An early Pete Walker horror film made after his successful run of British sexploitation films of the 60's. Like those films this one has some good looking ladies and lots of nudity on display. This movie is often cited as being an early example of the slasher film genre and it is that although it's a relatively blood free version. The story involves a group of actors who are stalked in a theater by a mysterious wack-a-doo nut-job. I found this film as a whole not really all that engaging and kind of slow through most of its running time. I feel like Walker was just getting his footing here and would go on to make much better more graphic works throughout the 70's. There are some clever bits and even a little twist ending thrown in. My main problem is probably the awesomely graphic title which doesn't convey the restrained nature of a film where most all of the murders take place off-screen. Check out his later titles for more blood and sleaze filled good times.
The killer's flashback sequence was originally in 3-D:
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