But what makes it so enjoyable is not the fact that we have seen it all before, it is how we get the feeling that film makers don't want us to take the film seriously, they just want us to sit back and enjoy. You can also see all of your favourite old school horror cliches, projectile vomit made of maggots, the pipes that bleed, the severed head that still talk even after they have been decapitated, the pool table that bleeds after it is cut and the perfect silhouettes of blood that splatter on the wall. Seems like everyone in the film knows that they are ripping off House on Haunted Hill, there is even a reference to Vincent Price in there somewhere. Back in 1979 there is everything you would expect to see in a blacksplotion flick, the afros, the sideburns, the stylish clothes and they even use phrases like 'kracker Saturday mourning special' and you know what? It's pretty darn funny.

Between the two settings everything seems to be played for laughs and it works wonderfully well. The present day scenes are a parody of new age fright flicks. The 1979 scenes seem to be knocking on blacksplotion flicks. We spend the entire film switching back and forth from 1979 to the present day. But if it's a horror movie your expecting you may be in for a little disappointment.

Sounds like a horror movie doesn't it? It even looks and feels like a horror movie. After a group of teens buy Jimmy's building and turn it into a dance club, his sprit is released and he goes on a bloody rampage, seeking revenge on his killers. Back in 1979 he ruled the street, now after his death, over twenty years later Jimmy Bones is still in charge. The name Jimmy Bones strikes fear into the hearts of all who hear it.

Wild Heat by Bella Andre