This flick begins with the kid from "Demons 2" daring the kid from "The House By the Cemetery" to go down in a dark basement while chanting "You're a female! You're a female!" Then the story switches to the guy from "New York Ripper" who is a composer working on a new horror movie score, but he keeps getting interrupted by strange women who later disappear. Are they getting killed? Who's the killer? Will he ever finish his score? What's with that creepy groundskeeper guy? Why won't the film-within-a-film's director let anyone see the last reel? And will anyone ever clean that damn smelly pool?
This movie has a nice premise and a few good moments, but overall is disappointing due to the long walking scenes and the lack of any interesting characters or atmosphere. There's not much gore (although the scene in the bathroom is pretty good) and the identity of the killer is pretty obvious- generally when a character is introduced and then says "Well, I'm off on my trip to Kuwait!" I get suspicious, but it is a nice role for Michele Soavi, one of my favorite players in the Italian horror scene.
Mediocre.
This movie has a nice premise and a few good moments, but overall is disappointing due to the long walking scenes and the lack of any interesting characters or atmosphere. There's not much gore (although the scene in the bathroom is pretty good) and the identity of the killer is pretty obvious- generally when a character is introduced and then says "Well, I'm off on my trip to Kuwait!" I get suspicious, but it is a nice role for Michele Soavi, one of my favorite players in the Italian horror scene.
Mediocre.