Review of The House on Sorority Row (1982) by Jesse O — 23 Feb 2016

Honestly, this wasn't as cheesy as I was anticipating. That's pretty much the only reason I decided to watch this and because, while not what I would call a good movie, I actually enjoyed the remake, simply titled Sorority Row.

It was one of the few modern horror movies that hearkens back to the sort of 80s cheese that I wanted from this one. So yea, it was sort of weird that the 80s horror movie didn't have as much cheese as its 2009 remake.

The film isn't bad. Well I mean there's some bad moments and some hilariously terrible acting, but by and large the movie isn't really that bad. It's just a your typical slasher. I get why this film is a cult classic among fans of the genre, but part of me just didn't get that much into it.

I really have no idea why. I thought the film was well paced. There's a surprising lack of gore here. You do get some of it, but a lot of it is implied or you see a shadow's silhouette murdering someone else.

I thought the story progression was certainly more interesting than the one in the remake, with it involving a fertility treatment for the house mother 20 years after the events of the film that led to a child being born with deformities and also mentally underdeveloped.

That's more interesting than the remake that, really, played it straightforward in revealing who the actual killer was. But, other than that, I just don't know why I couldn't get into this film.

Maybe I just wasn't paying that much attention, I'd like to think that I was, but who knows? Maybe I should watch this movie again and it'll reveal its 'genius' to me. I probably won't do that.

It's also possible that, much like Friday the 13th Part 6, you need to watch this with a group of friends so you can laugh with or, most likely, at it. This is a fairly terrible review in all honesty, but this movie was slightly below average.

It just didn't really click for me as a cheesy horror movie. I'm sure it'll work for others, but it just didn't do much for me. It's not a bad movie, but I wouldn't really recommend it unless, again, you can get a group of your friends to drunkenly watch it with you.