There's a lot here, and none of it is good. I mean, so bad its good. If you like those Satan exploitation films that showed up on drive-in screens in the late 60s and early 70s, then this is the film for you. Though this is a 2024 film, it is filmed like an old drive-in offering. The plot is right out of so many films you saw in the 70s and 80s, but that is a lot better than out of a Stanley Kubrick or Francois Truffaut film...or better than that "Star Wars" Mandalorian nonsense. Babes in peril! Machetes! Escapee from an insane asylum! Gratuitous shower scenes! No, not the remake for "To Kill a Mockingbird," but "Blood Mountain Massacre," directed by Bob Place.
There is a plot, but be wise and don't pay too much attention to it lest you miss gratuitous shower scenes or splattering blood. A total lunatic escapes from a prison van bound for an asylum for the criminally insane. Edward (Jody Black) kills a babe juggler by shoving a curling iron through her eyeball. Dr. Loomis (Greg Behrens) arrives and tells the cops his patient is a true murder machine ...think Jason. Okay, now we meet the stars of this epic, an all-girl punk rock band called The Abortions. A rough crew of babes featuring Laurie (K.D. O'Hair) a heroin addict, Nancy (Katherine Blackford) a blonde Tarot card reader, Alice (Liz Derr) a nymphomaniac who likes it rough, Pam (Vandala Morton) a Pam Greer wannabe. Also along is the clean cut sister of Laurie, Sally (Jenna Aungst) who sells the merch at concerts and drives the van.
As Edward murders his way on his trek to Blood Mountain, The Abortions join the lead band Dick Hammer for an after-party at their lead singer, Freddie's (Matt Maher) blood mountain cabin. A veritable drug filled orgy develops with shower scenes and hot tub deviance. Then Edward arrives...and you can guess where the plot goes...or can you? Director Bob Place has a surprise or three for us and what follows is one of the most ambitious plots you will ever see. Worry not, the plot won't become clean cut but this film becomes much more than a slasher horror film.
Yes, I have left out a lot, you'll see. Will the all-girl punk rock band make it to the end of the film intact? Will Sally maintain her virginity as the end credits roll? With bands called Dick Hammer and The Abortions, can you figure out where a lot of this plot will go? This is a prurient and decadent traipse through a slasher/satanist film that would have played well in the drive-ins over 50 years ago. Today we look upon it with nostalgia and guilty pleasure. See "Blood Mountain Massacre" and then take a good long hot shower afterwards to clean off all the dirt you will feel.
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