cult film freak: donna locke

Written by James M. Tate / 11/21/2018 / No comments / body count , creature , cult , donna locke , eighties , horror , indie , leilani sarelle , marta kober , monster , slasher , thriller

DONNA LOCKE BATTLES 'NEON MANIACS' W/ LEILANI SARELLE

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Right when you think the low budget 1986 horror flick NEON MANIACS is about one thing, it goes in another direction. Which is good <i>and</i> bad...<br>
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The bad is it's an awkward and uneven film, dragging at times. The good is pretty much everything else, starting with a nighttime vanful of partying high schools students, which includes a gorgeous blonde who isn't an uptight virgin like the cliché potential sole survivor...<br>
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That's because this isn't<i> the usual</i> Body Count Slasher where doomed teens randomly perish along the way. And her shallow girlfriends and jerky guy-friends wind up quickly massacred by the titular maniacs that resemble a creation from a comic book addict's reverie, and there's a combination of nightmarish monstrosities rolled into this lethal gang including tribal warriors and mutant samurais... <br>

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DONNA LOCKE BATTLES 'NEON MANIACS' W/ LEILANI SARELLE

Surfer Fangforth & Tribal Birdspear in NEON MANIACS year: 1986 Right when you think the low budget 1986 horror flick NEON MANIACS is...

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