This has long been on my to-watch list, so let’s do this thang. This has Margot Kidder (Superman, Amityville Horror) as well as John Saxson (Nancy’s dad in Nightmare on Elm Street 1, 3, and New Nightmare). Well, now I am pumped.
Uh oh, somebody left the front door open. Those bastards. The fro’s!!!!! Awesome. Margot Kidder, who is playing Barb, looks really pretty here. She gets a long-distance call from mom. Somebody is trying to get in, climbed up a lattice I believe. They are getting weird phone calls, and it is spooking these sorority girls. It sounded like a girl dying and a guy laughing. Good for him. This guy wants to lick a pretty pink cunt and wants them to suck his juicy cock. Hahaha, he has a back and forth and then says he will kill Barb. People are questioning her provoking a dude. I always tell you what I am eating, and it is typically cereal, pizza, tacos, or junk food. I’m eating cauliflower. There, that’s healthy.
One of the better-looking chicks, Clare I think her name is, just got strangled in her closet. Hahaha, the house mother, Mrs. Mac, goes in the library “Big book for big booze” and she has a bottle inside a book with carved out pages. Nice. I like her. She’s like this middle-aged lady who seems fun.
Jess gets a call from Pete, I assume her boyfriend. She is pretty in a very plain, non-made-up way. I absolutely approve it. Oh man, he says I love you and she says “I Know”. What’s going on here Star Wars?
Black dude walking the sidewalk with some awesome sideburns. Clare’s dad is waiting for her and talks to this dude who gives him directions to the sorority house. The picture collage of the old lady in the chair is priceless. Clare’s dad is at the house and he is a prude. Mrs. Mac is the best part of this, and it’s not even close. She is fucking hilarious and crude. See, women can be funny and then don’t have to be like Melissa McCarthy to pull it off.
Jess tells Pete that she’s pregnant and wants to have an abortion. He wants to have a baby, she is a pain in the ass. Pete gives her the boot as she is ruining his big day. He wants to talk to her tonight, and she says that he can’t change her mind, but she still gives in. Jess gets another ridiculous call.
Mr. Harrison reports his daughter missing at the police station. The officer was hilarious. This movie is really funny surprisingly. A lady gives the cop the house number and says fellatio and he is oblivious. Pete is having piano performance in front of 3 dudes. It may be an audition or for school. Damnit, I never pay enough attention.
There’s John Saxon. He was a handsome dude back then. We learn that there’s a certain species of turtle that can screw for 3 days straight, per Barb, and she tells Mr. Harrison. She also was looking at porn. Holy shit, she is beyond lewd and tanked. The cops are going to do a search through the park with the community helping out.
Mrs Mack is looking for that damn cat, Claude. She ends up seeing Clare’s dead body. The murderer is up there. Uh oh. Damnit, he killed her via swinging hook. Damnit!
Jesus, the guy on the phone is fucking NUTS! I like how crazy he is. It’s kinda peaceful to me. I needed this craziness.
Hahahaha, fellatio joke at the police station. The guys are all having a great laugh. Too fucking funny. This hit a lull. I don’t care about Jess and Pete’s drama. I do not care about them, they can both die. The cops want to put a tap on the phone line at the girl’s place. I have a minor issue, and that is that the kills aren’t terribly graphic. I know not everything is better with graphic violence, but that would have shot this up another level.
The person calls again, and this time, it’s getting recorded. Or not, he wasn’t on long enough to get it record. John Saxon heard it though. The guys that came to the door were fucking hilarious. You can tell that they had a lot of fun making this movie.
So they know the calls are coming from within the house. The cop was to order her to just come out of the house, and he blew it by telling her. Now she is flipping out. Time for her to find some dead bodies. She sees the eye and he talks to her like a creep. The door is locked. He grabs her. Anyway, I finished it, and truth be told, I got distracted, lost interest, and I get the objective. I wish I dug it more.
End film.
This movie had a great first 30 minutes. You know how a slasher flick needs that extra gear for the 3rd act, and usually does enough to keep you interested in the 2nd? Yeah, this lost me in the 2nd, so when the 3rd act rolled around, I stopped caring for characters, and not knowing who the killer is, is either fucking brilliant or entirely stupid. it’s kinda like ILS or The Strangers, in those stories, it didn’t matter that we didn’t really know the killers. When done well, the identity of the bad guy isn’t necessary, but by and large, it is important. This did happen in 74, so I try to keep that in mind. I think I like not knowing, it’s cool, it’s not done often. I’m surprised it didn’t have a bunch of shitty sequels. The big question as always is: would I watch it again? The answer is yes because I feel if I was more focused, I may have gotten more from it and enjoyed it more. (Update 2019: I have seen this again and it is so much better than I gave it credit for. Yes, the second act is still lacking, but this is a really well-done film.)
Final rating: 6.9
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- Film Funding Ltd. of Canada (as Film Funding)
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- Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) (produced in co-operation with)
- Famous Players (produced in co-operation with)
- August Films (uncredited)
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