This movie goes right out of the gate with a stabbing and a strangulation, letting us know Rizzo is an angry guy who is fine with killing anyone who annoys him. Later he meets up with Jimmy, Pauly, and Monica to plan out a robbery.
Meanwhile the Parkers have a room for rent and an art student shows up with suitcases in hand to look at the room. It’s a simpler time where women were required to politely laugh when being harassed. So Mr. Parkers creepy remarks don’t throw any red flags.
Rizzo and his friends head into a video store, which is an odd target for a robbery since there’ll be tons of witnesses and three dollar rentals aren’t going to get them a good haul. After a clerk is shot, the group drives off, but not before the surviving clerk gets off a couple shots. When their car conks out, they discover the shot hit the gas tank and they’ve run out of gas. The nearest house is the Parkers. Rizzo and friends take the family hostage, but the Parkers are not what they seem and soon the gang will be fighting for their lives.
This movie goes so many places you don’t see it going, including cannibals and monsters. It’s a Don Dohler film and I much prefer his sci-fi movies. I read an interview with George Stover, who said Dohler didn’t like his movies to have nudity, gore or extreme violence, but he put those in this one because the investors were pushing him.
Ridiculous dialogue
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| The days of video stores where the movie you want might already be rented |
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| The Parkers won’t be hostages for long. |
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| Another video store shot for nostalgia |
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| The lead robber in his Kim Carnes tour tshirt |
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| Rizzo the sad sack |
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