Directed by: Tom DeSimone Written by: Randy Feldman Starring: Linda Blair... Marti Peter Barton ... Jeff Reed Vincent Van Patten ... Seth Suki Goodwin ... Denise Dunsmore Kevin Brophy ... Peter Bennett Jimmy Sturtevant ... Scott Jenny Neumann ... May Release Date: Theatrical: August 28, 1981 *Images courtesy at: www.terrortrap.com Rating:

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.
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) abd 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 when he realises the murders at the Garth Manor 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 is various gore 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)

The DVD features:

• Widescreen Presentation (1:85:1)
  
• Theatrical Trailer
  
• TV Spots
  
• Audio Commentary with Linda Blair, Director Tom DeSimone and Producers Irwin Yablans and Bruce Cohn Curtis

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