Nightmare Sisters (1988)
Direct from the Fangarian Cauldron, I pull forth the classic brew called, 'Nightmare Sisters.' Now as the RiffTrax Crew probably knows from riffing such classics as 'The Dark Power,' 'Rock and Roll Nightmare,' and 'Fever Lake,' the late-80s/early-90s brought forth some really horrible films. Nightmare Sisters happens to be one which is hilarious on the front that it was spoofing the whole 'exorcist/possession' craze which was hitting the horror scene.
1) The typical, inexplicable plot: The story first begins with a woman visiting a local medium (Omar), to find out what happened to her husband. Omar uses a crystal ball (no really, a crystal ball) to contact the spirit world, there while channeling the dead husband, Omar accidentally unleashes a demon within that pulls his head off. Years later, in a sorority house (which was somehow where Omar's place once stood, yeah, I know this was the late-80s) three hefty woman have dates with the local frat boys. As normal, the frat boys have the typical, snotty bullies, and they must sneak out to go on their date. After some mishaps, one of the girls happens to find the ominous crystal ball, and they all decide to have a seance (yeah, because THAT'S ALWAYS a good idea). As you'd expect, Omar's head appears and tricks the girls into touching the crystal ball. Suddenly after some odd special effects, the woman are instantly transformed into hot babes, but something's not quite right as they now want to do their dates in the most possible way. Meanwhile the jerks realize the frat boys have escaped, and they secretly decide on snatching the frats, taking their dates in the process. Unfortunately, these girls are now demons who drains men's souls by... well, you'll have to see the film to believe it... and the jerks get theirs while the frat boys discover what has happened and must find a way to free their girlfriends' from this possession.
2) Bad costuming/acting: Of course, bad acting was always course for the par in these films, as it seems the actors are just saying their lines in a most cliched way. However, the worst costuming comes from the women themselves, and I don't mean after they become hot babes, but before, as you can sort of tell they're wearing bodysuits throughout the first part. It's most apparent when an incident causes one of the girls to fall on the young men. Even funnier is when these demon-girls attack, they just show them with horrible faces, darting their tongues in an out for the most part. Funniest is how the jerk guys react when they're attacked. Rather hilarious as well as the effect of what happens to them.
3) Inexplicable ending of this film. Normally when I suggest a Riff, I rarely give away endings, but this is one which will make Mike, Bill and Kevin scratch their heads in question. Mainly because when the boys do manage to exorcise the demons from the girls, they don't die, nor revert back to normal, but remain in their new, sexy forms. Talk about a body shaming lesson to those overweight women out there.
Overall, Nightmare Sisters was a hilarious film for the fact that the story is goofy enough to make you wonder how this got produced in the first place, and how the guys had to keep a straight face when the demon girls make that reaction (with odd sound sting) before attacking them. This would make an excellent VOD to have for a filler while we wait for the recent 2015 Live Shows to go on VOD. And apparently the film is now public domain since you can see it on YouTube... here it is for your perusal.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ3F1LJwQec Enjoy, RiffTrax
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Fangarius commented
Correction on my description, one woman is hefty, blame my memory... the other two are less than attractive, while one is nerdy.. sorry about that.