Gotta love slasher films that are a throwback to the 80's Golden Era. This 2007 film has its inspiration from those films. Sultry cheerleaders in full costume. Their hunk jock BFs clad in their football jerseys. An escaped lunatic killer who was put away 10 years ago for murdering 27 peeps...etc. However predictable this plot is, we still have some nice cheese and beef. Set on Long Island, pretty cheerleaders and the jocks that love them will die horribly. Our feature today is "Spiker," directed by Frank Zagarino.
Yep, 10 years ago Adam (Zagarino), known as Spiker, was put away in prison murdering dozens of peeps with a railroad spike. Today, authorities are still finding the bodies of his victims. Some Clinton appointed judge ruled him insane and mandated he be transferred out of prison to an asylum. Yep, during the transfer he escapes. Now Spiker, an albino with pink eyes, secures some railroad spikes and heads to the house where it all started. Okay, Lisa (Giselle Rodriguez) is a sultry cheerleader and her beau is quarterback Mike (Matt Jared). Her and two fellow babe cheerleaders, all in full cheerleader costume, Nikki (Ginger Kroll) and Erin (Linda Johnson), plus two other hunk jocks head to a cabin in the woods. Lisa will someday inherit the cabin and the six deem it a perfect place to have pre-marital sex, drink beer, dance, and listen to bad music. Sure, a creepy caretaker, Clive (David 'Shark' Fralick) will warn them to depart.
So here is what is going on. During the night Lisa finds the boudoir of her aunt. Her aunt was a spitting image of her. 20 years ago, the aunt was Spiker's first victim, and killed in that house. Enter babe cheerleader Erin! She wants to do a seance and talk to the aunt...and Spiker. You can imagine how well this goes. Thinking Spiker is dead, the cheerleaders and jocks are not worried about him just showing up. Spiker does just show up...with a nice supply of railroad spikes. Before he begins murdering sultry cheerleaders and hunk jocks, the kids engage in pre-marital sex. A vicious and uncomfortable backstory is revealed, and the albino killer displays his proficiency with the spikes. But wait, the ghost! Yep, Lisa's aunt roams this cabin clad in her wedding gown.
Why is Spiker attracted to this cabin in the woods and why was Lisa's aunt his very first victim? Will the cheerleaders engage in a shower scene, skinny-dipping, or inappropriate affection between themselves? Will any of the jocks do anything remotely useful to fighting off a slasher? The casting is excellent, from a creepy slasher, nubile and sultry cheerleaders in costume, and hunk jocks. For an old fashioned slasher effort, see "Spiker."
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