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      The film hardly makes sense as lots of hands were in the final product of this movie. John Watergate and his Co-star and future wife Kalassu originally intended the film to be a simple spoof of the horror genre. Instead the film has moments of slick imagery. One girl takes a shower and begins to hallucinate. When she stares in the mirror she is a gargoyle. Then she appears back to normal. On top of this objects in the house randomly attack the playmatesque bimbos. Other than the select moments of gore the film is just filled with inane but quirky dialogue and one invisible apparition attack after another. 

      The film might not make a lot of sense but I’ll admit that most of the cast is likable. Still no matter what how many goofball tactics the film is only for lovers of inexplicable cheese. John Wintergate basically rolls around the sack with a bunch of girls and does his best with the haunted house genre. He also uses a William Castle tactic by showing a black gloved warning across the screen whenever a kill sequence popped up. 

      After a second watch I was baffled that I didn’t see who the killer was, which further proves why this film doesn’t make sense. The house in haunted, there is a killer amongst the group, there’s a rapist ex boyfriend subplot, pitch black night sequences that further blur the movie but the carefree boobies and Kalussu’s sexy see through wet gown made the experience memorable as well as fun. Kalussu was also funny in the movie as she was willing to scream her lungs out. In one scene Jim walks into the room and randomly tells Kalussu’s character Victoria “I heard Pam’s mad at you” and she dryly replies “I’m just sick and tired of her crap, that’s all.”  Obviously ad-libbed or purposely filler dialog is the name of the game.

      It’s stupid and fun but I can’t wholeheartedly recommend a movie that didn’t give me closure in terms of entertainment. If you’re a horror completist you may want to get your hands on this film as it is supposedly the first shot on video horror film. John Wintergate obviously didn’t try to make a masterpiece. He used his resources quite well and he knew how to sell sex as well as poke fun at the telekinetic. The ending makes no sense and it goes really overboard. The film is groundbreaking and zany but it’s not good at all. You’ll have some fun and you’ll see some blood but if you showed this to a non-genre fan they would laugh. This is strictly for horror fanboys and cheese collectors. I won’t deny the drive and good intentions of John Wintergate but the story is all over the place. So are the ladies and nipple slips so you know what mattered more. The 80’s music by star Kalassu and 33 1/3 & Jonama was satisfying and mirrored the decade the film takes place in 

      The DVD comes with Audio Commentary that is very informative as it fully decribes the conception, setbacks and history of “Boardinghouse”. The commentary is moderated by Lee Christian and Jeff McCay, who are both historians of the film. John Wintergate, Kalassu and their kid get in on the action. Other than that there is an equally informative and enthusiastic interview with John Wintergate and Kalassu. They seem like a sweet couple and more importantly for the viewer they were proud of their accomplishment. Regardless of my borderline negative review, I am always happy to see someone fulfilled with their work. I sensed that it wasn’t all payday with them and that they wanted to be creative. Code Red Trailers round off the special features. I will say that Code Red deserves a lot of credit for putting the number of obscure films from the 80's that fans have been talking about for years.

-Note