Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1986)

This is a really good cheesy 80's slasher movie

This is a really good cheesy 80's slasher movie. The cabins reminded me of Friday the 13th. I would definetely buy this movie if you are a fan of cheesy early 80's slasher movies. August 31, 2008

don't know if i should laugh or cry at this movie!!!!!

i say that because as bad as this is i hope they were really going for laughs and not chills because the thrills are just not there.
evelyn just got out of the nut house for killing people so she comes back to the motel of the title and starts killing again.
thats the whole movie,except that it goes like this for 90 min. or so and isn't near as exciteing as it sounds. the budget goes beyond low(looks like yhey had a $1.98 to spend and they didn't use the money on actors. really a waste of time! May 20, 2006

It's worth a watch.

good things]
The atmosphere in this movie is creepy, hazy and wet. The motel looks more like a run-down Camp Crystal Lake, which I am sure is purely intentional with the camp slasher craze of the early 80's. The soundtrack is cheap but adds to the creepy elemnt.
The plot is surely not unique, but but is is well done. Get a bunch of stranded people in one secluded place where the law can't help them and then kill them. The formula that worked with Friday The 13th 5 times.



[the bad]
The acting in this is absolutely HORRENDOUS! The make-up effects aren't much better. The story is good, but we know who the killer is from the first 5minutes of the movie on, which in my opinion took ALOT of suspense out of the movie.


[final thoughts]
I think this movie would have been so much better with a fatter budget, better acting and more of a "whodunit" mystery, but we had neither of that and the movie falls flat even though there is a valiant effort.
The D.V.D. doesn't give us any extras, and we all know that sucks.
January 3, 2006

"And get my ass killed by some old crazy white woman?!"

Where are the mountains at? This film is called MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL MASSACRE but yet there are no mountains, the "motel" appears to be nothing but some shacks in the woods and I had no idea a body count of seven equaled a massacre. But then again MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL MASSACRE is a little more eye-catching than WOODED SHACK INCIDENT.

Not the worst slasher movie of all time I give that honor to the agonizing AX'EM, but not the best either more like firmly in the middle or maybe a little higher if you find a frail old woman you could kill with one punch to be scary.

For slasher completist or the very bored only, no nudity, little blood, no scares and mediocre filmmaking.
November 4, 2005

Montaintop Motel Massacre

This is one of the worst horror films I've seen. I love it! If you like crappy films, this one's for you. Bad acting, horrible plot, what else can you ask for? December 14, 2004

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