Review of Unhinged

Unhinged (1982)
5/10
Underrated Slasher Flick
1 May 2007
The Plot Three teenage girls are on their way to a concert when they crash with their car. They wake up in a big mansion where a woman and her crippled mother lives, far away from any civilization. It soon becomes more and more obvious to the girls that not everything is as it should be, but will they be able to get out of the house before it's too late.

I actually ended up liking this movie, it's not your typical Slasher movie, in fact, even though the body count is quite low and the action doesn't quite kick until the final ten minutes, I was constantly glued to my TV screen watching as it kept me intrigued through the whole thing especially the strange bond between the mother and daughter living there.

This movie may not be very gory but it's so much more than just a teenage slasher movie this actually has an interesting story to it, the best thing about Unhinged is the surprise twist ending. I'm usually great at predicting how horror movies - especially slashers, end, but this time I was just blown away.

The three girls in this movie are all very attractive especially the lead heroine Terry played by the gorgeous Laurel Munson, pity they can't act, Janet Penner who played the daughter Marion Penrose who was kind hearted and was clearly the most interesting character in the movie and the cruel hateful mother played by Virginina Settle was just odd and what's with that weird trance thing with the 2 metal cups.

All in all Unhinged is more of a psycho drama than a gory slasher flick which was still entertaining, and plus watch out for the shock ending.
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