01-14-2008, 03:19 AM
I found Hide and Go Shriek at my local foodstore for two dollars yesterday, swedish release, uncut and okey quality. That reminded me how much I love the slashers from 85 to 90, when the quality has fallen to so low that no one really cared about doing something good at all. Just shoot and release. Shoot and release. Naked teenagers. Some minor gore. And then release.
But I like them because they got a bit slicker. Often, to best honest, better (but more boring) directing and more produced to try to compete with the big mainstream-movies.
Hide and Go Shriek is a goodlooking little movie, with one great gore-scene and a lot of really handsome actors. Another film that I have a soft spot for is Iced, the (so far, what I know) only ski-slasher ever made. Intruder is a good one to, also the cheesy and fun Bloody Pom Poms.
There's also a very wellmade, Scream-style (not the comedy though, but the style) where The Dickies makes a cameo and performs Booby Trap. Just can't remember the titel now. And then we have more pseudo-slashers like Ghosthouse (I love that one!) and Chopping Mall (still one of the best titles ever!).
I'm not sure when Slaughter High was made, but it sure feels like a later eighties-slasher. And a quite fun one to.
But I like them because they got a bit slicker. Often, to best honest, better (but more boring) directing and more produced to try to compete with the big mainstream-movies.
Hide and Go Shriek is a goodlooking little movie, with one great gore-scene and a lot of really handsome actors. Another film that I have a soft spot for is Iced, the (so far, what I know) only ski-slasher ever made. Intruder is a good one to, also the cheesy and fun Bloody Pom Poms.
There's also a very wellmade, Scream-style (not the comedy though, but the style) where The Dickies makes a cameo and performs Booby Trap. Just can't remember the titel now. And then we have more pseudo-slashers like Ghosthouse (I love that one!) and Chopping Mall (still one of the best titles ever!).
I'm not sure when Slaughter High was made, but it sure feels like a later eighties-slasher. And a quite fun one to.