There's no denying that Daphne Zuniga's on-screen presence is the best thing about this otherwise pedestrian 80's slasher film despite a promising start. Known for her later roles in The Sure Thing (1986), Spaceballs (1987) and The Fly II (1989) she carries this film with her first starring role playing Kelly who suffers from recurring nightmares about things that happened in her past.
Whilst at college she gets help from a psychology graduate who agrees to do a sleep study on her under hypnosis. Her Mother, played by Hitchcock veteran actress Vera Miles, forbids it hinting there is more things going on here than meets the eye. Kelly then gets underway with her initiation into her sorority along with several others and as part of the process they must complete several pranks, one of them being breaking into her Father's department store and steal the night porter's uniform. However before they arrive several people including the night porter get brutally murdered and the girls find themselves being stalked by a crazed killer in the store after hours.
It's a threadbare and daft premise with very few scares and like a lot of 80's horror movies it falls into the usual cliche of featuring scantilly clad girls screaming uncontrollably and succumbing to playing the victim without putting up much of a fight, however despite the lack of inventiveness I really liked the twist at the end.
Suffering from a change of director for being too arty this is a straight forward stalk n' slasher movie with veteran TV director Larry Stewart on board who keeps things moving along at a nice pace so it's well worth a look if you're a fan of this kind of movie.
Whilst at college she gets help from a psychology graduate who agrees to do a sleep study on her under hypnosis. Her Mother, played by Hitchcock veteran actress Vera Miles, forbids it hinting there is more things going on here than meets the eye. Kelly then gets underway with her initiation into her sorority along with several others and as part of the process they must complete several pranks, one of them being breaking into her Father's department store and steal the night porter's uniform. However before they arrive several people including the night porter get brutally murdered and the girls find themselves being stalked by a crazed killer in the store after hours.
It's a threadbare and daft premise with very few scares and like a lot of 80's horror movies it falls into the usual cliche of featuring scantilly clad girls screaming uncontrollably and succumbing to playing the victim without putting up much of a fight, however despite the lack of inventiveness I really liked the twist at the end.
Suffering from a change of director for being too arty this is a straight forward stalk n' slasher movie with veteran TV director Larry Stewart on board who keeps things moving along at a nice pace so it's well worth a look if you're a fan of this kind of movie.