Four
fraternity pledges try to join the Alpha
Sigma Rho and it's sister sorority but
the head of the campus named Peter
Bennett (Kevin Brophy) tells them that
they have to spend a night at a supposed
abandoned manor owned by a family called
the Garth's as 12 years from that day a
previous resident murdered his entire
family.
Legend has it that the Garth killer is
still alive and roaming the manor.
While the four stay in the manor Peter
and his two friends decide to do some
scary pranks on them but suddenly they
realise that the legend about the Garth
killer being alive is true and are all
killed one by one as the killer uses trap
doors and secret panels to sneak up on
them and the fraternity pledges.
Three survivors from the pledges named
Marti (Linda Blair), Jeff (Peter Barton)
and Seth (Vincent Van Patten) are trapped
at the mansion and try to fight for their
lives.
Another great
cheesy slasher flick by the same makers
that brought you Halloween.
I would consider this flick a definete
cult classic and perfect to watch on
Halloween night.
Truly creepy haunted house type of a film
and has a total dark feeling to it as
well which is just as cool!
The acting was
good for it's time. Of course I enjoyed Linda
Blair's performance as the head
fraternity pledger and because of the Exorcist,
she was cast in this flick and was
blossoming into a scream queen in the
same lines as Jamie Lee Curtis.
Although many of you will disagree with
me but I found this one to be her best
horror flick and the Exorcist
her second.
Vincent Van Patten is of course
the son of legendary actor Dick and
he was my second favourite actor in this
film and is good at acting intense and
proves to be just as much as character
actor like his father is.
Peter Barton is a fine actor himself
as he tries to be the hero in this film
which he pulls off extremely well and
resembles alot to Donny Osmond
and was at one point a teen idol too in
the short-lived TV series The
Powers of Matthew Star.
Cult actor Kevin Brophy does a
fun performance as the troublemaking
prankster and the head of the Alpha Sigma
Rho and deserves great credit for his
work.
There are various
gory scenes in the film.
A fraternity girls head is cut off and
put in a bed
Another fraternity's head is twisted
backwards
The head fraternity is impaled by some
metal fences.
Also the Garth killer is impaled by the
bars of the main gate to the manor.
The directing is
good which was done by Tom DeSimone
whom originally directed pornography when
porn at the time had storylines.
He shows a great shot at the dark creepy
old mansion and delivers alot of frights
with his work on this like with the two
killers showing up unexpected.
You will jump with a scene of a killer
pulling a woman from the Sigma Rho which
was played by Jenny Neuman underneath
a trap door from the ground she walks on.
He directed Linda and Peter wonderfully
too when they try to escape from the
killers especially during the scenes when
they are on the roof which will leave you
to the edge of your seat.
But the beginning of the film where the
fraternity party is taking place is no
doubt a classic which Tom shows
great shots of the lead actors partying.
I also enjoyed his exploited cheesy
action spoof flick Reform School
Girls.
The music was composed by Dan
Wyman and does an awesome and
influential job.
His music is truly creepy with the organ
playing as music really makes a film and
he made this one terrifically well as you
can't have a better person than Wyman.
He was also the orchestartor for Halloween
and the score for The Fog
(Both directed by the legendary John
Carpenter)
Peter Bennett: [Explaining
why they shouldn't try climbing over the
high fence] They'd be likely to cut
their nuts off.
Scott:
Now the fun begins.
Seth:
If you weren't screaming, and we weren't
screaming - then someone is trying to
mind fuck us here.
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