Blood Cult (1985)

Sheriff Ron Wilbois investigates a series of murders in which a small amulet with a dogs head on it is found at the crime scenes.  His daughter, who works at the University library, finds a text regarding a cult of witches in the town. The cult wears dogs head amulets and remove different body parts from their victimes to essentially make a Frankenstein.

The daughter and her boyfriend, who looks like Alfalfa from the Little Rascals wearing oversized glasses, help the Sheriff by doing research.  The boyfriend accompanies the Sheriff on a stake out which is good as the Sheriff is a little lax and gets drugged before wandering off into the woods.

There are lots of long scenes which are pointless.   In one that goes on for about five minutes, the Sheriff sits in his car staking out the dorms and eating a sandwich.

In another scene, there is a shot of a family farm (see below).  No one is in the shot but there is ongoing dialogue.  You keep searching the screen, trying to figure out who is talking and where they are.  After a few minues, a man walks out of the house, across the field and into the barn.  Then about ten seconds later, we watch him walk back. Aaarrgghh!!

Thrill as we watch nothing for several minutes.

The Sheriff does a voice over narration like in old detective films, but he doesn't have anything tough or witty to say.  His daughter and her boyfriend,  a very unattractive couple, are always making out in front of her dad - ick!  It's also hard to tell if the daughter is attending the college.  She looks way too old to be a college student, but she lives in the dorms.

Dean "... shut down the campus!"
Sheriff (paraphrasing) - No, we have to find the killer!  I'll catch him, but we need the campus open as he won't come here without the students. I guarantee there will be no more murders.
... Later that night, another murder occurs.

It's inept and primitive and ridiculous, which I like, but it also can be tedious. So if you like inept low budget horror from the 80s with questionable acting, you may want to check it out.