I had heard alot about this film and having finally tracked it down was most dissapointed with what I found.
The initial concept is a good one, a film within a film dealy, which causes demons to infest a cinema full of bad actors.
The execution is sadly lacking however, after a promising start it quickly descends into a string of pointless gory scenes with absolutely no suspense whatsoever. Eyes are gouged, scalps are ripped off and boils burst forth green goo. But the imagination is strickly limited to bizarre deaths and little else. The dialogue is atrociously bad (even for a trashy horror) and the final climatic katana wielding demon massacre is unintentionally hilarious. The film contains one genuinely good visual moment which unsuprisingly is the shot featured on the cover and posters displayed here but thats as far as it goes.
Its hard to see what this film had to offer well after the likes of "Night of the Living Dead" or the "Evil Dead" apart from a couple of poorly edited and drably shot gore sequences.
Its derivative and drab, only appealling to the kinds of goofy horror fans who are more interested in modes of death than genuine thrills and movie craftmanship.
4 out of 10
The initial concept is a good one, a film within a film dealy, which causes demons to infest a cinema full of bad actors.
The execution is sadly lacking however, after a promising start it quickly descends into a string of pointless gory scenes with absolutely no suspense whatsoever. Eyes are gouged, scalps are ripped off and boils burst forth green goo. But the imagination is strickly limited to bizarre deaths and little else. The dialogue is atrociously bad (even for a trashy horror) and the final climatic katana wielding demon massacre is unintentionally hilarious. The film contains one genuinely good visual moment which unsuprisingly is the shot featured on the cover and posters displayed here but thats as far as it goes.
Its hard to see what this film had to offer well after the likes of "Night of the Living Dead" or the "Evil Dead" apart from a couple of poorly edited and drably shot gore sequences.
Its derivative and drab, only appealling to the kinds of goofy horror fans who are more interested in modes of death than genuine thrills and movie craftmanship.
4 out of 10