This is Mexican director Rubin Galindo Jr.'s first film and it's sort of a rip-off of HALLOWEEN since it takes place on Halloween night and features an unstoppable killer as it's centerpiece. Of course this was made 7 years after HALLOWEEN so he had about a million other slasher movies to be influenced by as well. He does accomplish a goofy good time for slasher fans. The gore, mostly due to our monster-killer's claw-like hands, is fairly plentiful, I must subtract points for no nudity, which should have been easy enough to include since the main cast of victims are a bunch of horny "teens" as usual. There are a bunch of little kids that show up and make things feel like a bit of a cartoon towards the end. One kid is wearing a ridiculous jacket with Michael Jackson's face on it so at least he was cool. Of course the most important cast member is the great Hugo Stiglitz! Here he plays the Dr. Loomis part, but you have to imagine a sexy, well-dressed Loomis. And just like HALLOWEEN it features a stupid ending.
I've seen 2 of Galindo's other efforts, DON'T PANIC and GRAVE ROBBERS, which from what I recall were pretty similar to this but also pretty entertaining watches.
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