Blood SistersYear: 1987 Director: Roberta Findlay Written by: Roberta Findlay Threat: Psychopath Weapon of Choice: Garter |
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Rish Outfield's reviews
You know, a few months ago, a terrible horror movie could be made watchable
for me with a generous amount of nudity. Well, I've either matured or
degenerated to where this is no longer the case. Or . . . Blood Sisters was
just a terrible movie.
The story went: a bunch (too many, actually) of sorority pledges spend the
night in a haunted ex-bordello. Inside, there are a lot of ghosts (including
LESBIANS!), but nobody cares about them, they only care about the psycho that
slaughters them easily and unnoticed during the night.
There was a foreign feel to the film, though I think it was American, and it
felt like it was made around 1981, although the tape claimed it was ‘86.
There's a ton of nudity and disturbingly pornographic closeups of kissing,
and some pretty brutal killings. Listen for great dialogue like, "You don't
have a father...do you know what that makes you? A pervert!" Usually, these
movies are fun, and that's why tyranist and I love to watch them, but not
Blood Sisters. It was dark, dull, illogical, and not really worth watching.
Best Scare: A fake scare of a baby crying was the only close thing.
I'd Recommend It To: Nahh. Don't watch it.
The tyranist's thoughts
We picked this one up because it fits so well in the sick little sub-genre of sorority massacres so well. Unfortunately, it isn't
as good as many of the entries. The movie is low-budget and not terribly well-conceived. The ideas they do pull off are okay,
but for the most part the movie is more confusing than anything else. Is it a ghost story? No. Then why the five minute long
scenes involving individual girls and apparitions. No reason. There is also far less nudity than I expected. This always
indicates one of two things. Either the movie is really well done and nudity isn't really needed to keep the audiences
attention or it is so bad that none of the girls would get naked for the camera because the reward wasn't worth it. I am pretty
sure that this one is more the latter combined with the fact that at a slumber party, not a single soul changed into pajamas. You
can do much better than this movie, but if you are desperate for a sorority massacre, this one might sate you a little. Of
course, let me warn you that you won't care that everyone is dead when the credits roll.
Total Skulls: 34
Sequel | ||
Sequel setup | ||
Rips off earlier film | ||
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
Future celebrity appears | ||
Former celebrity appears | ||
Bad title | ||
Bad premise | ||
Bad acting | ||
Bad dialogue | ||
Bad execution | ||
MTV Editing | ||
OTS | ||
Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
Wanton sex | ||
Death associated with sex | ||
Unfulfilled promise of nudity | ||
Characters forget about threat | ||
Secluded location | ||
Power is cut | ||
Phone lines are cut | ||
Someone investigates a strange noise | ||
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
Camera is the killer | ||
Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
Victim locks self in with killer | ||
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
Toilet stall scene | ||
Shower scene | ||
Car stalls or won't start | ||
Cat jumps out | ||
Fake scare | ||
Laughable scare | ||
Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
Dream sequence | ||
No one believes only witness | ||
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth | ||
Music detracts from scene | ||
Death in first five minutes | ||
What the hell? | ||
x years ago . . . | ||
Dark and stormy night | ||
Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
Killer wears a mask | ||
Killer is in closet | ||
Killer is in car with victim | ||
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
Unscary villain/monster | ||
Beheading | ||
Blood fountain | ||
Blood hits camera | ||
Poor death effect | ||
Excessive gore | ||
No one dies at all | ||
Virgin survives | ||
Geek/Nerd survives | ||
Little kid lamely survives | ||
Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
Unresolved subplots | ||
"It was all a dream" ending | ||
Unbelievably happy ending | ||
Unbelievably crappy ending |