Five couples head up to a cabin in the woods and frighten each other on a windy night with scary stories. "Moss Point Man" tells the familiar story of a couple on a date terrorized by a killer. "Green Light" is about three frat brothers enduring an initiation at an abandoned building thats second floor is supposedly haunted. And "Crazy Annie" covers a girl named Annie who is, well, crazy. This 70s anthology is pretty hard to find, but don't begin thinking it is some long lost classic. Shot entirely in Louisiana, the film isn't going to give TALES FROM THE CRYPT or ASYLUM any sleepless nights. The main problem is the stories just aren't very good, delivering more of a thud than a punch at the end of each one. The only inventive thing going on here is that the people telling the stories also play the different characters in them. The film's end - where a giant gust of wind kills everyone - is actually the best part of the film and pretty creepy. Look for a very young William Ragsdale (FRIGHT NIGHT) making his screen debut as a gas station attendant.
Review of Screams of a Winter Night
Screams of a Winter Night
(1979)
Wrap around is scarier than the actual stories
6 August 2009
Warning: Spoilers