Durante la celebración de la víspera de Año Nuevo, un disc jockey de Los Ángeles recibe una llamada telefónica que dice que cuando llegue el Año Nuevo en cada zona horaria, alguien será ases... Leer todoDurante la celebración de la víspera de Año Nuevo, un disc jockey de Los Ángeles recibe una llamada telefónica que dice que cuando llegue el Año Nuevo en cada zona horaria, alguien será asesinado, y ella será la última.Durante la celebración de la víspera de Año Nuevo, un disc jockey de Los Ángeles recibe una llamada telefónica que dice que cuando llegue el Año Nuevo en cada zona horaria, alguien será asesinado, y ella será la última.
- Jane
- (as Taafe O'Connell)
- Nurse Robbie
- (as Jennie Anderson)
- Make-up Girl
- (as Wendysue Rosloff)
Opiniones destacadas
One of the few slashers to have eluded me over the years, it was nice to finally scratch this off the list. It's far from a top-tier effort in the sub-genre, however. The killer, played by Kip Niven, isn't the least bit threatening. He only dons a mask towards the end of the film, so he doesn't have that to fall back on either. Also, too many scenes of dancing punk rockers and filth masquerading as music for my taste. Now, there are some quality stalk and slash sequences. Most notable is one victim's unpleasant surprise in a garbage dumpster. We also get a hefty helping of cheese, mainly from the killer himself and Blaze's dopey son. The bit with the former dealing with angry bikers at a drive-in is gold.
Overall, I was entertained, but it's not exactly good. Not even close.
The primary character is a red-headed buxom D.J. who looks north of 30 but MUST be north of 35 since she has a grown son, which she ignores completely and probably has for a long time - she is very self involved, and tonight on New Year's Eve she is supposedly going to get her big break if she can pull off hosting a rock and roll New Year's Eve celebration. It's a phone in show, and at 9PM she get's a phone call telling her that this is EVIL and he has just killed someone close to her and intends to kill someone every hour on the hour until midnight - when he intends to kill her.
At first our self-involved D.J. blows this off as a crank, but when the calls keep coming and bodies start piling up, she and the police become increasingly concerned. You see the killer right from the start as he runs around L.A. killing random strangers in rather novel ways, but the twist in this film is you have no idea who he is and why he has a bone to pick with the D.J. The killer has his own problems along the way, and this film gives you a good idea of just how rough L.A. was even 35 years ago, as the killer runs into some characters who are as bad as he is, and plus there are more of them.
On the dance floor of the New Year's Eve rock show, the dancers are shown moving like mindless zombies among the fog. These guys and gals do not look like Rotarians, so when the police say rather late in the film "I wouldn't be surprised if he walked right up on the dance floor and killed you", I had to wonder - how do you know he isn't already there? There is plenty of suspense right up to the end that still leaves you hanging, and I recommend it if you are a fan of the low budget horror genre. So transport yourself back to not a simpler time, but a different one - when phones still had cords, when there were still drive-in movies, when people still smoked in public places even in California, and when electronic devices were large enough to be shorted out with a screwdriver rather than being controlled by one self-contained microchip.
¿Sabías que…?
- TriviaThe drive-in theater seems to show Herschell Gordon Lewis' Blood Feast (1963), but it is not. The movie showing is actually La dama de la capa roja (1972) a.k.a. "La Dama Rossa Uccide Sette Volte." It was also distributed under the name "Blood Feast," which has caused some confusion.
- ErroresAt one point the killer hits a cop over the head and takes his uniform. Despite the cop being quite a bit heavier, the uniform fits perfectly.
- Citas
Diane Sullivan: Blaze here. A crazy new year to you.
Richard Sullivan: [In a distorted voice] Happy new year to you, Blaze.
Diane Sullivan: Oooh! Some kind of voice you got there. You sound like the Phantom.
Richard Sullivan: You could call me that.
Diane Sullivan: So, you got a name, Phantom?
Richard Sullivan: Call me Eee-vil.
Diane Sullivan: Evil? E-villl Eye?
Richard Sullivan: No! Just eee-vil!
[Then he breathes hard]
Diane Sullivan: Well listen Mr. Evil, do you have a vote for the top song of the year?
Richard Sullivan: No. Just a new year's resolution.
[pauses and breathes hard]
Richard Sullivan: I'm going to commit murder at midnight. I'm going to kill someone you know. Someone close to you.
Diane Sullivan: [Diane hangs up the phone and turns to her audience] Well! We're really off to an interesting start, aren't we? Crazy trips, must be a full moon!
- Créditos curiososDuring the closing credits crawl the speed of the crawl visibly speeds up after the cast but then slows again toward the end for the soundtrack credits.
- Bandas sonorasNew Year's Evil
Performed by Rock Band Shadow
Lyrics by Roxanne Seeman
Music by Eduardo del Barrio
© Noa Noa Music & Wu Li Dance
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Idioma
- También se conoce como
- New Year's Evil
- Locaciones de filmación
- Golden Arrow Liquor - 13231 Victory Blvd, Van Nuys, Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos(interior and exterior liquor store scenes.)
- Productora
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- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 25 minutos
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.85 : 1