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I have never watched this series so I figured I would go ahead and check it out. It is considered a cult classic though so there's that. This is the only film from the director and writers I have seen so far. The ratings are fairly average so I'm not expecting much from it. I do hope it manages to at least be somewhat entertaining.
The general plot is actually a fairly neat idea. Had this been big budget I believe it would have been an excellent movie. The kills were well done and even kind of disturbing. There were a few dumb bits, but overall I was pleasantly entertained. The ending was one of the corniest parts, but I liked it. I do wish a few things happened, but unfortunately they seemed to be left behind.
Now the characters were all fairly decent. Mother Superior is the Nurse Ratched (of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest if you don't get the reference) of this film. She makes you despise her up until the end. Then there are the people just there for the body count with a young Linnea Quigley (horror legend) among them. His coworkers seemed like decent people except for the slimebag he was working under. Anyways I kind of felt sorry for Billy. He was just a really broken kid that was pushed past his limits. You don't normally see that kind of thing with slasher films. That in my opinion made this stand out more.
After watching this I can see why it's a cult classic. The script is pretty corny. The acting is at times even cornier. Some of the actors did well oddly enough while others were just silly. It's also back when most child actors were terrible. The kills here were the best thing. It didn't accomplish a few things I hoped it would though. All in all I would say this cheesefest was actually pretty entertaining. I will say it's definitely a guilty pleasure.
