Yes, chopper-9, I wholeheartedly agree with you. This film is completely reminiscent of Nightmare on Elm St (a good movie). Especially the part where Nancy and her two twin sisters are turning keys into keys, but then one of them turns it into a knife and the other two gasp in melodramatic fashion. Also, the part where Freddy Krueger completely loses his outfit and dons a black cloak while wearing a mirror for a face. He then leaves a rose on Nancy's bed and disappears. The soundtrack was also very similar. All throughout Nightmare, you could distinctly hear the sounds of a guy trying to sound like a car engine and repeated noises of a producer smashing their head with a frying pan to forget that they actually spent money to make this sh!t.
Good observation.
Dingus.
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BwlBoy
17 years ago
Truly inspirational experimental film. I would speculate it has played a major influence on any number of future directors. I could be well wide of the mark but I drew comparisons with John Carpenter's Halloween i.e. the first person shot coming down the stairs early in the piece, Michael Mann's Manhunter i.e. knife wielding figure wearing goggles and even Miyazaki's Spirited Away with the cloaked faceless figure. Wonderfully inventive visual effects and camerawork.
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