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Directed
by:
Kevin S. Tenney
Produced
& Written by: Joe
Augustyn
Starring:
William Gallo ... Sal
Romero
Cathy Podewell ... Judy
Cassidy
Alvin Alexis ... Rodger
Mimi Kinkade ... Angela
Hal Havins ... Stooge
Linnea Quigley... Suzanne
Philip Tanzini ... Max
Jill Terashita ...
Frannie
Lance Fenton ... Jay
Janson
Allison Barron ... Helen
Release
Date: Theatrical:
September 9, 1988
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It
is Halloween and a group of teens
decide to break into an abandoned
funeral parlour known as the Hull
House for a party hosted by a
gothic eccentric one named Angela
(Mimi Kinkade) and her sleazy and
whiney friend Suzanne (Linnea
Quigley).
One of the partygoers finds an
old mirror and so they all do a
chant which is led by no other
than Angela. Their reflection
disappears and one of the kids
named Judy (Cathy Podewell)
freaks out when an image of a
demon appears in the mirror.
Their reflection appears again
and the mirror falls and smashes.
Angela is discouraged since it
distracted everyones
concentration and is convinced
that the house is possessed.
Suddenly a demon comes out of a
cremation oven and posesses
Suzanne. Then Suzanne kisses
Angela on the mouth having the
demon spirit possess her too.
Both of them act unusually
strange. Then they suddenly kill
each of the other partygoers one
by one turning them into zombie
demons and they are are trapped
at the Hull House.
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One of the best
party flicks ever!!!! Two thumbs
up! This film is close to being
reigned as a cult classic and in
my books it is. It's cheesy but
well done! Great make-up effects
by Streve Johnson since he did
make-up for other great horror
flicks like A Nightmare
On Elm Street 4 and
Fright Night! Very
influential! This was alot like
the film starring Linda Blair
known as Hell Night
but with demonic forces. I would
consider this flick a cross
between the sequels of A
Nightmare On Elm Street and
Evil Dead 2. A
definete film to watch on
Halloween. Unfortunately lots of
critics bombed the film during
it's Thanksgiving theatrical
release in certain parts of the
U.S. but I never cared for alot
of critics to start with.
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Some fo the acting
is cheesy but some not too bad
(Alot of the actors in this flick
were virtual unknowns).
Scream queen Linnea Quigley
has great timing at being funny
as the whiney Suzanne.
Jill Terashita as Frannie is
quite good too playing an
outgoing partygoer
Alvin Alexis has alot of energy
playing the role of Rodger and it
really shows too.
William Gallo as a scumbag teen
named Sal is not too bad too and
knew his character fairly well
since he has had alot of
experience acting in cheesy
sitcoms like his semi-regular
role in Who's the Boss.
Former dancer/actress Mimi
Kinkade is the one who
stoiod out the most in this film
as an outcast teen named Angela
and shows that she is gifted in
her character too but
unfortunately only did a handful
of other projects (Mainly small
roles like a dancer in the
TV series Fame)
and then quit acting for good to
become an animal communicator.
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There are various
nude scenes mainly by Linnea
Quigley when she smears
lipstick all over her body
including her breasts. She also
lifts up her dress and her vagina
is briefly exposed.
Jill Terrashita shows
off her breasts as well when she
tries to seduce Phillip Tanzini's
character in a coffin.
Many gory scenes
like when Angela bites Stooge's
tongue off
Suzanne crushes Jay's eyeballs
inside his head
Possessed Stooge slams the coffin
door on Phillips arm causing it
to fall off as well as twisting
Frannie's head around
A stick goes through Sal's chest
after he falls to the ground.
Some more but these are the main
gory details.
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The directing is
quite good for a b-grade film.
The opening looked great with the
animated effects and then we see
a good dialogue between Cathy
Podewell as a nice and
caring teen and Harold Ayer
as a grumpy old man which looked
effective and disturbing a bit as
she tries to help him out after
spilling his groceries from some
mean kids and he acts aggressive
towards her. Tenney coached them
well during this moment.
We see an interesting living room
scenario involving Cathy
Podewell, Phillip
Tanzini and supporting cast
members Karen Erickson and
a very young Don Jeffcoat.
It looks cheesily directed but
still has that Halloween type of
feel to it.
He knew how to direct William
Gallo playing a geeky type
scumbag teenager while bullying
Jeffcoat for his Halloween
mask.
Mimi Kinkade and Linnea Quigley's
first time scene's together
looked good when they're in a
corner store as Quigley bends
down as she is wearing a party
dress looking at stuff to grab
the people working at the store's
attention while Kinkade is
stealing stuff.
The Hull House looked dark and
creepy with the mist surrounding
it.
I enjoyed his direction for the
chanting scene when one of them
sees a demon in the mirror as
well as Mimi Kinkade's
gothic dance number and who can
forget the lipstick scene
performed by Linnea Quigley
There's a great camera shot on Kinkade
as a posessed Angela floating
towards
Quigley looked good
suddenly acting insecure when Philip
Tanzini is making out with
her and watches her and she
questions him about this. Then
her face turns demonic.
We see lots of suspenseful chase
scenes that involves Podewell
and Alvin Alexis tryespecially
when they try to jump off a
balcony of the Hull House
There's a
great camera shot on the cast who
play the posessed teens suddenly
burning away near a cement brick
wall with fog covering over them
and then there's the head of a
demon showing in the air with the
fog. Tenney really
delivers with the effects for
that one.
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Suzanne: Do
you guys have sour balls?
Convenience Store Clerk:
Why sure we do.
Suzanne: Too
bad. I bet you don't get many
blow jobs.
Frannie:
Oh Max, I don't bend that way.
Helen:
Typical.
Stooge:
Typical... Shut up and drive
bitch!!!
Stooge
: Ang, you can't really
believe this place is posessed.
Sal : Nah, just
reposessed!
Stooge
: Eat a bowl of fuck! I am
here to PARTY!
Suzanne:
Maybe I'm in the mood
for pork tonight!
Suzanne:
Run Judy run! See Judy run!
Angela: Oh
don't tell me you're leaving? Sal
wanted to go... but he decided to
stick around! [shot
of Sal with a wooden stake
through his heart]
The music is done
by director Kevin's
brother named Dennis Michael
Tenney and he did a great
job with this one, especially for
the opening of the film having
creepy and dark sounds with it.
Not only that, he
performed three songs for the
film as they have a metal edge to
them. His best song was the one
used for the closing credits
titled "The Beast
Inside" which is a classic.
To his credit, he
also composed for other cult
horror flicks like Witchboard,
Witchtrap, The
Prophecy and
Pinocchio's Revenge.
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