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The Alien Factor <\/strong>– 1978, US, 80m. Director: Don Dohler. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghostkeeper<\/strong> – 1981, Canada, 89m. DirectorL: Jim Makichuk. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swingers Massacre<\/strong> – 1974, US, 100m. Director: Ronald Victor Garcia. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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THE ALIEN FACTOR<\/em><\/strong> (1978)<\/em> Inhabitants of a small town are stalked and maimed by a trio of stranded aliens that have crash landed in the nearby woods. Shotgun-toting hicks venture out to look for a missing friend and come face to face with one of the insect-like extraterrestrials that kills the humans within a few seconds. A friendly alien arrives in the form of a man to track and capture the rampaging beasties and discovers the murderous aliens were part of an intergalactic specimen convoy that got lost in transit before crashing to Earth. No-budget monster movie auteur Don Dohler’s first feature film is a wonder of inept backyard filmmaking, but much like the director’s later efforts, The Alien Factor<\/em> is hypnotically entertaining\u2014and would make a good double feature with Dohler’s own semi-remake, Nightbeast <\/em>(1982). B<\/strong>–<\/p>\n\n\n

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GHOSTKEEPER<\/em><\/strong> (1981) <\/em>Three boring friends on a boring snowmobile excursion find themselves stranded in an abandoned ski lodge in this boring Canadian hodgepodge that borrows heavily from The Sentinel<\/em> and The Shining<\/em>. The characters are forced to spend the night in the lodge unaware that the place is occupied by an old woman (Georgie Collins) and her sons\u2014one of whom kills the travelers and uses their bodies as a food source for his disfigured brother who’s locked away in the basement. Throats are slashed and torsos are impaled until the last woman standing (Riva Spier) discovers she’s next in a long line of human guardians who must protect the population from the Wendigo, a cannibalistic spirit that is currently being kept at bay within the cellar-dwelling brother. Stiffly acted and flatly directed\u2014don’t be surprised if this one puts you to sleep. C<\/strong>–<\/p>\n\n\n

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SWINGERS MASSACRE<\/em><\/strong> (1974) <\/em>(AKA: Inside Amy<\/em>) A lustful divorce lawyer (James R. Sweeney) brings his uptight wife (Jan Mitchell) to a swingers party where she becomes the star attraction\u2014and he’s left with blue balls and jealous rage. The experience turns Sweeney impotent, fueling his psychosis and psychopathic urges, which he ultimately takes out on the men from the party. He straps two of them to the front seats of their cars and pumps in exhaust fumes. A detective asks the wife of one of the victims if her husband was involved in a homosexual suicide pact, to which the cop adds, “We’re living in the land of fruits and nuts.” (And that’s the best scene in the movie!) Sweeney continues his massacre while thoughts of his wife’s newfound sexuality run through his mind, culminating in Sweeney taking a sniper rifle to the man who called Mitchell an animal in the sack. Swingers Massacre<\/em> is ugly, and not just because of the early seventies fashions. The screenplay is humorless and the characters are not worth giving a damn about, making the production feel like a pro-monogamy message movie, or an anti-feminism vehicle. Either way, the viewer loses. D<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Alien Factor – 1978, US, 80m. Director: Don Dohler. Ghostkeeper – 1981, Canada, 89m. DirectorL: Jim Makichuk. Swingers Massacre – 1974, US, 100m. Director: Ronald Victor Garcia. THE ALIEN FACTOR (1978) Inhabitants of a small town are stalked and maimed by a trio of stranded aliens that have crash landed in the nearby woods. … <\/p>\n

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