Friday, October 18, 2024

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN DAY 18: SANTA CLAWS 1996 (E.I. INDEPENDENT)

There is good and bad with this bizarre film from John Russo.

This shot in Pittsburgh "thriller" seems to be a combination of horror and soft core adult film. The plot concerns a beautiful "Scream Queen" named Raven Quinn (Debbie Rochon).

Raven is going thru a bad divorce and having problems keeping her children away from her acting as she is an actress who makes low budget horror film.

An obsessed fan named Wayne (Grant Kramer) seems to be her only friend, but we the viewer already know this isn't true. Wayne starts killing a few people in Raven's life, mainley at work. Wayne wants Raven only for himself.

There isn't much to the plot, but there are plenty of nice looking women dancing around naked and I believe this was done to pad this film out to 82 minutes. Otherwise it would have only been an hour.

The main reason I watched this movie was because of Rochon. She was/is one of the hottest women to ever appear in low budget cinema and I actually thought about casting her in a film of mine around this time, but I just couldn't get the money together.

Russo isn't much of a director here which isn't a shock. There is one scene where Rochon has just finished up a promo with her director played by Bill Hinzeman and you can actully hear director Russo say "we gottta clean up the cables so nobody trips on them".

I have heard directors in the background of movies before, but this is painfully obvious. Watch this only if you're a Debbie Rochon fan. The rest of the cast includes Dawn Michelucci, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, and Mary Beth Boyle.

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