All of
Romania feared Nikos (Andreas Schnaas), a
bloodthirsty barbarian and cannibal,
murderer of many.
But one moonlit night, a courageous few,
with torches clutched in their hands, put
the ungodly monster to an end by ripping
out his insides.
Yet with his dying words, the maniacal
Nikos claimed that not even death would
stop him and he would return one day.
It is
then present day and Nikos' mask and
outfit is at a Manhattan famed Bancroft
Gallery with other historical stuff there
as it is a Romanian art exhibition.
A University teacher named Frank Heller
(Joe Zaso) invites his students and his
girlfriend Sandra Kane (Felissa Rose) to
the museum and to understand the history
of Nikos.
The students all get a kick out of what's
there since they are into violence but
Daisy (Brenda Abbandandolo) tells them
that the legend of Nikos may not be a
myth as some legends are true.
Suddenly in the hallways of the gallery
there is a botched robbery attempt and
somehow he accidentally brought Nikos
back to life as the legend foretold and
Nikos is hungry for blood!
One by
one he slaughters people by slicing them
in half, decapitatind and other grizzly
murders he can commit.
The people are trapped in the gallery and
only Frank and Sandra make it out alive.
Frank
and Sandra are on the run all over
Manhattan to try and escape the
bloodthirsty Nikos and not even the
police can stop him as Nikos kills them,
some locals at a theatre, video store and
a fitness centre.
This was a typical
made on video flick that offered nothing
but slayings and gore with a weak plot.
Yet, I admired this film for what it was.
It almost reminded me of one of those Troma
Team type horrors as this one had
alot of tongue and cheek and cornball
dialogue.
The film kind of reminded me of a very
bad Friday the 13th Part VIII:
Jason Takes Manhattan clone.
There's alot of pointless dialogues
during a historical museum which was
probably an excuse to make the film run
for a while before the killer arises and
does his slayings and attempting to have
a bit of a plot before it becomes a
killing spree which it failed to do so..
It is a fun party flick to watch with
friends but not meant to be taken
seriously. There's alot of graphic gory
effects which looked interesting plus
some cheesy computerised effects too with
images turning into life at a video
rental store which seemed amusing as well
as the corny events going on at the store
and other parts of New York like a
lesbian bar or a fitness centre too. It's
a movie so bad it's good but only if
you're in a partying type of mood with
friends is the only time to watch a film
like this. However, it did seem to have a
minor cult fanbase surprisingly since
alot of gorehounds who enjoyed splatter
flicks got a kick out of this one. Also,
the killer wears an armor mask to carry
on the tradition of any kind of killer
doing away his victims like you see
Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees do except
this killer really takes it to the
extreme when he slaughters his victims.
When this killer is walking down a street
in New York was way too corny and not
convincing at all due to a lack of a
budget. Of course a door was left open
for a sequel during the ending of this
film.
Some of the acting
is good and some of it is amateurish. We
have today's underground b-film horror
icon's Joe Zaso and Felissa
Rose who were the two lead
characters in the film as they stood out
a bit in the film but it was hard to see
them getting into chracterisation as it
was rushed.
Brenda Abbandandolo who had the
main supporting role as Daisy did a good
job as she was probably the best out of
them all.
Great cameos by other b-film icon's such
as Troma Team president Lloyd Kaufman
(Who had the most effective cameo)
and by many exploited scream queens like Debbie
Rochon, Darian Caine and Tina
Krause.
There is a full
nude scene on moan queen Darian
Caine's character taking a shower at
a Fitness Centre.
This was the
goriest slasher film I've ever seen
(Until I saw Violent Shit).
You got it
Intestines being ripped out
Chopped off heads
Bodies split in two
Faces and arms torn off.
Everything that is graphic and gruesome.
This was probably one of the reasons why
the flick was not rated as it would
qualify an X apart it from being an indie
film.
The directing was
rushed since Andreas Schnaas
focused on the slashings and gore plus
the film was shot pretty fast.
The scenes were too quick and the
blocking was extremely rushed.
The shower scene at the fitness centre
involving Darian Caine was too
long.
One of his best efforts was
his work at a local video store with cast
members like Lloyd Kauffman and Debbie
Rochon playing goofy customers
talking about their work on Troma Team
films that's available at the video
store.
My favourite direction of his was when
characters from the movies at the video
store come to life out of Nikos' magic
spells and comes to his lair. One of
those characters we get a funny
performance by another moan queen named Tina
Krause and Lenise Soren was
well directed as a Succubus. However, his
direction with Steve Montague by
playing Adolf Hitler from his comedy
movie Ultrachrist did not suit the scene
and Andreas could've made him
seem more convincing too.
A great heavy
metal soundtrack composed by Function
Zero and Marc Trinkhaus
with heavy guitar riffs during the
slaugherings giving it a real cheesy
balls to the wall feel.
Also features music by bands like Kindergarten,
Not Fragile and Hard Surface.
Plus a song during the closing credits by
Andreas Schnaas himself which rocks!
Sandra:
We're not gonna take anymore of your shit
Nikos! We're from New York!
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