#35 - Massacre (1989)
Italian horror films are very much a hit and miss situation. For every Suspiria or City Of The Living Dead, there's a Rats: Night of Terror or The Black Cat (the 1989 Cozzi, not the Fulci). Massacre, directed by Andrea Bianchi, definitely qualifies as a miss, and a pretty big one.
Basically, a bunch of idiots are making a horror movie, and they're getting knocked off one by one by the standard black-gloved giallo killer. The "characters" have a bunch of problems: lesbian who wants the lead actress; director's wife is having an affair with the makeup artist; the director of the film wants it to be more realistic, so he brings in a psychic to hold a seance, which apparently unleashes a killer spirit named "Jack" into one of the characters (it should be obvious by the end of the film who the possessed killer is if you paid attention, and if you've watched more than one of these films). Unfortunately, this thing also has about 45 minutes of not much happening, aside from the various stock idiots fighting and being boring.
There's one big red herring just before the hour mark, and there's a lot of gore and nudity, but it can't save this one from being pretty damn bad, particularly with the even stupider bonus twist at the end. As an added note, this movie was "presented" by Lucio Fulci, and Fulci took most of the kills in this and used them in his film Cat In The Brain. Do yourself a favor, and watch that instead.
Basically, a bunch of idiots are making a horror movie, and they're getting knocked off one by one by the standard black-gloved giallo killer. The "characters" have a bunch of problems: lesbian who wants the lead actress; director's wife is having an affair with the makeup artist; the director of the film wants it to be more realistic, so he brings in a psychic to hold a seance, which apparently unleashes a killer spirit named "Jack" into one of the characters (it should be obvious by the end of the film who the possessed killer is if you paid attention, and if you've watched more than one of these films). Unfortunately, this thing also has about 45 minutes of not much happening, aside from the various stock idiots fighting and being boring.
There's one big red herring just before the hour mark, and there's a lot of gore and nudity, but it can't save this one from being pretty damn bad, particularly with the even stupider bonus twist at the end. As an added note, this movie was "presented" by Lucio Fulci, and Fulci took most of the kills in this and used them in his film Cat In The Brain. Do yourself a favor, and watch that instead.