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Deadly Manor
A group of teenagers take refuge in an old, deserted mansion. Soon the members of the group start turning up dead, and the teenagers realize that they're not alone in the mansion.
Release : | 1990 |
Rating : | 4.7 |
Studio : | Castor Films, Filmworld International, |
Crew : | Additional Construction, Additional Construction, |
Cast : | Jennifer Delora Jerry Kernion |
Genre : | Horror |
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Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Excellent but underrated film
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
"Deadly Manor" is an odd little entry that came out during the end of the slasher craze, and while it is a fun throwback to the 80's heyday and plus mixed in with something quite perverse, but sadly it's mostly a misfire.The plot a group of 20 something teens travel across the open road and get stranded at an old mansion, which turns to be a funeral home, seemingly on their own they start to get picked off one by one by someone in a white mask.While it does start out quite well, we get an interesting bunch of characters and the mansion is very creepy looking and when they start looking round the house and finding various clues to the original owner, was quite interesting, but sadly this soon runs out of steam very quickly and then we get endless strange scenes of talking and freaky dream sequences to pad out the running time. Then when we finally get to the murders, they aren't exactly exciting and due to the poor lighting, it's hard to tell what exactly is happening.The one saving grace is the final climax when the killer is revealed, which actually is quite funny and over the top and the burned face makeup was actually quite fun, but very unrealistic and bad. The killer(s) do chew the scenery perfectly though each more hammy than the other.All in all an odd entry in the genre and only see if you're a big fan of slasher movies.
There is no lust of savage proportions on display here! Six couples and a hitchhiker seek refuge in a creepy old house because, well, they just don't feel like driving for two more hours. Obviously, since it is a creepy old house, there are lots of bizarre things like a room plastered with photos of a beautiful young girl and a shrine complete with smashed up Oldsmoblie (!) in the front yard. Of course, one by one our hapless teens get killed. Filmed in upstate New York, this Jose Ramon Larraz slasher flick is another bust. The film takes an hour to get the killing going with loads of boring talk. The only surprise is who ends up being "The Final Girl" because she is the actress shown the least. Well, that and the deformed killer actually getting arrested instead of blown away by the cops. Take that homicidal maniac!
"Deadly Manor" is a strange slasher flick directed by Larraz. Other Larraz films I've seen took place either in England or in Spain ("Deviation", "Vampyres" "The coming of sin" and "Black candles") and featured sophisticated and ambiguous characters, but "Deadly Manor" was filmed in the USA and its characters are a bunch of stereotyped American teenagers.The story runs like this: A group of teenagers are heading for a place situated by a lake with a strange name, but they don't know its exact location. On their way they pick up a hitcher that seems to know the area. But the lake they are going to is still hours away and they take refuge in a seemingly abandoned old mansion.This mansion has something sinister - by dusk it looms there menacingly. They decide to remain there for the night. And then....I think that "Deadly Manor" was made with an eye for the American market, but it still has that distinctive Larraz touch - It has that zen feel that pervades all his films. The sex has been toned down and there's not much gore to speak of, and the film may feel kind of slow for the usual slasher film fans, but the strange atmosphere, the beautiful and minimalistic soundtrack, may turn some of them on.Those that like Larraz films should give this one a try. Even if the characters may seem shallow when compared to those of his other films, "Deadly Manor" is still interesting if you like films for their atmosphere.
Something about this movie makes it highly watchable, although it's totally unoriginal and probably came in 5 years too late at best for the whole slasher movie phase. The plot: six friends and a hitchhiker end up stranded at a remote mansion while a mystery killer prowls around the group and slashes their throats one by one. If you can make it past the opening, where clues like an altar on the front porch, coffins in the basement and scalps on the mantle fail to warn these idiots to leave, then you can make it all the way through, and some surprising plot twists and shocks toward the end are what I'm recommending.