Another unscrupulous and totally uninspired "Nightmare on Elm Street" rip-off in which the adolescent protagonist suffers from dreams that feel slightly too real and eventually lure him and his friends to great peril. There were some other imitations kept their intentions fairly modest and enjoyable, like for example "Bad Dreams", this piece of junk had the pretension to expand the nightmare premise with other contemporary popular themes, like haunted prison settings and atrociously untalented rock bands. Solely based on a couple of recurring bad dreams, Alex and his brother and a couple of friends decide to perpetrate into Alcatraz to unravel the mystery behind the dreams. By the way, did you know it's the easiest thing in the world to break into Alcatraz despite of it being a national historic landmark? You just steal a boat in the middle of the night and you can enter the facility without the least bit of obstacles. Once inside, Alex's brother quickly becomes possessed with a demonic spirit and people start dying. I wish I could say the murder sequences were gruesome and gory, but since there clearly wasn't too much budget, everything is dark and unclear. Alex receives help and advice from dead rock star's ghost (Toni "Oh Mickey you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind – hey Mickey" Basil) but that certainly doesn't make the movie any more interesting. Weak and derivative plot, insufferable characters you can't wait to see dying, on screen darkness and putrid direction
all the trademarks of a must- avoid 80's horror flick.