I found this flick at a convention for less than 1 euro on "The Company Motion Pictures" label. The bar-code started with 87 so I knew it was a Dutch label. They brought out some hard to get titles on DVD but they were just some VHS rips with unremovable subs of course. Nevertheless, I have seen this DVD going up to 30£ on ebay. The other strange part of this movie is that it was made by a director, Peter Manoogian, not well known but he was second unit director on a lot of horror flicks (The Slayer and Galaxy Of Terror) so he surely know his stuff. Another strange thing is that this is still OOP but contain some actors that had fame in 1987. Ray Parker Jr. was known for Ghostbusters (1984), Gary Frank for a lot of roles in series of the 80's, Jan-Michael Vincent for his lead role in the Airwolf series (1984) and Tony Todd is notable here in one of his first roles just before breaking through as a horror icon best known for The Candyman (1992) franchise. The flick itself never bored me, you just keep watching how they will survive the attack of the Vampire gang. It's also especially worth looking at in the beginning for the atmosphere of NY. I was there around that time and saw 42nd at the end of its glory, I even stayed at a hotel just between the grindhouses. Years later (90's) I went back, everything was gone. Anyway, it's low budget, look at the storyline, look at shadows from crew, look after 5 minutes into the film and see the microphone appearing in-camera. It happens a few times, the location is for almost 85 minutes the same, so it surely get's that drive-in feeling. It doesn't look like a flick from the end of the 80's. The effects are cheap, it's normal that it didn't got a proper release but still, worth watching for exploitation, grindhouse fans, if you can find it...
Review of Enemy Territory
