Two
kids named David (Eric Foster) and Lynn
(Kim Valentine) move to their
grandparents house after their father's
death as they were told their mother died
when they were little and move to a small
country with their Grandparents.
But while they are there they encounter a
strange woman (Brinke Stevens) wherever
they go as they both feel in danger by
her. They also found a man dead near
their home.
Plus, David is told by one of the
neighborhood kids named Raymond (Craig
Yerman) that his Grandparents house is an
evil place as they have killed people and
did other nasty deeds.
Eric spots the strange woman having
contact with their grandparents and then
they torture her and keep her trapped.
He feels endangered and terrified but
doesn't know if he should run to the
police on this matter and he is in for a
shocking surprise and the same with Lynn
after what is going to happen and who
this strange woman is.
A very mysterious horror
flick that focuses on a good story even
if it was made on a low budget.
In the beginning it looks like that it
might just be a mystery/suspense type of
a film but then during the middle of the
film things get very twisted with the
deceiving grandparents.
At first they may seem loving but then
you discover that they are very evil.
Packed with lots of scary touches in the
film and totally psychotic as well.
The acting is very
well done and I am quite impressed with
it. Eric Foster does a great job
as a terrified grandson experiencing his
grandparents deadly secrets.
Kim Valentine was talented
herself in her role as an outgoing
teenage granddaughter and knows how to
get paranoid and scared on set when she
needs to be.
Len Lesser comes across wonderfully
as an evil Grandfather and perfomrs very
menacing too.
Of course Brinke Stevens
performed terrifically as the estranged
woman which made her performance eerie
and very mysterious and plays
terrifically demented too. This film
helped her scream queen career in future
low budget films too.
Supporting actor Michael Robinson
was so dorky as a 50's type teenage
womaniser but again this was probably
intentional for his role in the film.
We have a comedic performance by David
Donham as a nearby resident and
friend of the family and is quite okay in
his part.
Peter Rader
does his job as a director and shows his
stuff making the film very dark and
creepy
He leaves an impressive beginning with
the film when a bus is rolling along
carrying both kid actors Eric Foster
and Kim Valentine and suddenly Brinke
Stevens is standing in the middle of
the raod acting like a statue with the
bus swerving around her. It's just so
weird and a great beginning to the film
which looked greatly directed and shot.
There's a perfect nightmare sequence as
if it were real when Foster is
looking out the window seeing both Len
Lesser and Ida Lee carrying
Stevens' body down to a cellar
as it shows good camera shots on Foster
trying to stay quiet and finding out what
is going on.
There's a great intense scene between Lesser
and Foster as you think wake me
up!!!! Foster showed perfect
evil expressions and reactions.
We have a good scene during a swimming
race performed by Foster and a
nice shot on Stevens staring at
him behind the bleachers of people waving
to him still bringing an unsolved mystery
to her part.
We see a dialogue between Michael
Robinson and Valentine in a
swimming pool as he circles around her
trying to flirt with her which was in
good taste as you just wanna tell the guy
to buzz off.
The best dialogue was with Foster and
supporting actor Craig Yerman
when they walk around the area of the
countryside and Yerman scares Foster with
creepy tales about his Grandparents'
place and the evil doings going on there.
We see a great shot of Foster
staring at both Lesser and Lee
beating Stevens with a stick a
half of a distance away with the camera
panning on them which looks quite
distrubing.
Plus he showed good eerie scenes with Stevens'
character in the refrigerator and Foster
looking shocked and frightened
afterwards at the picnic dinner table
outside too scared to eat and both Lee
and Lesser looking at him
angrily which really gives you a chill
down your spine.
We also have perfect intensity between Lesser
and Yerman when Yerman
is looking for his belongings and
Lesser gives him a menacing and evil
look at him while carrying a shotgun in
one hand.
There's a perfect setting when Stevens
was tied up trying to convince the kids
to release her and then she attacks as
there's a great chase scene between Foster
and Valentine against Steven's
which was incredibly suspenseful.
Steven's was directed terrifically
screaming insanely while attacking and
running as she believeably looked like a
maniac especially showing her evil
expressionless face during many takes
when she tries to trap the kids.
Foster shows a nice menacing
attitude when he shows Valentine a
picture of Steven's as Valentine
shows perfect paranoid reactions.
Robinson looks like he's believeably
in pain when he gets shot and showing an
aggressive attitude when Foster tries
to help him.
We see a great camera shot on the toy
rocket zooming around in the cellar
knocking jars and other things down which
keeps things occupied.
Stevens reacts wonderfully by crying
in fright while being tied up and Lesser
sneering to her about to torture
her.
Foster was best directed towards the
end with his insane behavior with an axe
but that's all I will say since I won't
spoil this film.
The music was nicely
composed by Nigel Holton and Clive
Wright as we have a cold cheesy
synthesizer sounding to many of the
scene's as well as some paino playing and
woodwinds too.
Boy at
Pool: If I had a sister like that,
I'd boff her!
David:
This is her underwear, I could make you
eat them!
David:
You killed my mother!!!!
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