This one is a pretty good example of the things that sucked about 80s horror films. Of course the main thing is that it's really a comedy that they threw just a bit of blood into to try and fool you. Trying to fool you is another negative component as we not only get dream sequences that prove to be unreal but the structure of making a movie lends itself to a whole slew of fakery and even succeeds in giving this a totally awful ending. Besides that there's some terrible miscasting, Marcia Brady(Maureen McCormick) as a police officer being the main culprit in this department. George Clooney shows up for about 5 minutes(so he gets top-billing on every release forever!) before getting his face smushed on a window. Another annoying thing, particularly to gorehounds and slasher-movie fans, is that they cut away from most all of the explicitly gory bits and mostly just show the aftermath of our killer's rampage. One positive aspect is Alex Rocco, who manages to be great as the film-within-a-film's sleazy producer who just wants more tits and blood in his movie(boy can I relate to this fellow!). Steer clear of this unless you're one of those 80s obsessed crazy kids.
There was a really good 1970s HORROR HIGH movie but I'm pretty sure there's no connection to that one here.
Superior Thai poster!:
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