The protagonists are a fun mix of Kiss (make-up), Dracula (black and red cape), Crimson Glory (partial masks) - a band that didn't even exist at the time! - and Vampira (big hair with streaks painted on as if they were horns). The killer dresses up the same way, and happily slashes his way through a good load of groupies and a few others. It will be easy to assume that poor boy / roadie Herb is the culprit, but it turns out it was that nice, supportive manager. Then, there's a good cop who even likes the band and their music - he buys it (and I don't mean their album...). And, finally, an undercover hooker defies the killer, but she too, eventually, dies. As a matter of fact, most of them die - except the band and the crowd - and the film ends with the frantically screaming manager, telling the crowd to "STOP!".
Yes, this is a fun film, even if it does have quite a few boring scenes and a lot of nonsensical dialogue and bad acting. But there's a lot of hot bare-chested rock chicks, some fine old school hard rock (I would have guessed that was Betsy Bitch over the end credits, but I can't find any conformation of that anywhere), quite a few okay kills (though none of them are very gory - but there are some nice, bloody shots) and some scenes are just silly or creepy or endearing or just fun enough all on their own (for instance: the chick who almost makes love to a noose or the acoustic backstage performance of The Clowns - which was actually a real band called The Names). They should have worked a lot harder on the story (the undercover chick could have come in way earlier, for instance) and dialogue and also on the gore and the kill scenes, but perhaps somebody more talented may do a remake or rehash someday...? That could work.
5 stars for all the fun I've had, that's really all I can make of it.
Yes, this is a fun film, even if it does have quite a few boring scenes and a lot of nonsensical dialogue and bad acting. But there's a lot of hot bare-chested rock chicks, some fine old school hard rock (I would have guessed that was Betsy Bitch over the end credits, but I can't find any conformation of that anywhere), quite a few okay kills (though none of them are very gory - but there are some nice, bloody shots) and some scenes are just silly or creepy or endearing or just fun enough all on their own (for instance: the chick who almost makes love to a noose or the acoustic backstage performance of The Clowns - which was actually a real band called The Names). They should have worked a lot harder on the story (the undercover chick could have come in way earlier, for instance) and dialogue and also on the gore and the kill scenes, but perhaps somebody more talented may do a remake or rehash someday...? That could work.
5 stars for all the fun I've had, that's really all I can make of it.