Jill Whitlow! Oh...how we all gasped. The babe sorority sister with the flamethrower and the formal gown...the stuff legends are made of. When the creep jumped in her mouth at the end of "Night of the Creeps" wee all were heartbroken. What an awful way for this nubile beauty to meet her demise. A year or two later she would have another shot at surviving a horror film. Won't be easy. A jealous and possessive ghost may have something to say about this. Today we look at 1988's "Twice Dead," directed by Bert L. Dragin.
Back in the 1930s, screen actor Tyler Walker longs for the love of his life, Myrna (Whitlow). Alas, she ran off with some guy named Cates, leaving Tyler to mistakenly sign his mansion away and ultimately he hangs himself. Decades later, a family moves in. Scott (Tom Bresnahan) is a hunk high school kid and his lovely sister, Robin (also Whitlow) is also a high schooler. Okay, seems Robin and Scott are ancestors of the long lost love, Myrna. Oh yes...Tyler's ghost still haunts this mansion. Scott and Robin will run afoul of a gang of goons at high school. The gang wants to invade the mansion. One gang member, Crisp (Jonathan Chapin) seems to take an unusual interest in Robin.
Tyler's ghost seems to want to protect Scott and Robin. Yep, he has figured out Robin is the spitting image of his lost love. The gang gets bold and plots a home invasion. The first attempt is a seemingly gory failure, thwarted by Scott's ability to create special f/x. This will lead to a great line about the penisaurus, you'll see. The second home invasion will see the gang members getting the drop on Robin and Scott. Robin's chastity will be threatened, and now Tyler will get more involved. What follows is intense gore and blood spatter. As this is happening, Crisp takes Robin into Tyler's study and is seemingly possessed, but so is Robin. Bits of bone and brain will fly, banging gang bangers will fry, and Tyler the ghost will mount a motorcycle. Wild!
Will Jill Whitlow fare better in this one than she did in "Night of the Creeps"? Will Tyler reclaim Myrna in the form of the nubile but alive Robin? Just what is behind Crisp's weird attraction to Robin? This is a good one with a very gory ending. For some terrific 1980s horror fun, and a good second half of a double feature with "Night of the Creeps," see "Twice Dead."
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