Shot in 1987, trashy slasher Terror Night (AKA Bloody Movie) didn't see the light of day for almost two decades, most likely due to copyright issues (the film contains lots of clips from old movies). For this reason, it has probably flown under the radar of many a slasher fan, a shame because the film is quite a lot of fun, delivering plenty of grisly deaths plus gratuitous nudity courtesy of pornstar Jamie Summers and scream queen Michele Bauer.
The plot is basic: a group of twenty-somethings pay a visit to the apparently-abandoned mansion of silent movie star Lance Hayward, who mysteriously vanished in the 1940s. The old building is also visited the same night by a horny biker couple. Unfortunately for the trespassers, Hayward is still haunting the house, assuming the different identities of his film characters to slay those who dare venture into his home.
Director Nick Marino directs with little style or imagination, but the multiple murders are fun, Hayward despatching of his victims in a variety of ways whilst dressed as a gangster, Robin Hood, a knight etc. The first death is a doozy, as a man is pulled in two by a car, his legs dragged off by the vehicle leaving behind a bloody torso; other murders include Dan Haggerty skewered by a lance, a fairly decent decapitation, a woman falling into in a pit of stakes, and a guy thrown out of a window to become impaled on a picket fence!
The film is also notable for the fact that none of the protagonists make it out alive, Hayward sauntering off into the night, presumably still waiting for the sequel that never happened.
6.5/10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.
The plot is basic: a group of twenty-somethings pay a visit to the apparently-abandoned mansion of silent movie star Lance Hayward, who mysteriously vanished in the 1940s. The old building is also visited the same night by a horny biker couple. Unfortunately for the trespassers, Hayward is still haunting the house, assuming the different identities of his film characters to slay those who dare venture into his home.
Director Nick Marino directs with little style or imagination, but the multiple murders are fun, Hayward despatching of his victims in a variety of ways whilst dressed as a gangster, Robin Hood, a knight etc. The first death is a doozy, as a man is pulled in two by a car, his legs dragged off by the vehicle leaving behind a bloody torso; other murders include Dan Haggerty skewered by a lance, a fairly decent decapitation, a woman falling into in a pit of stakes, and a guy thrown out of a window to become impaled on a picket fence!
The film is also notable for the fact that none of the protagonists make it out alive, Hayward sauntering off into the night, presumably still waiting for the sequel that never happened.
6.5/10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.