Runtime:
88 minutes
Directed
by: William Bindley
Starring:
Christopher McDonald, Rachael Leigh Cook, Stanley Tucci, Maximillian
Schell
From:
Rysher Entertainment
Yep,
I am continuing the RACHAELAPALOOZA for today by talking about one of
the rare ventures into the horror genre that she did, and this is a
perfect day to talk about that genre. Note that judging by the dates
you see in the movie, she had to be like 16 or 17 at the most when
this was filmed, so you shouldn't watch this to oogle her... unless
you're a perv, that is.
The
plot: A sect of the Etruscan's turn out to be evil bastards. They are
led by Schell (it's no surprise to me he was evil, nor that he hammed
it up). They set up a cloning program and such things as evil cats, a
mutated rat and other strange crap happen, all in the pretty Italian
countryside. They need eighteen young people (explaining the title)
to set in motion alongside an ancient clock plans to bring Satan back
to Earth. Cook's character was found and judged to be a perfect angel
(certainly understandable, I say) so under the guise of modeling she
and her music professor dad (McDonald) go to Italy and you see
various things happen.
This
movie isn't awful but it isn't that good either. There are some
creepy moments, the villain was hammy and Rachael tried her best with
the material given, but the script just isn't too good. There are
plenty of plot holes that made things more bumpy than the rural
Italian roads you see in the motion picture. And as others have
noted, it seemed derivative of other movies, most of them better than
this one. I mean, I am talking about such films as Eyes Without a
Face and The Exorcist
Not
to mention, it's not really scary or terrifying at all. There were
some creepy moments but that's about it. It's hardly bloody at all so
you shouldn't watch it if you're a gorehound.I thought it was more
dull than anything else, so there's no reason to see it, unless
you're a Cook completist. Not even the unintentional humor-of which
there was some-made this worthwhile.
Hopefully
everyone has a decent Friday the 13th today; I'll be back
Monday night.
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