Ah, I do love a cheesy 80s horror B-movie. And this one has everything I'm looking for... on paper. A trio of naughty high school boys try and sneak a peek into a girls' sorority house, only to be caught and forced to steal a bowling trophy on display at a local shopping mall (no, really) where everyone falls foul of an imp-like genie inside.
I don't know what the film-makers were on when they came up with that, but that's the plot. Yes, it's totally ridiculous, but, if handled correctly, it could have been a lot of fun.
Sadly, there isn't much here to recommend. I guess there's nudity - of which there is some briefly at the beginning, but we have Google these days, so I doubt that will be much of a selling point. There's virtually no gore and the special effects are definitely not special. In fact, this could have the worst animated creature I've ever seen committed to film. The acting is terrible. Linnea Quigley is about the only name you may know (probably because you've seen 'Return of the Living Dead') and she actually handles herself during the fight scenes, but her dialogue is awful. I know she can do better, but the script she's been given could have been so much better.
I found this on a streaming service and so I guess it was entertaining enough 'for free,' but I definitely don't think it would have been worth actually paying to watch for a group of individuals.
5/10
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