Young Annie and biker boyfriend Buddy are hopelessly in love and planning to run away from her cruel and overbearing father, who keeps an eye on her every move. Their plans are cut tragically short, however, when the family’s unhinged caretaker Clint shoots Buddy dead as he arrives on the property under the cover of night. Years later, Annie, now an old reclusive, continues to pine after her lost love, even practicing magic rituals in an attempt to bring him back. Eventually, one day after suffering ridicule and harassment from some local teens, she decides to end her own life. Coming to the farm in the wake of her aunt’s passing, Annie’s niece Hillie soon learns from reading her diary that Annie actually believed she’d been able to resurrect Buddy. Sure enough, when some of the youths responsible for driving her aunt to take her own life show up looking to cause trouble, a mysterious figure in biker gear appears and begins picking them off one by one. Has Buddy risen from the dead to avenge his dearly departed?
(Available as part of Vinegar Syndromes Homegrown Horrors Volume 3.)
An up until recently insanely obscure slasher, this one plays all the right notes both in regional late 20th century American filmmaking and the slashe movie givens that were set in stone by the time this was released. A surprisingly enjoyable watch. The director went on to make the somewhat less obscure slasher Moonstalker.
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