Two prehistoric cult
members named Gar (Crackers Phin) and
Petranella (Barbara Bain) keep alive and
remain ageless by cannibalising children.
They are damned by the tribal Queen to an
eternity of old age when she discovers
their lurid exploits and in order to stay
young they must eat the guts out of young
people as they do this for centuries till
present day.
Taft finds a hideout spot at a house
renting a room and falls in love with the
owner there and get married.
Then they give birth to a little girl
named Bondi as Taft has plans for his
daughter when she turns 16.
After Bondi (Tamara Taylor) turns 16, her
father gives her a special necklace and
then Bondi's Mother (Linnea Quigley) has
a dispute with her husband Taft out of
jealousy of Bondi which causes the two to
separate which causes herself to run away
as she hitches a ride with a group of
perverted dope smokers.
Bondi is nearly raped but her necklace
causes her to safety.
She encounters a closed down ranch where
other runaway kids are living run by an
old woman.
One of the children named Nick (Meeno
Peluce) is selling flowers at a local
town and finds out from a resident there
named Taft (Aldo Ray) that where he's
living is cursed by demons and the kids
fear for their safety and Daddy has
deadly plans for his darling Bondi.
What a whacked out
and twisted horror movie as the story
can't seem to make up it's mind whether
it's a fantasy or horror.
It hardly makes any sense to top it all
off and it's not surprising that the film
was close to obscure.
There were interesting moments with the
scenery like the forest and the dead
rising close to the end but this film was
more dated that when it was released
looking like a late 60's or early 70's
horror flick.
Thank god a sequel never arose.
The acting is very
stale in this clunker as they need to
show more character and energy.
This was scream queen Linnea
Quigley's first supporting role in a
horror film and then it was Graduation
Day but her work in other films
was better than this.
Child actor Meeno Peluce seems
to pull through okay in this film as he
seems very charming with his character
but he was better remembered in the Amityville
Horror
Well known character actress
Barbara Monker (Who credited herself
as Monker for her last name)
however, seemed to be convincing when she
disguises herself with different
characters in the film as you'd think she
was someone else so a gold star for her.
Aldo Ray's special appearance as a
town local is quite interesting too.
Linnea
Quigley's character is taking a
shower behind a closed glass door so it's
not too see able but she shows off her
breasts while in a bed scene.
Tamara Taylor briefly shows her breasts
after her character is nearly raped when
her shirt is torn open.
A female victim has her shirt torn open
breasts fully exposed.
Female victims
have their stomach's torn open and their
guts eaten.
When you think
that Lawrence D. Foldes would
try and pick up the pace with this film
he never really does but again, he was
never a director who had a good
reputation for his work.
His work with the actors is very tiresome
as it looks like he lets them do what
they want.
He does show some interesting nightmare
and flashback sequences as well as the
dead rising towards the end of the movie.
The orchestra for
this film was well composed with the
violin and horn playing. However, it
doesn't fit for a horror film and more
for those crime adventure shows like Rockford
Files.
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