SISTERS OF DEATH

Sisters of Death Movie Review

Seven years after they accidentally kill one of their pledges, five sorority girls accept a mysterious invitation to a party. They all arrive to a seemingly empty house surrounded by an electric fence, but decide to party on anyway. They soon discover the father of the woman they killed sent the invitation, and he's out for revenge! My first thought was "who on earth would accept an invitation without knowing the sender, not being familiar with the house, and knowing the only other attendees will be every other girl that was there when the accidental homicide took place? Furthermore, seeing the house is surrounded by an electrical fence, they continue on on?", but then I remembered they were sorority chicks and it all made sense.

"We're TOTALLY ready to party!"

This movie was shot in 1972, not released until 1977, and almost has a made-for-television film that was a little ahead of its time feel, which is to say it is a little bloody for a 1970's TV movie, but is very tame compared to many similar movies of that decade. Most of the deaths take place off camera, and we see the results of some, reactions of others, and a couple in particular are just left to our imagination. What is probably most interesting about the method of revenge from the father is that he doesn't stalk his victims over the course of one night like we are used to; instead, he allows the captives (there are also two guys along for the ride, but their roles in the story are minimal) to roam freely about the mansion and outside it, taking his time with them. This also plays out as a mystery, as we find one of the girls is a mole...

Not THIS mole

...so part of the fun of watching this one is trying to figure out who is working with the father--I thought it was pretty easy to pick her out, but it was a nice touch to the story. The final showdown is actually fairly intense as well, and may have you questioning what you think you know about what has happened so far, and the final scene is a little shocking--I thought to myself if this happens, it would be a good way to end the movie, and sure enough, that's the direction they went in! So this one does have some twists and turns, but the rest of it is rather brutal. The acting is bad, the sound rough, and the directing and camera work are atrocious, though the ever-popular boom mike does drop in for a while to provide an unintentional laugh. The stupidity of many of the characters is inexplicable, and the movie really takes a while to regain traction after the first scene. That's a lot to sit through, but the ending kind of makes it worth it. Sisters of Death is not a movie you will want to spend hours trying to track down, but if you're on the couch with nothing better to do and you come across it, give it a shot.

On A Scale Of One To Ten: 5

Sisters of Death Movie Review