555 (Video 1988)

A spate of killings of teenagers by a maniac dressed like a hippie causes a detective to check the records for similar killings. He discovers that every five years, in the fifth month of ... See full summary »

Director:

Wally Koz

Writer:

Roy Koz

Stars:

Ricardo Alverez, Mara Lynn Bastian, Christine Cabana

Cast

Credited cast:
Ricardo Alverez	...	First Male Victim
Mara Lynn Bastian	...	Susan Rather
Christine Cabana	...	Angie
Jeff Dieter	...	Police Officer
Charles Fuller	...	Col. Wayne
Bob Grabill	...	The Killer / Police Officer
Skip Grisham	...	Second Male Victim
Scott Hermes	...	Tommy
Greg Kerouac	...	Sgt. Connor
Roy Koz	...	Fifth Male Victim
Wally Koz	...	Captain Luca (voice)
Temple Mead	...	First Female Victim
Pat Mongoven	...	Dispatcher (voice)
Greg Neilson	...	Ralph Kennedy
Richard Orchard	...	Angie's Boyfriend

Storyline

A spate of killings of teenagers by a maniac dressed like a hippie causes a detective to check the records for similar killings. He discovers that every five years, in the fifth month of the year, for five consecutive days, the same type of killings have occurred, and the few descriptions of the suspect always match: he's dressed like a hippie. As the detective searches for the killer, he begins to have suspicions about his superior, an older man who is haunted by memories of his military service in Vietnam.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | hippie | gore | necrophilia | nudity | 

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Taglines:

Shot in Blood-Vivid Video for Your Viewing Pleasure

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

King Video Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the first warehouse scene among all of the graffiti on the wall W.K. + L.K. can be seen spray painted inside a heart. This stands for Wally Koz (the director) and his wife, Linda Koz.

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Goofs

When the cops are looking at the two bodies in the bedroom, a second camera can clearly be seen at the right side of the screen in the middle of the frame.

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Quotes

Sgt. Connor: We got a madman running around the city and you're talking to your wife about a fuckin' barbeque!

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Crazy Credits

Catering by --> MOM.

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Connections

Referenced in Slaughter Tales (2012)

User Reviews

Filmed on a budget of $5.55

The video box shows a character who has just had his head hacked off, above the title 555 in a generic font- and against a Pepto Bismol pink background carrying the disclaimer: "Caution: Viewing may cause severe damage to your brain cells". The titles in the film are even displayed against a matching pink background. Awww, isn't that cute? Did the crew members dress in matching pink also?

Killer on the loose, hacking and slashing his way through the nude teens in backyards and in vans, while police dimmer than those found in Drive In Massacre pretend to investigate the crimes, and plan their barbecue for that evening. I'm not making that up. Nor am I making up the scene where the killer bones a girl he has just hacked to pieces, before cast members have to rearrange furniture in the sparsely decorated set to argue about how to solve the crimes and catch the killer, who, incidentally, is described by a witness as a hippie. In 1988. Seriously.

Splattery little nothing, the violent kills are basically just someone off camera splashing a dark red liquid onto screaming topless girls, while inserts show a knife stabbing into styrofoam. Not really even unintentionally funny, even when the police are obviously reading from a copy of the screenplay, conveniently located on the desk in front of them, or when a second cameraman can clearly be glimpsed in many scenes, or even when... yeah, ... pink. The pink cover. Why pink? And what does the third '5' in the title 555 mean? Did the producers even know?

Intriguing title, bull**** movie. I actually first heard about this film when I saw Scott Hermes on Jeopardy! back in the 1990s, he mentioned it in his brief interview with Alex Trebek, saying something, jokingly, about how the film is available in all of the finest video stores. It piqued my curiosity then, as a fan of low budget sleaze, and when I finally managed to find a copy of it years later, was I ever disappointed. Not even as good as Goremet, Zombie Chef From Hell.