Recent viewing. A pretty obscure low-budget slasher film from 1980 about hookers and groupies being killed off by someone dressed up as a member of a theatrical hard rock band called The Clowns, whose popularity is on the rise. Visually, The Clowns are a clear mixture of KISS, Alice Cooper, The Undead from PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE and The Baseball Furies from THE WARRIORS. By 1980 when this film was released, KISS were already on the decline in the US and Cooper was also struggling, so it's interesting to ponder who the filmmakers were targeting the movie towards, in terms of its music/horror genre mash. The music featured in the film was performed by The Names, a rock band from Rockford, Illinois. It's no unsung cult gem but I still found it to be an enjoyable piece of low-rent exploitation and musical horror. From the director of the notorious ILSA, SHE-WOLF OF THE SS (and the pilot episode of SILK STALKINGS)!
