Saturday, December 31, 2011

New Year's Evil (1980)


Cannon Films
Directed by Emmett Alston
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(VHS, Paragon)
(Turner Classic Movies)

A man is killing girls on New Year's Eve, at the top of the hour in synch with the time zone celebrations being shown on TV. He calls in to the show's host, Roz Kelly, better known as Pinky Tuscadero from Happy Days, after each murder and replays them on a cassette tape. He makes his way to the hotel where the show is originating, intending to make Roz his final victim. The most interesting parts of this predictable slasher are the bands on the TV show. You've got "Shadow", a bad heavy metal band, even though the audience is supposed to be all punk rockers. Even worse is "Made in Japan", who sing their hit "Dumb Blonde".

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