HauntedWeen

This forgotten slasher is obviously very low budget but is in my opinion a lot of fun, and they did much with very little. Had this been released about a decade earlier, it probably would have had a much bigger following, Many early horror films received a boost from the new video market of the early 80s. Distributers were pulling out anything horror to satisfy the demand. HauntedWeen would have filled that demand nicely I think.

There is not much plot, there's not a lot of backstory, there is no huge twist at the end. Many of the early scenes are more like a bad Animal House rip-off than a horror film, but I think there was a genuine attempt at character development, and while the acting isn't great, it works. Another nice inclusion are lots of boobies, and not just the plastic kind on a size zero. A scene with the frat on a pontoon showcases a seriously thick girl who isn't ashamed of anything. Shes really got the junk in he trunk something rarely seen in any film. I liked this film a lot more than I was expecting. It's nothing ground breaking, or thought provoking, but it scratches that Halloween itch for me. To sum it up boobs, blood and Burber House. Check it out!

For such a cheaply made, no-budget movie, HauntedWeen is at least entertaining for the most part. Acting, as expected, is about as bad as it gets at times with most of the cast either striking a chord somewhere between flat and monotone or so overly enthusiastic as to appear subhuman.

Some good kill scenes, effects, and setups that reminded me of newer films such as Hell Fest and Haunt. It's not a movie that anyone needs to be in a great hurry to see, but it kept me entertained.

I found this movie in 2001 at a local video store's "for sale rack" not knowing what it was, I've thoroughly enjoyed it every few years since. It was also fun to see it was filmed at Western University in Ky and I live across the state in Louisville. It's full of boob action and light on the blood which is nice because I'm usually No into slasher. There's a lot of corny things in it that I think of from time to to time. The silly theme song in it is terrible but it's going to get stuck in your head forever. There's a lot of stuff to laugh at watching it now. The poofy hair and ignorant lines that the girls have to say. Also funny, how all the people that live in this town at the haunted house must be sadomasochist "like kill her!!! Yeahh! I know there was a documentary about the movie too and I look forward to watching it.

I remember watching this movie many years ago with my cousins, my aunt, and her boyfriend. The latter, both more than 10 years older than me, were students at Western Kentucky University and had some friends who were in the movie, which is why we watched it in the first place. It made for a pleasant popcorn movie night, nothing too scary or overly risqué for a bunch of preteens. To answer a comment from another IMDb reviewer, it's not a wonder that not everyone in the movie was southern. The cast members were WKU students, who come from all over the country. I remember the movie as basically an excuse to show co-ed breasts and well-toned calf muscles (those hills around the campus are good for something!). But if you're into a bit of eye candy and an innocuous, generic horror plot, it's not the worst thing in the world you could watch. Honestly, I was surprised to find this movie listed on IMDb at all, since the budget was about $20.

I had never heard about this movie that carried the odd title of "HauntedWeen" when I stumbled upon it here in 2024. But with it being a horror comedy that I had not seen, much less ever heard about, of course I opted to watch it, as I do enjoy horror comedies.

It should be noted that I didn't really expect much from the movie, given its title and the fact that I had never heard about it. So in a sense, writer and director Doug Robertson had every opportunity to entertain and impress me with this 1991 movie.

The movie starts out with a theme that definitely were riding along on the success of the theme from the "Halloween" franchise, except it wasn't nearly as memorable or catchy a tune.

The storyline was very much something you'd expect from a late 1980s horror movie, so I guess writer Doug Robertson was straggling a couple of years behind schedule. So was it a good movie? No, not really. It was rather bland and generic, and didn't manage to stand out among so many other, and far better, horror movies from the same period of time. And that makes "HauntedWeen" a rather forgettable movie. There were a couple of kills throughout the course of the movie, but hardly something that made it particularly worthwhile sitting through 88 minutes.

"HauntedWeen" is listed as a horror comedy, but there wasn't an ounce of comedy throughout the course of the movie.

I was not familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie. Some of the performances were fair enough, while others were somewhat rigid and wooden. Not exactly the finest moment of horror cinema.

This is not a movie that I would recommend to horror fans. Nor is it a movie that will ever make a second round on my screen.

My rating of writer and director Doug Robertson's 1991 horror comedy "HauntedWeen" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.