When this movie originally came out in 1990 A few friends and I went to see it. The feeling was that if it was not good then we could get our money back at he "Fright Break".
FYI, The "Fright Break" occured just before the most frightening part of the movie where the movie stopped and the lights came on and those who were "too frightened" to watch the remaining part of the film could take the "Chicken Walk" and follow the yellow lines to the exit and get their money back. This was apparently featured in some movies in the 60s.
Anyway, armed with this knowledge, in we went. The acting was not that good. Neither were the story or special effects. In fact it was one of the worst movies I had seen up til that point. Don't get me wrong, the director tried to use some tried and tested techniques but it all fell flat.
For example, there was a scene where a girl was just about to be strangled with the barbed wire (a nice original murder weapon) and as she screamed it switched to a choir. At this point an audience member expressed the same feelings that most of us probably had at that point. He jumped up, yelled "RIPPED OFF" and got an ovation. This was the best part of the movie.
At the "Fright Break" almost the whole audience got up and walked out. We passed in front of the next audience waiting to go in. One asked me if the movie was good. I said "well, let me pit it this way, the movie has not ended but the audience was leaving".
To make matters worse there was only 1 staff member at a small cardboard booth ready to issue refunds. Obviously they only expected a few people to want a refund. They were wrong. He panicked and ran for it as the mob descended on him. A few minutes later all the ticket lines were opened and refunds given.
The movie quickly disappeared from the theatres.
FYI, The "Fright Break" occured just before the most frightening part of the movie where the movie stopped and the lights came on and those who were "too frightened" to watch the remaining part of the film could take the "Chicken Walk" and follow the yellow lines to the exit and get their money back. This was apparently featured in some movies in the 60s.
Anyway, armed with this knowledge, in we went. The acting was not that good. Neither were the story or special effects. In fact it was one of the worst movies I had seen up til that point. Don't get me wrong, the director tried to use some tried and tested techniques but it all fell flat.
For example, there was a scene where a girl was just about to be strangled with the barbed wire (a nice original murder weapon) and as she screamed it switched to a choir. At this point an audience member expressed the same feelings that most of us probably had at that point. He jumped up, yelled "RIPPED OFF" and got an ovation. This was the best part of the movie.
At the "Fright Break" almost the whole audience got up and walked out. We passed in front of the next audience waiting to go in. One asked me if the movie was good. I said "well, let me pit it this way, the movie has not ended but the audience was leaving".
To make matters worse there was only 1 staff member at a small cardboard booth ready to issue refunds. Obviously they only expected a few people to want a refund. They were wrong. He panicked and ran for it as the mob descended on him. A few minutes later all the ticket lines were opened and refunds given.
The movie quickly disappeared from the theatres.