I've always loved this movie.
It has a really odd vibe throughout it that propels it along nicely and although it borrows from CARRIE, ELM STREET and the EXORCIST, it makes no apologies for this and goes about the task with real zest and energy.
The cast have fun and are game for the ride with the reliable Michael Ironside thrown in the mix. As for Lisa Schrage.........I thought she was mesmerizing as Mary Lou with a truly memorable and genuinely unique character.
Very imagininative dream sequences abound such as the liquid blackboard scene and the possessed rocking horse in the bedroom was very creepy and not nearly as silly as it could have been. With little to boast of in budget, the SPFX here are ballsy and impressive.
Mary Lou kills and toys with victims on a sexual level too - especially as Vicky - when she goes mouth to mouth with her Dad(!), her headmaster (in his office!) and comes on to her best friend - the latter in a sequence culminating in a protracted and utterly unexpected full-frontal nude scene, stalking her prey around the changing room.
Never a dull moment.
And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.
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