abandonsorder I'll just echo and augment previous reviews warning that the juicy bits (here, there, everywhere) only occur in the last ten minutes of the movie, the identity of the killer is unclear (with his motivation irritatingly muddy), and quite frankly these 'teens' should've worn name tags, because I couldn't ID one from any of the others. The only standout is the portly lawman who fires a bullet that explodes the villain's face. In this movie, the badge is given to the winner of the hot dog eating contest. The sole positive aspect of the movie is the melodramatic score which is maddeningly incongruent to the events unfolding.

acidburn-10 When I first watched this movie, to be honest I didn't like it, but then I decided to give this movie another chance after watching a different version and not the UK DVD version that I owned which was actually a poor copy and badly edited. When I saw a better version, well I actually kind of liked this movie, It's nothing spectacular and not as great and as a lot of the other 80's gems but In my opinion this movie falls somewhere in between.The spooky atmosphere is nicely done, and the forest scenes are nicely done and beautifully captured, although the night scenes are still really dark on my second viewing of this movie and the last ten minutes of this movie are really frantic and delivers thrills and excitement and the gore is nicely present and interesting.Okay like I said before this movie isn't quite up there with some of the other classics during this period, it starts off well with the double murder but then It takes way too long for another murder to happen, and there is also no attempt at characterization with the young cast, personally I couldn't tell some of them apart and the stupidity of the cast is unbelievable like when a girl gets shot with an arrow at a carnival, instead of running to the crowds, she runs to an abandoned carnival down the road and gets killed and the unmasking of the killer at the end was a bit of a letdown and way too rushed.All in all not a bad movie, just not a great movie, bad lighting and sub plots that never go anywhere, but the kills are decent and fast paced.

trashgang This flick came out in the glory days of the slashers, David Nelson, the director, is not known for me and with this rare flick he surely won't become famous. It is already hard to find, it never had a proper release and went straight to video rental shops. So if you want a copy you will have to hunt down some video rentals in the US. Because it never came out in Europe. And then for some it's still a problem due the NTSC issue. Nevertheless, I go hunting sometimes in the US via the internet and bring them home into my collection. I'm happy that I have seen this flick. Indeed, there are some strange things going on. Just when the flick starts a couple is being killed while making love on a motorbike. Try to do that one! Once you have taken this they are thrown into a river, were they are floating and shown into the flick at several times without a reason. Of course David Nelson knew what to add to have a real slasher, nudity. And there's a bit of it in it, the first minute it's already bare naked breasts, there is even some full frontal nudity when one of the girls goes swimming in the noticed river...at night...without somebody watching...naked, guess what's coming next. Going back to the beginning, after the first killing the opening credits come on and man, you really have to hear the over the top score used while the dead bodies are shown in slow motion going under water. Further on, one of the girls is being put with her bra in the showers, but why does she has to wear them? They become wet after a few seconds showing everything...The first killings are so strange, one with an arrow but watch the girl go running to a merry-go-round. Unbelievable. It takes really an hour before the house of death is shown. Before that you will have to take a lot of talking especially at the fair. But watch the girls' clothes...so sexy and typical seventies even as it was made in the eighties. But it is the last 10 minutes that things really go wrong and decapitations happen, slashing, hanging and even a head is blown to pieces. A strange flick to watch for different reasons. for example, one of the actresses is Susan Kiger, Playmate to do a hardcore porno feature prior to posing for "Playboy": she appeared in the 1976 X-rated outing "Deadly Love" and subsequently became the Playmate of the Month in the January, 1977 issue of "Playboy." So some do hunt it down for that reason. Even as it has some boring moments you still keep watching.

ehoshaw I saw this film under the title "House of Death". Although it may seem standard and cheesy, it's lots of fun to watch, and it's fairly gory, too! Nine teenagers who live in a small North Carolina town go to the local carnival and have lots of fun. What they don't know is: a killer is stalking them! They proceed to go to a cemetery, tell ghost stories, and camp out in a creepy old abandoned house. Could the killer be lurking inside? Though predictable, "Death Screams" is rather fun, exciting, and scary. The music, I thought, was pretty good, and the actors weren't bad either. Many scenes are atmospheric and misty, and believe me, there are "Death Screams" aplenty in this one!