I first saw this in the late 80's on a rented vhs.
As a kid in the 80s, the creepy vhs cover enticed me into renting this movie without any knowledge about the director. Revisted it recently.
The main problem in this flick is the sheer tons of stupidity n the rubber mask.
It does boasts of lots of horror veterans, Mimsy Farmer, John Stiener, Ivan Rassimov, David Hess, Bruce Penhall and Charles Napier.
The best thing going for Body Count is the location which is definitely one of the pulling factors.
The mountainous woodlands are a sight to see and have a very alienating feel that tells you that you are never safe, no matter if its daylight or night.
The mountain pass, the lake n the woods r serene but creepy cos of the desolation.
Most of the kills happen in broad daylight, which i am a fan of. I hate darkly lit scenes, flickering lights n shaking cam stuff.
When i saw this for the first time in the late 80s, i enjoyed the nudity n found the kills very brutal but didn't noticed the stupidities.
Lemme point out some stupid stuff:
1)A girl is attacked by a fella n later she finds her boyfriend covered in blood but rather than running straight out in the open, she lies down on a bed...
2) A girl witnesses her boyfriend tumble down a mountain but rather checking on him or running to a populated place, she enters an abandoned bathhouse n removes her clothes....
3) The killer manages to convince a dead girl's boyfriend by jus wearing a wig. How the killer got the wig, how the killer assumed that the dead girl's boyfriend wont be able to recognize the difference in the body is beyond me. To top it all, the boyfriend ain't able to differentiate between a man n a woman's body structure.....
4) A doctor is somehow able to tell a story about a murder so fluently as if he witnessed the incident. That too, the doc tells this story to a cop who looks completely lost.....
5) The toy's significance is a big wtf....
6) The husband is aware of the wife's infidelity but he goes on with his life n his wierd obsession with the shaman n traps....
7) As audiences we r never explained how many similar masks r readily available whenever the killer wants to strike n that too outta nowhere..
8) And what's with the growling sound....
