Top Posts Tagged with #nancy dancer

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#fairly wretched regional indie slasher that would probably have slid into oblivion if it hadn't ended up on the dpp video nasties list in

#the 80s. clearly a minimal budget thing and made with sub professional actors (and presumably crew). heavily indebted to the work of

#Herschell Gordon Lewis (it's not unfair to think of this as a loose remake of Blood Feast tbh) with ritualistic murder scenes that are as

#uncomfortably misogynistic as they are weirdly repetitive. curious decisions abound‚ including spending a lot of the run time on the

#unlikely and discomforting romance between an asshole cop and a sex worker. this is skeevy garbage cinema and has long outlived any

#relevance it had‚ but it has two saving graces: the first is the disco soundtrack which is mostly solid but occasionally spectacular (Big

#City Sidewalk is a new favourite jam) and the second is the bizarro presence of Bill Metzo as the killer. his zoned out spacey performance

#might not be exactly what we'd call 'good' but it's goddamn fascinating. watch as he orders chinese food in a sinister fashion! watch as he

#awkwardly fumbles about giving the delivery driver a tip! watch as he carefully barters with pimps in an immaculate three piece suit with a

#gigantic wad of money and a weirdly fixed smile. he's magnetic in his peculiarity and the film is only really bearable when he's onscreen

#nancy dancer