Yes, when the best thing about your movie is that a guy who is more known for playing the ukulele and getting married on Johnny Carson is the best thing going in your horror film then it is not much of a horror film. Then again it is a Bill Rebane horror film so I guess I should give him credit for not adding strange plot points like the black holes of Giant Spider Invasion or the disappearing astronaut monster of Monster A Go Go. Here, he tries for some misdirection, but you clearly know who the villain of the piece is.
So a girl comes back home from college and her house is totally vandalized and her parents missing, but she does not seem too concerned. I mean she calls the sheriff, but the house is cleaned when he arrives and she decides to stay even though her father is pretty much hated and missing. I would take that as a cue to get out immediately and go to the state police. Mervo the magnificent comes by to welcome her home and is so over the top that you know he is not a threat while his strangely obsessed with the main character's brother who is obviously going to be the villain comes in and tries to spark a romance with the returning girl. This is driven home when the girl's boyfriend arrives and is taken out. Meanwhile, the brother who had a crush of the girl gets more and more creepy in his pursuit of her as she just shrugs it off. He literally gets on top of her while she is nude and she still shrugs it off!
So, the cast is bland other than Tiny Tim whose character is literally just a red herring that is on screen too much. The mystery is not really a mystery other than explaining the opening scenes and Bill Rebane just is not the best movie maker or innovator. Maybe this film could have been more interesting if he added some bizarre science fiction twist, but as it is we get a very blah slasher with not many kills and without a very original payoff as how many times can one see the killer's open when he has been apparently dispatched in a film?
So a girl comes back home from college and her house is totally vandalized and her parents missing, but she does not seem too concerned. I mean she calls the sheriff, but the house is cleaned when he arrives and she decides to stay even though her father is pretty much hated and missing. I would take that as a cue to get out immediately and go to the state police. Mervo the magnificent comes by to welcome her home and is so over the top that you know he is not a threat while his strangely obsessed with the main character's brother who is obviously going to be the villain comes in and tries to spark a romance with the returning girl. This is driven home when the girl's boyfriend arrives and is taken out. Meanwhile, the brother who had a crush of the girl gets more and more creepy in his pursuit of her as she just shrugs it off. He literally gets on top of her while she is nude and she still shrugs it off!
So, the cast is bland other than Tiny Tim whose character is literally just a red herring that is on screen too much. The mystery is not really a mystery other than explaining the opening scenes and Bill Rebane just is not the best movie maker or innovator. Maybe this film could have been more interesting if he added some bizarre science fiction twist, but as it is we get a very blah slasher with not many kills and without a very original payoff as how many times can one see the killer's open when he has been apparently dispatched in a film?