Junior (1985)
* (out of 4)
K.C. (Suzanne DeLaurentis) and Jo (Linda Singer) are released from prison so they head down south where they plan on building a marina and living a peaceful life. As soon as they pull into the area the local rednecks let them know they're not wanting and for the next hour we see the girls harassed. Then a local man named Junior (Jeremy Ratchford) takes everything a step too far.
JUNIOR is also known as A CUT ABOVE and HOT WATER but I think anyone growing up in the 80s and visiting video stores will remember it under the JUNIOR title thanks to the wonderful video cover of a man with a chainsaw. Well, sadly that cover is another example of great artwork and lousy film because what we get here is pretty bad and certainly not what most are going to be expecting. If you're looking for a horror movie then you're going to have to wait until the final ten minutes of the picture.
Honestly, this here is more of an exploitation piece where a couple hot women are constantly barely wearing clothes while they fight off an assortment of weirdos. Pretty soon the title character shows up and things take a more deadly turn. I thought both DeLaurentis and Singer were cute enough in their roles and Ratchford was certainly good as the mentally challenged man. Still, there's just way too much boredom through the film to make it entertaining and it's not campy enough to be laughable.
* (out of 4)
K.C. (Suzanne DeLaurentis) and Jo (Linda Singer) are released from prison so they head down south where they plan on building a marina and living a peaceful life. As soon as they pull into the area the local rednecks let them know they're not wanting and for the next hour we see the girls harassed. Then a local man named Junior (Jeremy Ratchford) takes everything a step too far.
JUNIOR is also known as A CUT ABOVE and HOT WATER but I think anyone growing up in the 80s and visiting video stores will remember it under the JUNIOR title thanks to the wonderful video cover of a man with a chainsaw. Well, sadly that cover is another example of great artwork and lousy film because what we get here is pretty bad and certainly not what most are going to be expecting. If you're looking for a horror movie then you're going to have to wait until the final ten minutes of the picture.
Honestly, this here is more of an exploitation piece where a couple hot women are constantly barely wearing clothes while they fight off an assortment of weirdos. Pretty soon the title character shows up and things take a more deadly turn. I thought both DeLaurentis and Singer were cute enough in their roles and Ratchford was certainly good as the mentally challenged man. Still, there's just way too much boredom through the film to make it entertaining and it's not campy enough to be laughable.