Motel des sacrifices

When I go to see a movie, I want to see a good one. This one is totally opposite this subject. Mountaintop Motel Massacre really sucks. It says on the case that it is approximately 94 minutes, well, this movie seems like it lasts for 5 hours. I kept on having to get off the couch and stop the movie. I agree with one reviewer who said in his or her review that the movie is only for people who get drunk. I own this movie and trust me, the next yard sale we have (which I hope is soon), I will sell this for a penny.

I hate this movie.Don't waste your money on it. Watch a horror movie like POLTERGEIST or THE EXORCIST. I'll say it once, I'll say it twice. This movie is crap!

You want schlock? THIS is schlock! This is technically a bad movie. It's not directed well and the acting quite bad. But I found it to be quite proficient in the mood and atmosphere department. The old lady who plays Evelyn is very creepy. There are some surprisingly bloody moments in this film that will probably even make you cringe. After you watch this you'll probably feel kind of weird like I did, what with that moody synth music playing over the credits and all. And for a film to make me feel all oogy like that, I have to recommend it to horror fans.

Again, it's bad film-making, but I have a special place in my heart for this one.

MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL MASSACRE has everything going for it: good atmosphere, good setting, good lead actress, okay score. But the thing that almost kills MMM is the pacing. It's very slooooooooooow. Had the film's pacing been better I believe this would have been fun. But instead, everything happens at a snails pace. And the acting in some moments was really amateurish and watching boring scenes with amateurish actors don't make for compelling viewing. Also, the way Evelyn kills her victims is, for the most part, dull. She tries to kill with a snake, rats or cockroaches(?!?!). Yes, she does start killing people with a sickle after a while but the killings should have been more interesting. MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL MASSACRE had potential but it missed it with its super slow pacing.

Anna Chappell stars as the elderly Evelyn, who's let out of a mental hospital and starts running the Mountaintop Motel, a scuzzy string of run-down shacks out in the sticks that would have me sleeping in the nearest ditch. She snaps again and on a dark and stormy night kills people stranded at her hotel. Guests include a honeymooning couple, two reverends, a record executive and a pair of Barbara Mandrell clones who don't wear bras (a rainstorm and flimsy white shirts help to prove this).

Funny sounding cosmic music plays whenever Evelyn is up to something devious. She lurks around in underground catacombs spying on victims with her bulging eyes, hears her dead daughters voice, sneaks snakes, roaches and rats into rooms and hacks people up with a sickle. This is no PSYCHO, just a silly regional concoction from Louisiana with a few laughs and some blood. Larry Buchanan fans will recognize Bill Thurman as an alcoholic reverend.

Score: 4 out of 10

Yes, this movie has bad acting, a poor plot and no real horror to speak of...but it is also one of the 'so bad it's good' movies. Evelyn (who IS creepy, by the way) goes on a killing spree at her motel. I think the idea of Evelyn going from one cabin to the next through an underground tunnel was a neat idea. I also liked that not all of the likeable characters were killed. There is also some humor. While this movie is surely not of the caliber of Psycho or even Texas Chainsaw Massacre (both favorites of mine!) it is worth a look; if only for the camp value. Rent this off of the 99 cent rack, turn off the lights, and get ready to be scared...a little! But please do not disturb Evelyn...SHE ALREADY IS!