Thursday, March 29, 2007

555(1988)



A spate of killings of teenagers by a maniac dressed like a hippie causes a detective to check the records for similar killings. He discovers that every five years, in the fifth month of the year, for five consecutive days, the same type of killings has occurred, and the few descriptions of the suspect always match: he's dressed like a hippie. As the detective searches for the killer, he begins to have suspicions about his superior, an older man who is haunted by memories of his military service in Vietnam.

The acting in 555, considering what kind of movie this is, the acting is actually really good. Most shot on videos have some of the worst god awful acting you will see, but 555 is somewhat watchable.

This movie is pretty gory; it has some really cheesy effects though. The effects range from an awesome looking decapitation to random stabbings there cheesy purple looking blood is shooting from the wounds.

There is lots of T&A in this movie. There is lots of random nude scenes before the hippie killer comes and starts the slaying of the innocent lovers. I cant say the girls are the most attractive girls, but block out the faces and you should be fine.

Movies like this aren’t for everyone. If you don’t like really low budget cheese fest this is most defiantly not for you. But if you go in to it with an open mind I think you will have a really good time with this movie. It is one of the best shot on video movies but sadly it is one of the hardest to find, you are lucky if you see 2-3 copies of this on eBay. But if you can find this movie, snatch it up it is pure gold.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hell yes... very insightful review... the 1980s b-grade horror genre (in which 555 falls) is hard for many people to appreciate... many viewers, however, will find this flick a perfect example of the genre, with everything one could ask for in a shot-on-video... T&A, plenty of blood & gore, a mysterious ritualistic number fascination, tagged walls, dumbass teenagers, a vietnam-vet scapegoat, one-liners that bring laughs for days ("she's got the morals of an alleycat"), over-the-top cheesy acting (esp the cops) and even a fairly decent decapitation... to paraphrase hank III, not everybody will like it, but it will drive some folks wild.

fuck anybody who doesn't like this flick.