Blu-ray Review – Evils of the Night

"Evils of the Night" is co-writer/director Mardi Rustam's attempt to make a slasher film featuring teenage victims. Only here, there's a pronounced sci-fi element, and Rustam's depiction of adolescence appears to have originated from a magazine article on the demographic, basically paring down juvenile antics into two categories: having sex and not having sex. Oh sure, there are aliens and porn stars running around the movie, and the 1985 release is soaked in trends from era, keeping up with the competition as synth stings accompany bloodshed and bare breasts. Rustam may have a grander vision for the effort, but "Evils of the Night" is quite ridiculous in every way, which makes it an incredibly amusing bottom-shelf title that satisfies most requirements for sleaze and stupidity. There's just something appealing about space vampires and hornball kids relaxing at a local lake. This isn't a good movie by any stretch of the imagination, but it's charmingly absurd. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com