Prime Evil (1988)

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Brilliant and touching

An Exercise In Nonsense

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

There is a group of Satanist that live in the city. Satan grants them wealth and youth for sacrificing a blood relative, of which there has been a lot of as late and always young attractive women. The film centers around Alexandra Parkman (Christine Moore) who is connected to all the missing people and victims. The dialog is corny and at times amusingly sexual. It is from the 80's and I love their hair style.Not a great film as the plot lacks complexity.Sex and nudity (Amy Brentano from "Breeders"; Ruth Collins from "Psychos in Love"; Jeanne Marie of "Young Nurses in Love"; and Miriam Zucker of "Alien Space Avenger")

Prime Evil (1988) BOMB (out of 4) I really don't know what the hell this film is about but I'll do my best to describe the plot of this so-called horror film. Back in the ancient days, a group a wacky Catholic monks decided to start worshipping Satan but their evil plans were put on hold when the church discovered their doings. Flash forward to 1988 and a new group of monks are out looking for new women to sacrifice in the name of Satan.Man, oh man is this one incredibly bad film all around. I usually find some entertainment out of these mindless horror films but this one here left me wanting to scratch my eyes out and I was only into the film for fifteen minutes. There's obviously no talent aboard on this film and it was clearly made for those who would rent anything at their local video stores. Everything from the acting to the screenplay are downright awful and the worst part is that the director forgot to add any of the red stuff.Many of the slashers from the 1980's were badly made films but at least the director's gave us a little gore and nudity to keep things going. Sadly that doesn't happen here and apparently the budget was so low that all the death scenes are pretty much off camera. We do get a wannabe scary demon, which is the villain of the movie but this here is clearly a puppet, which appears to have fallen into some spaghetti sauce. Prime Evil certainly belongs in this collection and it's without a doubt one of the worst horror films of the decade.

So there I was, standing in best buy with four DVDs in my hand trying to figure out which 'Grindhouse' double feature I'd buy. I looked on the back and was interested in the story of 'Prime Evil'. Sure enough, I bought the sucker. I got home and immediately put the DVD in to start watching. The first feature film 'Don't Answer The Phone' was awesome. A pure slasher flick with loads of nudity and gore. When 'Prime Evil'started, I was pleased. But by the end of the film, I was questioning why this movie was even considered to be part of the 'Grindhouse' dvds. There's little to no blood and the story d r a g g e d on and on until the 'climatic' end. BTW, the end is ANYTHING but climatic. I ~*~LOVE~*~ cheesy b-movies, but this one was so bad, its horrible.

This is surprisingly Bearable ,it has a somewhat interesting story, and a cool ending, However, most of the acting is terrible, and i only rooted for 1 character. The Main villain is decent, and was somewhat menacing, however it's a little too cheap at times, and some of the dialog, bored me,however for the most part it was a OKAY watch, with a strong main lead. The Direction is so so, okay for the low budget. Roberta Findlay, does an okay job here, keeping the film interesting throughout, however the camera work is extremely shaky at times,still an okay job. There is a tiny bit of gore. We get 2 bloody stabbings,decapitation and a bloody fall victim. The Acting is terrible for the most part. Christine Moore, is excellent here, and the only good actor/actress in this movie, she is very likable, gorgeous, and gave an excellent performance. William Beckwith,gives an over the top performance here, and was fun to watch, but a good actor he is not. Overall, worth 1 watch i suppose, but don't expect, a good movie by any means ** out of 5(barely)