A
rock star named Vince (Alice Cooper) has
a promising career and plans to go far
with it as him and his crew travel to
Vince's uncle's mansion to record his
next music video as he was unhappy with
his last one.
However it is a foggy drive at night and
people are attacked by what seems like a
werewolf as Vince briefly encountered one
with his wife Sandra (Victoria Vera).
When they arrive at the mansion Vince
doesn't find his uncle so they make
themselves at home.
One of the actresses that will be in
Vince's next video named Angela (Pepita
James) has a terrifying nightmare that
Vince became a werewolf after
encountering a crazed old man (Bernarbe
Barta Barri) while they were on the road
after accidentally hitting a German
shepherd telling them that they are all
going to die because of Vince as he knows
something about him the rest don't.
This greatly disturbs Vince as his family
was cursed by a werewolf as his father
was brutally killed by locals. Sandra
tries to assure him that everything will
be fine but once they shoot Vince's video
they spot Vince's uncle's corpse crashing
through a window and then the terror
begins as redneck townfolks want to hunt
down Vince and kill him due to his family
curse and Vince's crew are attacked by
wild dogs along with a giant one that
kills them.
Well this film is
really bad unless you're a die hard Alice
Cooper fan like me.
Well Alice Cooper was hired by a
die hard fan in Spain believe it or not
and offered him alot of money to do the
project which was probably why the film
was made on an awful budget.
Yet it does seem interesting but it is
overly long and the scenes take up too
much time plus it is a real sleeper.
Still if you're in the mood for a bad
movie it's alot of campy fun.
Well the acting
was spoken in english from these Spanish
actors but it was overdubbed by American
actors as they do a wooden job like many
voice over actors doing a foreign film
nonetheless probably due to their accents
and the film being Americanised to top it
all off. The sound is also off synch too.
I mean it's hard to tell if they're doing
a good job as you don't hear their voices
but they seem to perform well by watching
them.
The main one that stood in my mind was
Pepita James as she had the perfect
looks to be someone freaked out by the
horrible incidents.
Emilio Linder and Ricardo
Palacios looked good too as the
Sherrif and deputy even if they weren't a
big part of the show.
Bernabe
Barta Barri who played the demented
old man stood out very well
and his voice over actor seemed to do
okay too using the spooky type voice.
I just loved watching Alice Cooper in
his role even if he isn't an actor
himself as he proves he can perform
playing a decent everyday man than his
shocking character he portrays in
concerts.
An old man is
bloodied
people are bloodily attacked by dogs but
it isn't too gruesome
A bloodied corpse falls from a crashing
window
Angela is shot in the stomach
A redneck townsfolk is shot in the head
Vince is badly bitten by the werewolf on
his shoulder
Clyde Anderson's
direction is sometimes rough but still he
pulls his weight well enough for a dark
looking screen like this film.
He shows great foggy moments with the
werewolf as well as with the fellow who
played the Coop's uncle going
outside of his mansion and pitted against
him were vicious dogs
He directed Alice and Victoria Vera well
together when he tells her his family
history and then showing their romance
towards one another
My favourite direction of his was when
the music video is shot in the mansion
with Alice and Pepita's scene are
together and she comes down the stairs
and during a lightning scene she spots an
image of a person reflecting in a window
and then the corpse of the person crashes
onto her
While the cast playing the crew preps for
the video looks classy too.
I also loved the first music video shown
in this film as ANderson shows great
shots of it with Alice coming out of his
limo and doing all kinmds of neat
characters in it.
The dogs attacking people however doesn't
look too creepy as Anderson could've made
it look more convincing.
The very end is very sad and may upset
you Alice Cooper fans like me
(You'll cry) and it was a shame a sequel
never arose.
I thoroughly enjoyed
Grupo Dichtomy's music in the film
especially with the opening by having the
howling keyboard sound effects as it will
give you goosebumps and it was played during
the middle of this film when Alice
was telling Victoria's character
his family history and it was playing
during the closing credits too.
The music is a little cheesy but in a
great way.
We have a
songtrack by the Allan Parsons
Project during when the people are
prepping up to do a music video with two
excellent songs of his titled "A
Dream Within a Dream" and "The
Raven" as both those songs fit the
film perfectly
We get a
dynamic performance by Alice Cooper
performing after the opening credits of
his song "Identity Crisis" and
my favourite chilling number "See Me
in the Mirror".
Both of these songs were never released
on any of his albums or on a soundtrack
but before the millenium rose he released
a box set titled the Life &
Crimes of Alice Cooper as these two
songs were featured on it. A fantastic
job he did with these songs.
Old
Man: (During a nightmare
sequence) You're all going to die!
You're already dead!!!
Vincent
Raven: Listen, werewolves *do* exist.
Sandra: Oh, bullshit, Vince! The
year 2000 is just around the corner. I am
a recognized expert in electronic videos
and you are the hottest rock n' roll star
- in the world! You're making records,
videos, movies - on high-tech electronic
equipment of fantastic sophistication.
You can get on a plane tonight and be in
Australia tomorrow. And *you're* scared
of werewolves.
Vincent
Raven: You sure are something; do you
know that, Sandra?
Sandra: Do *you* know something,
Vince? As soon as we deliver this video
job, we're heading straight for Moorea,
one of the hundred and thirty Polynesian
islands. Floating in crystal clear water
- two weeks of nude sunbathing, coconut
drinks and making love. I love you,
Vince; I can't stand to see you like
this.
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