31 Days of Horror 2023 Day 23 Nightmare Sisters

 

TITLE-Nightmare Sisters 

SOURCE-VS Blu Ray

I have always been a big fan of the 80s era Scream Queens. And when I learned like Sorority Babes in the Slime Ball Bowl a Rama that Nightmare Sisters had Linnea Quigley,Michelle Bauer and my favorite Brinke Stevens I had to see it. No video store had a copy of the VHS. 

It wasn't until the film aired on the old USA Network Up All Night program that I got a chance to see it. And I had no clue then what I was seeing had new scenes shot just for the TV version.Glad I got this packed Blu Ray/DVD combo pack.

Brinke,Linnea and Michelle are the nerdy and/or fat sorority sisters. Stuck at the house while all the other sorority members are off with their boyfriends. Some nerdy guys from a near by frat come over. A possessed crystal ball,once owned by Dookie Flyswatter,enters the house. And evil spirts,succubi,enter the three nerdy ladies. 

Before they get possessed with a low budget the film tries to make the three ladies as unattractive as they can. Linnea gets fitted with some huge buck teeth. Michelle they put into a fat suit. Brinke has the simplest change. They toss some glasses on her. Put her hair back in a pony tail . And boom Nerdy Brinke.

After being possessed the girls are trying to kill not only the three nerds that came over but a few other members of the same frat.

I mentioned how the TV version had new scenes shot. The main thing replaced is a almost 15 minute long scene. All three ladies pile into a bath tub. Where while they are bathing,when they soap up their breasts squeeky balloon noises were added in post,the three nerdy frat dudes are outside peeking in on them. 

In the TV version they couldn't show this scene. But needed to replace it. So when it cuts to the girls now they are in lingere and playing with balloons!!! LOL. That is to explain the squeeky balloon noises when the boys are peeking in.

The Blu Ray looks great and sounds good. Both the TV version and the normal version. The only real extra,besides the tv version,is a commentary with the director and Linnea.

Nightmare Sisters gets a B.

31 Days of Horror Day 12 Lust for Frankenstein

Lust for Frankenstein
1998
Shock o Rama Cinema Double Feature DVD

Back in the late 90s I read Alternative Cinema all the time. And it was because of that magazine that I got into Jess Franco films. Sure I had seen Jack the Ripper and Oasis of the Zombies before this time period. But reading the great reviews in the mag of Tender Flesh and Lust for Frankenstein I just had to see more of Franco's films.

By this time in Mr Franco's career he was making films on video with funding coming from a group of fans. It was sometime in 2008 I was looking around on Ebay and found this dvd super cheap. I mostly got it for Tender Flesh.

Lina Romay plays the daughter of the mad scientist Frankenstein. She is haunted by dreams of her now dead father. These dreams lead her to her father's creation. A male/female creature played by scream queen legend Michelle Bauer. Very quickly Bauer AKA Goddess becomes enraged at anyone that flirts with Lina.

Now this isn't one of Franco's best films. But it still has some good points. Michelle is great as Goddess. And there are some very very trippy visuals. And the jazz like soundtrack is well done.

The DVD has no extras. But last time I checked you can get it for under 10 bucks. Which if you are a fan of strange cinema and/or a Jess Franco fan it is worth getting.

Lust for Frankenstein gets a C.