Pre-ANGEL Donna Wilkes plays a physically-challenged teen with two off-the-wall parents--one neurotic, the other a tyrannical drunk. As if that isn't enough, a psychotic killer is on the loose and she's Number One on his "hit" parade. Of course, the murderer has to give us our money's worth by slaughtering a few people along the way. There is blood and gore galore including hatchet-hacking, a near-disembowelment and an incredible showdown in a sawmill. The psycho is played by Frankie Avalon! Between this and HAUNTED HOUSE OF HORROR, he must have been trying to shatter his Beach-boy image. They should have thrown in one of his songs somewhere, or maybe a clip from BEACH BLANKET BINGO. Richard Jaeckel is outstanding as the girl's father who, drunk or sober, carries protectiveness a little too far. This darkly-photographed potboiler is no Hitcockian masterpiece but it's never boring. Its characters seem real which is more than can be said for most slasher flicks of that era. This flick was once included in Brentwood's BLOOD BATH DVD collection; it definitely lives up to that description.
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