bill crain rare than rare lasher movie certainly doesn not follow the standard stalk and slash guideline that have become so essential of it counterpart . the bogeyman this time around us grenade and small arm as well a an awesome array of melee weapon while a sin that virtually unacceptable in most post halloween genre piece . but there still just enough familiarity to keep slasher buff from check the rule book and the plot never stray too far from the path that you have grow to expect . just a wally koz surprisingly decent 555 be seemingly put together with help from various member of his family and mirage seem to have be a joint production from relative of the director . look through the credit i notice numerous crains list in key position throughout the construction of the feature . but despite fairly good distribution across the globe and the movie fail to make an impression either side of the atlantic and now it have become pretty much a phantom of the vhs market . nevertheless this only make it appeal to me even more and so i strain my resource to track a copy down it all take place in the middle of the dessert and which a i be sure you will agree be hardly the most exciting location . with that say though and i must admit that there certainly go to be no chance of any nosey john q law turn up unexpectedly . four undeniably beautiful youngster head out into the sand for a night of debauchery and frolic that always seem to rub homicidal maniac the wrong way . chris ( jennifer mcallister ) and her boyfriend greg ( kenny johnson ) meet up with amuse new age hippy trip ( kevin mcparland ) and mary ( nicole anton ) at a make shift camp site in the midst of the dune like wilderness . greg old brother kyle ( todd schaefer ) and his buxom girlfriend bambi ( laura albert ) soon turn up to join the body count applicant in their quest for an early grave . kyle use to date chris before his younger brother take the liberty of steal his squeeze something that kyle doesn not seem too keen to forget . sound like a motive for a massacre . well what do you expect . before long an unseen someone drive a truck with tinted window join the gathering with a unique set of trick up his sleeve . will any of the kid survive to turn up for a sequel . i have have trouble track down any information at all about this feature . i do not even know if director bill crain be aka william crain the man behind midnight fear and blacula among others . mirage certainly doesn not appear on his official filmography and so your guess be as good a mine . judging by the credible work behind the camera and i would have to say that i find it hard to believe that this be the debut of a man with no previous cinematic experience . the film be stylishly photograph with some superb work from dp michael crain and and the director boast a credible talent for building suspense when it necessary . r. christopher biggs gore fx be imaginatively create and gruesome and and kudos to the sleepy head over at the bbfc who inexplicably let this pas through uncut on a usually stringent 18 rating . a couple of the murder be indeed extremely macabre . one guy get bury up to his neck in sand before come face to face with a grenade and while another end up literally legless after loose a battle with a chain and a pick up truck . there also some black humor that surely unintentional . we spend the majority of the feature see only the killer boot a he step out of his vehicle and stalk the youngster . but when he reveal to hilariously resemble keanu reef circa bill and ted bogus journey and i do not quite know what to expect . thankfully crain know exactly how to keep thing creepy and the showdown be particularly mean spirit a the psycho taunt chris sadistically . there be some surprisingly good performance on display from an extremely inexperienced cast . the divine jennifer mcallister do a superb job a the heroine and b. g. steer portray off his rocker dementia with finesse . the cast director choose wisely to pick some of the most beautiful female ever slaughter in slasher cinema and it gratefully doesn not come at the cost of thespian potential . the soundtrack work well to build the desolate atmosphere of isolation and which be carefully handle by a director that should have be sign and nurture by hollywood bigwig . watch out for the superb nightmare sequence that be truly horror film making at it freaky . mirage be a good late entry to the cycle that be somewhat unfortunate to miss a boom year place amongst the slasher elite . when you consider that this be make with just a cast of seven and a pick up truck and you have to say that they do a damn good job . the flaw be numerous and but never detract credibility from the net result . unfortunately you have probably get more chance of find liquid gold in your coffee mug than you have of ever track down a copy . if you see this one cover in dust on the top shelf of your local video store and then make sure you pick it up . recommend .