torrascotia Review of Murder-Rock: Dancing Death

Murder-Rock: Dancing Death (1984)

I never knew dancing could be laugh out loud funny.

[3/10 · 22 November 2018]

This is a basic Italian slasher (stabber?) movie set in a contemporary dance school. I have no idea where the notion this is a ballet movie comes from but the dance style is 80s for sure. And what a style it is, if you can think of the Eric Prydz video for Call On Me without any of the sexiness, production value and professionalism then that kind of sums this up. They have went for erotic dancing but its some of the most cringe-worthy and simply hilarious dance scenes ever caught on film. And its not even supposed to be funny, but those scenes are the highlights of this flick. The movie itself does a great job of making you not care about any of the people involved or how the story evolves. There is zero tension built up and you simply couldn't care less who is carrying out these murders or why. The murders themselves cant really be taken seriously due to the weapon used which would struggle to kill a cat never mind an adult human. The dialogue is strange in that some of it seems to have been shot in English while the rest looks like it was badly dubbed into English from Italian. Its very confusing and frustrating trying to figure out which if you try and lip read. The fact that this is what I ended up doing just shows the lack of engagement I had in this movie. I would recommend this if you like to have a laugh at badly made movies however anyone after an engaging horror movie should look elsewhere. Same goes for anyone looking for erotic thrills, unless you have a thing for dancers pretending to be giant bunnies.