Alien Zone (1978)

Alien Zone (1978)
aka: Last Stop on 13th St, The House of the Dead
Director: Sharron Miller
Writer: David O'Malley
Country: USA Runtime: 89 min Soundtrack: Stan Worth as Stan V. Worth
Cast: John Ericson, Ivor Francis, Judith Novgrod, Burr DeBenning
A man who is having an affair with a married woman is dropped off on the wrong street when going back to his hotel. He takes refuge out of the rain when an old man invites him in. He turns out to be a mortician, who tells him the stories of the people who have wound up in his establishment over the course of four stories.

During a stormy night a sales rep who is having an affair with a married woman ends up being dropped off in the wrong area, and gets invited in from the storm by a mortician. The mortician tells him four tales based on the lives of the bodies in his funeral palor.The first story concerns school teacher Miss Sibiler, who gets victimized in her home by a group of party masked kids, when the children eventually take off their masks she relizes they're monsters. The second helping follows a lonely man who securs dates with various women, on bringing them back to his appartment, he murders them while filming. The third tale is about a world famous inspector from scotland yard named McDowal, he observes a US detective has he tries to solve a case concerning a killer who sends anonimous letters before he stalks. It turns out the Englishman isn't all he seems. The final tale follows rich self important businessman Den Cantwell, being trapped in an elevator shaft within a empty building. He's slowly fed wine, untill he becomes a bum.At the end we learn the mortician is really a death type character who is there to pick up the sales rep, because he's been shot by the husband of the woman he's been cheating with.

I'm not sure what the hell went on with this anthology horror, or why its mostly known as Alien Zone, its either been cut to ribbens or never contained science fiction or alien themes. It all feels like something is missing, the second story especially feels unfinished. I must be honest the segment with the masked kids, has a slightly creepy atmosphere, but I'd avoid the hell out of it.

Themes Included: Clown Mask ● Shower Stalking ● Filmed Death

Cultdb Totals
[Rated 2½ out of 10]
[Deathcount 6]
[Gorequota 1/10]
[Boobquota 0/10]