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In a small Australian coastal town a rich boys' boarding school
is situated conveniently only a stone's throw from a girls'
Catholic school. Naturally, as most of them seem to be teenagers,
there are inevitable illicit pairings. In between partying,
fighting or attending mass, a young couple meet in the woods
behind the school for some extra-curriculum canoodling (I
say, that's outrageous!). Unfortunately, they end up screaming
in pain rather than pleasure, as an unseen assailant brutally
dispatches them using a barbed wire garrotte and removes the
bodies. Of course, the school authorities assume the two young
lovers have eloped. However, as the bodies of students begin
to mount, realisation hits the town that there is a serial
killer at large. Is it the lone, disapproving, nun at the
Catholic school? Could it be the initially uninterested sheriff?
Or the love-struck boy student? Maybe it's Mr Jenkins, caretaker
of the spooky abandoned amusement park (sorry, I went into
Scooby-Doo mode there for a moment)? Or perhaps it's the biology
teacher who keeps human eyes in a jar, and whose wife blatantly
parades her adultery in front of him. Hmm... Let me think
now...
I have to say, you would pretty much have to be one apple
short of a teacher not to guess who the killer is right from
the start. The whole thing attempts to peg itself alongside
more well-known teen horror flicks of the time (Halloween
and Friday 13th have a lot to answer for), but falls
short in most categories. I would go as far as to say it's
ludicrous but in an enjoyable way. The best way to watch this
movie is with friends and beers, when you could immensely
enjoy ridiculing ever moment, because the action is more likely
to make you laugh than jump. The first thing you will laugh
at is the character's hairstyles; 1989 was the height of 'big
hair' popularity.
Is the music composer the same Brian May as used to play guitar
for rock legends Queen? If so, he needs a lesson in subtlety.
A film score should quietly enhance the mood of the piece,
not clout you around the head with what you should be seeing
and feeling.
Not
bad, just a very average try at a horror/thriller. If you
want to see a horror film that's so clichéd it's good,
get yourself a copy of My Bloody Valentine, which shamelessly
steals more established modern horror folklore than Scream.
Ty
Power
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