Year: 1978
Duration: 01:22:50
Directed by: Constantine S. Gochis
Actors: Damien Knight, Jeannette Arnette, Nick Carter
Language: English
Country: USA
Also known as: Class Reunion Massacre
Description: Here is a very rare slasher film. Six people are summoned to the school they used to go to under the guise of a class reunion. They get there only to find they’re the only ones invited. One by one they’re knocked off by a killer that dons different costumes and has creative ways to dispatch of the “guests”. This is fulfilling a request.
Review: Curious and seemingly successful attempt to cross popularized “Omen” theme satanic offspring to growing sleshevymi tune. With regards to the latter, and the film has a much more prosaic name of “Carnage Reunion”, but it does not fit here – too narrow a topic. The local assassin iznichtozhaet people not because of some kind of banal personal animosity, but because of his “chosen by higher powers for the accomplishment of retribution for the life of sin.” In both. And it is not schizophrenia, but true fact. The plot is actually quite dark, too much white space, but nevertheless, this is made out to the final creative religious and mythological superstructure over seemingly trivial mochilova just touches. Maybe there is even a thought … criticism of church morals and religious fanaticism, for example?
Episodes of the mochilova not that much impressive, but certainly designed and tastefully shot, and required the protagonist-redeemer terribly attractive looks. In addition to being presented obviously a good actor, so the course of action even theatrically to try on different costumes-images, which adds to the film some nice surreal (of course, the most spectacular was the variant with clown mask grace the elegant scene in the shower.) In the arsenal of a favorite gun, a sword, and – dec, baby! – Flamethrower. And most importantly, deliverer magically able to revive the second key piece of film – solid puppets, which sometimes helps him manage the right judgment on sinners. Mystery, and only. Weird and memorable as the movie.
Certainly valid, and given a year, even original. Something elusive picks up from the first minute and then does not get bored, unless you try to look for logic in the actions of the “meat”. But watch out for the screen should look closely, extra scenes in the film, so that it can be something important, and then the ending not to feel.
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