Kiss Daddy Goodbye (1981)

User Rating:

2.6/10   

Director:

Patrick Regan

Writers:

Ronald Abrams (writer)
Patrick Regan (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

In This Family, Murder Is Child's Play

Plot:

Two children who have psychic powers use them to avenge the death of their father, who was murdered by a biker gang. |

Plot Keywords:

Psychic Power | Children | Psychic | Biker | Revenge

Cast

Fabian	...	Deputy Blanchard (as Fabian Forte)
Marilyn Burns	...	Nora Dennis
Jon Cedar	...	Wally Stanton
Marvin Miller	...	Bill Morris
Chester Grimes	...	Biker Gang Leader
Jed Mills
Gay French
Robert Dryer	...	Billy
Nell Regan	...	Beth Nicholas
Patrick Regan III	...	Michael Nicholas
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Will Rand	...	Guy Nicholas (as Bill Randa)

Also Known As:

Caution, Children at Play (USA)
Revenge of the Zombie
Vengeful Dead

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence, language and nudity/sexuality.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Norway:15 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Pendragon Film

Boring...

I rented this only because Marilyn Burns was in it, and I am a huge fan of hers and of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," where she played her most famous role of Sally, the terror-stricken heroine. I had seen her in "Eaten Alive," Tobe Hooper's follow-up to TCM, and she was great in that. And I wondered if she would keep that same style of acting in this. (If you've seen her in those two movies, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.)

What a surprise, she played an extremely timid role, and it was interesting to see her acting in such a contemporary manner. She plays Nora Dennis, a social worker of some sorts who checks on these two children every month. The children are these two little psychic kids whose father was killed by roadhogs. They bring him back through "the Power" to exact revenge, and thus he does, in a very boring manner.

The other part of the movie is Nora meeting and becoming involved with this cop who is investigating some on what's going on in the movie. Burns plays the role well, but I've seen her do better, and she never actually gets to pull off that Sally-like performance that made her first two roles so memorable. In fact, this film in a whole is quite timid, and pretty boring. There is no blood whatsoever (not that I'm a gorehound, but some would be okay.) It's a weak movie, and I can't recommend it much. But fans of Burns might be interested in seeing her in this film.