Killer Barbys (1996)

User Rating:

2.3/10   

Director:

Jesus Franco

Writers:

Jesus Franco (dialogue)
Jesus Franco (story)

Genre:

Horror

Plot Keywords:

Van | Dwarf | Concert | Countess | Blood

Cast

Santiago Segura	...	Baltasar
Mariangela Giordano	...	Condesa (Countess)
Aldo Sambrell	...	Arkan (as Aldo Sanbrell)
Charlie S. Chaplin	...	Mario
Silvia Superstar	...	Flavia
Carlos Subterfuge	...	Rafa
Angie Barea	...	Sharon
Billy King	...	Billy
Pepa López	...	Pipa
Alberto Martínez	...	Pipo
Enrique López Lavigne
Javier Bonilla

Also Known As:

The Killer Barbies (Spain) (working title)
Vampire Killer Barbys (UK)

Runtime:

USA:87 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:18 | Spain:18 | Italy:VM18 | France:-12 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Cullera, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Company:

Civic Producciones S.L.

Trivia:

Originally to be titled "Killer Barbies", which is the actual name of the punk rock band that stars in the movie, but Mattel would not allow the use of their Barbie trademark name, so the word's spelling in the title (as well as all the references to the band's name in the movie) was ultimately changed to "Barbys".

Movie Connections:

References "Upstairs, Downstairs" (1971)

Absolute garbage! A sad low point for cult favourite Jess Franco.

I'd been warned this was bad before I watched it, but nothing could prepare me for just HOW bad! If this was made by some nameless hack I would have watched it and immediately forgotten about it, but as it's directed by Jess Franco, the man responsible for cult favourites like 'Vampyros Lesbos', 'Succubus', 'Eugenie De Sade', 'A Virgin Among The Living Dead', 'Sadisterotica' and 'Faceless', I couldn't help but be a little depressed... 'Killer Barbys' is absolute garbage any way you look at it and a sad low point for Franco. It's very hard to think of one good thing to say about it. Okay, The Barbies lead singer Silvia Superstar is pretty hot and their song 'Love Killer' isn't bad and rocks in a similar way to The Muffs or The Donnas. That's about it for praise. Apart from that, this movie stinks. Franco has done wonders on minimal budgets before in his long career, so that's no excuse for how poor this is. There are some talented people in the cast too - spaghetti western regular Aldo Sambrell, who will be a familiar face to Sergio Leone fans, co-star of the wonderful 'The Day Of The Beast' Santiago Segura, and Mariangela Giordano ('The Sect'). But the script is awful, the special effects lame, and the dubbing on the DVD I watched atrocious. If you hold Jess Franco in high esteem like I do, it's best to avoid this rubbish. You'll just feel cheated and sad. Highly UNrecommended!