We all know the early 90s were when the slasher and horror in general were almost completely dead. The erotic thriller was in.
Shot in St Petersburg, Russia, the production used their budget on the location and Robert Englund, leaving a small body count and little gore.
Good: The gorgeous locations are beautifully shot with a frequent red lighting and combined with a haunting score and you get quite a nice mood.
Bad: The story repeats itself a lot (girl dies, main girl Michelle complains about being at the academy and wonders where her friends go, the instructors act weird. Repeat). Many characters are rather annoying. As mentioned, the kills are very basic (drowning, strangling, etc) and we only get a bit of blood.
In the end the movie is a bit too tame for slasher fans and not thrilling or erotic enough for fans of those movies. I probably should give this a lower rating but I have a nostalgia of picking this up from the local video store.
Still worth a watch for Robert Englund or the die hard slasher fans.
Shot in St Petersburg, Russia, the production used their budget on the location and Robert Englund, leaving a small body count and little gore.
Good: The gorgeous locations are beautifully shot with a frequent red lighting and combined with a haunting score and you get quite a nice mood.
Bad: The story repeats itself a lot (girl dies, main girl Michelle complains about being at the academy and wonders where her friends go, the instructors act weird. Repeat). Many characters are rather annoying. As mentioned, the kills are very basic (drowning, strangling, etc) and we only get a bit of blood.
In the end the movie is a bit too tame for slasher fans and not thrilling or erotic enough for fans of those movies. I probably should give this a lower rating but I have a nostalgia of picking this up from the local video store.
Still worth a watch for Robert Englund or the die hard slasher fans.