Night Screams (1987)
8/10
Disturbing, mean-spirited, underrated slasher that is a cut above the rest. Doesn't deserve such a low rating
15 July 2023
Vinegar Syndrome put this out on Blu Ray & 4KUltraHD and it's totally worth the money. Sure it's NO masterpiece or Oscar-Award winning material of the sort but still is an outrageously entertaining, nasty and wildly inventive Slasher that is neither run of the mill or as bad as most of the people on here claim it to be. From reading other reviews, I was expecting something 'totally unwatchable' but instead got a flick that was quite brutal, enjoyably campy as well as trashy all at the same time. Sure it may not be 100% original either but the murder scenes are rather ingenious. Creative for sure but also just plain wicked too despite the low-budget! Good special effects.

The acting is pretty decent, although nothing to write home about but much better compared to some other similar efforts. IMO it seemed there maybe was some inspiration from Alone In The Dark (1982). It's definitely not for everyone but huge fans of Grindhouse Slasher movies and 80's Horror might get a kick out of it. Death Screams (1982) would make a good Double-bill with this long-underseen, obscure, and extremely underrated gem of Slasher cinema.
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