A masked killer is on
the loose going into stores after hours
and killing the employees there with a
reward to anyone who catches this maniac
as a delivery man named Morty (Steve
Guttenberg) expresses his concerns about
this at a Los Angeles liquor store that's
infested by cockraoches closes up which
is operated by a chauvinist named Steve
(Eduardo Garcia) who gathers his
employees upstairs for a game of poker as
some of them have other things on their
mind in which one of his employees named
Mona (Ellia English) has a second job
talking to clients on sex line as well as
an addict named Jimmy (James Duvall) is
overly paranoid of cockraoches and
freaking out each time one runs by him.
Jimmy is also freaked out in which he
spots the killer on the surveillance set
as this killer is watching them and kills
each person that goes downstairs using
certain devices with what's at the store
there including suffocating one of them
with a plastic wrap over their head and
body.
The story leaves off with a good start and
some comedic timing with an employer named Steve watching the
store on a surveillance camera and mocking
his employees with their habits while
working their shifts. A nice touch as one of
those slobby type employers working in a
rough part of town.
There's alot of fast action camera
shooting with a suspicious man entering the store and a riot almost breaks
out due to his repuation for shoplifiting
which looked intense and funny.
There's great shots on the
employees hanging out after hours having
normal conversations and having fun along
with a good close up shot on one of them named Jimmy acting out of it and Steve giving him a rough time but yet it looked
a bit too planned out.
There's also good shots on everyone
playing a poker game jup in the attic
with a nice shot on Mona sucking on a popsicle while doing her
second job with a sex chat line which
seemed impressive.
Then there's some good dark shots on her
still talking on the cell phone looking
around the area of the store and hearing
some bumping sounds with her checking out
to see what it is. This scene looked very
good making you think that this is not a
good idea. Then there's great fast shots
on the killer grabbing her as well as
shots on the killer slamming a freezer
door on her head which looked quite
brutal.
There's alot of good shots on Jimmy sitting there watching cockroaches and
freaking out as well as a nice shot on
him staring at three looking at him on
top of a refrigerator which almost psychs
you out on the takes of this.
There's a great anxious moment with him after he spots something on the
surveillance TV set with Steve trying to calm him down in an aggressive
fashion along with a great striking shot
on Jimmy punching him out. Plus
there's a great shot on him on the ground having the wind knocked out
of him groaning in pain.
There's nice shots on Jimmy down in the store acting paranoid and
spooked walking near some counters with a
nice fast shot on the killers hands
wrapping him up and then stabbing him.
There's some neat discussions with Jess getting bitchy and irritated
by the TV screen flickering as well as
griping to Donny about him
constantly eating donuts in which the
setting looked good on one of those
types.
There's a good shot on Steve hanging upside down with the killer
coming in with a sharp object to kill him
and both Jess and Donny freaking out while watching the
surveillance screen freaking out telling
the killer to leave him alone which
showed alot of high paced energy.
There's more great scene's which involves
all Morty, Jess and Donny down in the store with
the final showdown which was a perfect
horror feel to it revealing whop the
killer is but I won't spoil it for you
who haven't seen this yet this looks like a classic moment nevertheless.
Ahh yes. This film
seemed like a tribute to those old school
types of slashers along with a great
opening on a news report of dead bodies
etc and thought to myself that I'm gonna
enjoy this one and I sure did.
There's some good cheesy one liners in
the store with employees having their bad
habits and a boss watching them on his
surveillance set and mocking them
reminding you of one of those employers
that's always dissatisfied.
I liked the whole enviroment on employees
playing poker during the end of their
shift and having a good time with bumping
noises downstairs in which gives you a
chill that the killer is down there but
you don't know who it is till later on
which makes a slasher film worthy to
watch since there's alot of dark scene's
that involves this killer which seemed
quite necessary as well as the survivors
watching this killer on the surveillance
set fearing what this killer is going to
do next which is a classic moment for any
horror flick.
The film isn't overly bloody proving
slasher films can still deliver too
without the messy dead bodies since Halloween proved not to show any blood period. This
film is a bit gory so I'm not gonna say
there's no gore which I'd be lying.
There's also a great moment with the
killer revelaing himself but at first
seeming innocent and thinking to yourself
this can't be since we've seen it before
in a film like Friday the 13th.
In the middle of the film the killer uses
platic over someone's head and body while
stabbing this victim which reminds me of
a famous killing in Black
Christmas.
Bottom line is this is a great film and
nice to watch something that's
entertaining in slasher/horror industry
than the garbage you see nowadays with
indepdent horror flicks or a typical
remake. I find the filmmakers are
improving on original horror flicks and
let's hope with a film like this we see
more excitement.
The acting is not
too bad in which we have Peter Story (Donny) playing a geeky type of employee in the
flick as Donny who knew how to act like a
couch potato and having a bad eating
habit. He also knew how to really drive
his emotions very intensely close to the
end of the film which he showed some
great tense energy.
Elizabeth Nicole (Jess) knew how to portray
a great bitchy attitude as well as being
loud and whiny which she comes across
very well as those types that are
difficult to deal with. She does well
with her fearfulness and bringing on some
good energy as a victim in a horror
flick.
Eduardo Garcia (Steve) played a
perfect tough and sarcastic store owner
named Steve who acted like one of those
hard to please types with a gross sense
of humor. He came across in the film just
perfectly with his aggressiveness too. He
had the right looks too to portray this
part which was a nice bonus.
James Duvall (Jimmy) looked right to play a
drug addict type of employee in the film
named Jimmy and came across as a stoner
type showing a great paranoid attitude on
cockroaches with good freaked out
expressions. However at times he's a
little too melodramatic and over the top.
Of course we get a special supporting
role by former celebrity actor I remember
in the Superman flicks
named Steve Guttenberg (Morty) who has
that guy next door type of charm to his
character as a delivery man and knew how
to portray the key role to the horror
story with this film.
Ellia English (Mona) was quite witty and
outgoing with her personality when she
has another job talking to clients on a
sex line and really knew how to have a
lustful speech with her words as she really got into it. She really
came across the best out of everyone with
what she did and will be well remembered.
She was believeable as someone who is
just full of life and a great spunky
behavior too.
A body cut in half
is revealed outside of the corner store
A woman's head is crushed against a
freezer door
A guy is stabbed while wrapped up in
plastic
The employer is sawed open while hung
upside down
A womans neck is cut in half by a
meatcleaver and then her head is displyed
on a table
The music sounded nicely
done in which we hear many thumping
sounds which will make you jump that it
was well put into the film. There's also
low violin playing which sounded
traditional for a slasher flick along
with some high pitched violin screeching.
There's also other low sounding horror
sounds which really helps the film by
making it look very spooky as well as
some hissing sounds too. The composer for
this was done by Konstantinos
Zacharopoulos.
Donny: Where's Jess? Where's Jess you
sick fuck???
|