Les Mutants de la Saint-Sylvestre

Original title: Bloody New Year

1987
R
1h 33m

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4.5/10

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Les Mutants de la Saint-Sylvestre (1987)

A group of friends take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them.

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A group of friends take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them... Read allA group of friends take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them.A group of friends take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them.

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Trivia
Shot on location at Butlin's Barry Island in Wales; the Delta and the Bannermen: Part One (1987) was also filmed there in the same year. That story, like Bloody New Year, has a 1950s theme.

Goofs
When the tilt a whirl stops suddenly, the actors are obviously throwing themselves off the platform as opposed to it looking accidental.

Quotes
Lesley: I wonder what it's like... doing it on a snooker table.
Tom: Doing what?
Tom: *realization* Lesley, we can't!

Alternate versions
In order to get a FSK-18 rating in Germany, the German VHS release by Highlight Video was slightly cut for violence to remove 27 seconds worth of gore. Despite this, the BPjM still indexed the film which means various sales & advertising restrictions, it lasted up until 2013. Only in 2024 was the uncut version granted a FSK-16 rating.

Connections
Featured in The Cinema Snob: Bloody New Year (2009)

Soundtracks
Recipe for Romance
Performed by Cry No More

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Take a ride on Norman's ghost train

If "Terror" was Norman J Warren's take on "Suspiria", then "Bloody New Year" is surely his version of "The Beyond". After a slow start, it changes from a British teens at the seaside affair, all big dippers and frustrated love triangles, to a delirious zombie movie - "Quadrophenia" crossed with Lucio Fulci.

Considering the extremely low-budget, this is a creditable piece of filmmaking, with Warren achieving some neat shock effects. The young and unknown cast acquit themselves reasonably and there is some groovy organ music to spice up the final reel mayhem. The unexpected arrival of the fairground yobs adds to the fun.

I do have two questions though! Norman is such a nice man so why does he go in for ultra-downbeat endings? And is there really a time-warp island,complete with drooling zombies, living lifts and ambulatory fishing nets,within sailing distance of Barry Island Funfair? Has the local Tourist Information Centre been informed? (Wait a minute, that's three questions).