canadian slasher focuses on Frankie (John Johnston), a momma's boy who kidnaps Madeline (Melissa Martin) and forces her to wear his favorite dress. She escapes and a convoluted series of events take place that end with the cops blowing up Frankie on a boat...or so they think. When Madeline and her friends go up to an isolated cabin for the weekend, Frankie soon follows to stalk them. I guess not everything can be My Bloody Valentine (1981). This one of those dumb as dirt slashers. I mean, dumber than your regular slasher. Example: After Madeline escapes her killer, she and her roommates call the cops, who say they can't do anything if she can't remember where she was being held hostage. A roommate then says, "We need to go find him!" (WHAT!?) and they are out into the city and find him right away. Huh? It is one of those slashers (you know the type) where the girls run and run and run from the killer they just knocked out but then he is suddenly ahead of them. Also, I had a hard time telling the girls apart. I'm not dumb (I think), but they all looked the same and the directors never try to establish who is who. It also doesn't help that the killer constantly cackles and give wide-eyed looks in every shot.
Simandl appears to have gone on to have a very prolific career as a producer and director. The latter had him getting his freak on with softcore BDSM titles like Chained Fury: Lesbian Slave Desires (2003) and Medieval Fleshpots 2: Hot Wenches (2003). There doesn't appear to be a Medieval Fleshpots 1.