Proverbial theater whodunnit with the twist that it is directed (once again) by shock flesh artist Pete Walker. A group of young theater actors rehearsing for an upcoming play at a little known independent theater in a seaside town with a weird vibe, begin to die off in very violent ways...one by one. It's a solid suspense thriller, a cool slasher flick, but to me, though it's not really just a horror film either--it has, and maybe this is just me being twisted (!), it's mystery element has a dark humor to it as well. Actually, thinking about Walker's work in general, almost all of his stuff that I have seen, save Die Screaming Marianne has that feel to it in the background. This goes down, absolutely, though, as one of the earliest "proto-types" of the truly modern teen slasher flick!
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