This shot-on-video British obscurity is more of a sex film than a horror yarn, in that most of the running time (barely an hour) consists of very '80s looking actors engaging in over the top sexual practices with each other for scenes which drag on endlessly. You know the film is going to be a cheesy delight from the opening scene, in which a barely-dressed girl discovers a satanic sect of naked men in a forest and flees, before being sacrificed, stripped and captured (but not necessarily in that order) by the mysterious cult. Straight afterwards we're introduced to a bunch of really bad actors (two guys and three girls) who have come to enjoy the sunny delights of the English countryside by indulging in a bit of the old rumpy-pumpy, which they do, both in and outside on their car.
Clichés abound as the car breaks down in the middle of nowhere and a too-nice vicar takes the group to an isolated mansion, inhabited by an overacting host who screams sinister. There's also a maid whose large bosoms constantly threaten to spill out of her skimpy attire and a sadistic dwarfish manservant who has designs on one of the visitors. The host invites the group to stay the night, which means the plot is put on hold for yet more sexual shenanigans to take place as we bear witness to the (very) explicit activities that take place in the bedrooms. Finally, the finale comes and not a moment too late: the film ends with some cheap and unfunny jokes and a twist ending you can see coming a mile off.
I'm not sure why this has been marketed as a horror film because it really isn't. It's just a sex film with mildly mysterious horror trappings, or clichés should I say. The horror elements are very weak and only take up about ten minutes of the screen time. Most of the running time consists of large-breasted women with big hair and unappealing moustachioed skinny guys engaging in all kinds of adult acts whilst badly saying some of the worst-written dialogue there is. So if you're after a weird and unintentionally funny sex film then this may be the one to watch. Fans looking for an obscure British horror gem should seek elsewhere, unless you have a fondness for high cheese and a tongue-in-cheek attitude.
I have been reviewing the pre-certificate release of DEATH SHOCK on the ADB video release label, which follows the short feature film with a compilation of out-takes called, oh so hilariously, "It'll Be Alright on the Bed!". Let's just say that if these clips are the 'best' and 'funniest' of the out-takes then I'd hate to see just how boring the worst are.
