Mountaintop Motel Massacre

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Summary: A real chiller from the 80's!
Review: Although it is not the best technically made movie, the setting and the plot is so lurid it makes it really scary, especially on a rainy night. The characters provide creepiness and at times corny humor that is reminiscent of a 70's B-movie. Five stars for the effect that it creates which is mysterious,eerie,and a touch of campy humor.

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Summary: What a waste of time!
Review: At first glance Mountaintop motel massacre looks decent, a little tragic but watchable. Boy was I wrong. Nothing could prepare me for how terrible it was. It delivers terrible acting, no structure and nothing to grab your attention. The story in theory is quite good, but instead it has been butchered into a poor, depressing movie. I wouldn't even recommend this movie if you were bored and pulling your hair out. Avoid!

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Summary: Mountaintop Motel Massacre
Review: Cheesy 80's drive-in feature starring Anna Chappell as Evelyn Chambers, a recently released mental patient who is the owner of the Mountaintop Motel, a rundown motel in the backwoods of a small town. After she accidentally kills her daughter, Evelyn is sparked by voices who tell her to kill every guest that stays at the motel in the future - and now the survivors who have noticed the many deaths occuring, must fight for their lives as the crazy old bat continues her rage on everyone. Complete with creepy atmosphere but essentially bad acting and a bad script, this film is slightly enjoyable for the main fact that it's so corny. Some of the acting is alright, most notably from Major Brock I believe it is, who plays Crenshaw. It's extremely bad, but very funny and sometimes very creepy.

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Summary: I loved it! Truly a rare B-Rated classic!
Review: First of all, i liked the story. It was original and interesting all through the movie. The actors kept me in suspecnce and laughing at a few moments. Great story, Great setting and alot of chills!

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Summary: Drive-in cheese classic on DVD at last!!!
Review: I admit it: I love cheesy slasher flicks, the cheesier the better; and this movie is one [heck] of a Velveeta fix. But, it also has some really creepy atmosphere that redeems it somewhat. Mad hotel owner Evelyn knocks off her guests with a hand scythe during a rainstorm; bad acting and hokey gore ensue. It will always be one of my favorite slashers, and anyone reading a review for a movie called "Mountaintop Motel Massacre" knows what they're getting and should be delighted.Now, on to the DVD: Anchor Bay has done an amazing job on this disc. I have both the DVD and VHS versions, and the transfer here is remarkable compared just to the AB VHS version (god knows what the old 80's release looks like compared to this). Colors are strong, and the sound is great. This is best the film has ever looked, and it's in widescreen to boot. The trailer is great, almost good enough to overlook the lack of other extras (hey, Madman got a commentary- why not this one?). But Anchor Bay gets the most praise from me for keeping the original poster for its cover. It's slightly altered, but it keeps all the good stuff. "Please do not disturb Evelyn. She ALREADY is." Heaven :)

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Summary: I yawned more than 1000 times during my viewing of this!
Review: I have mixed feelings after watching this movie. I like it but not as much as other 80's drive-in exploitation. I can't help but feel that it feels like an incomplete movie with a non-ending that implies that the daughter who is killed at the beginning is haunting the motel. The movie feels very inconclusive and from the beggining you never get a good idea of what the hell the daughter is about anyway. Except for maybe that she is obviously practicing witchcraft of some sort. The old woman who does all the killing is just not bizarre enough for my tastes. She should have been a real freak. Her idea of tortuing her guests by putting rats in their rooms is kinda weak. This film is fun but it's not that fun.

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Summary: Very Seventies, very Long, very something...
Review: I have mixed feelings after watching this movie. I like it but not as much as other 80's drive-in exploitation. I can't help but feel that it feels like an incomplete movie with a non-ending that implies that the daughter who is killed at the beginning is haunting the motel. The movie feels very inconclusive and from the beggining you never get a good idea of what the hell the daughter is about anyway. Except for maybe that she is obviously practicing witchcraft of some sort. The old woman who does all the killing is just not bizarre enough for my tastes. She should have been a real freak. Her idea of tortuing her guests by putting rats in their rooms is kinda weak. This film is fun but it's not that fun.

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Summary: I yawned more than 1000 times during my viewing of this!
Review: I have seen many cheesy horror flicks before but none as bad as this one. I watched this with my cousin and we were quite disappointed with everything about it - the acting, the storyline, the music and sound etc. I was even turned off by the fact that the woman on the front cover wasn't even Evelyn! I often wonder why people even bothered to make this movie.
It is just plain bad.

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Summary: Evelyn's Been Busy...
Review: Just to give you an idea of the rather skewed reviews of many movie critics: In the most recent Video Watchdog Movie Guide, Headless Eyes, another cheesy, bloody, even more obscure potboiler, was given at least a single bone, while this silly but undeniably entertaining masterpiece was given a prompt WOOF!
This isn't Spielberg. This is an offering from the realm of baby budgets and unseasoned, often artless actors (or relatives of the producers, perhaps). But a few things set this lovely little cheese-out apart from other fatuous horror flicks. First, the killer: In this case, instead of some tall, beefy, masked sociopath with a knife, we have a middleaged/elderly woman with a hand scythe. Second, the setting makes one genuinely uneasy: A tenebrous wood and a slatternly series of shacks, masquerading as a motel. The "protagonist" (Hey, even murderers need some respect at the end of a hard day) is especially freaky, stout and lurid with her sickle, mowing down unwitting customers; these customers are singularly ridiculous, from the preacher who, knowing that murder is afoot, confronts Evely advancing on him with her trusty scythe with the question: "Evelyn, how'd you get in here?" This movie is like a pond: There is a delicate, precarious symbiosis between the utterly absurd and truly unsettling. Consider this a stylish gore camp classic, and you will hit upon the abstract of almost every review you've read so far (including mine). I still love it after several viewings.

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Summary: They should have called this: MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL BORE!
Review: MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL BORE would have been a better name.
I am into these old, 70/80s horror flicks (POLTERGEIST TRILOGY,
THE OMEN), and I was expecting this film to be great.
However, this movie was a great disappointment.
An old lady goes slightly insane, killing her daughter's pets and then eventually her daughter. After this, she opens up her own little motel where she is at full insanity and begins hiding out underneath the floors and coming up to hack every guests.
This movie is too long and boring. The acting is terrible, which I expected because the cast members have never been heard of.
The story is weak and I'd say that this movie is just plain [junk].

Trust me, go rent a POLTERGEIST movie. This movie is horrible.