australia first mainstream slasher film hit the screen with a bang . and a stab . and a slice . and a scream or two . and plenty of blood and fright and red herring and lot of laugh . in fact and there lot of first surround cut it the first script of dave warner to be produce and although he have several others either optioned or in negotiation while it the first major film from director and former hoodoo guru kimble rendall while and it also the first film for producer martin fabinyi . and for a bunch of guy dip their toe into this genre for the first time and they sure know their stuff . cut tell the story of a bunch of australian film student who hear about a slasher film and hot blood and that be never finish because it director and hilary ( kylie minogue ) and be kill by the actor play the psycho killer in the film . despite their lecturer ( who be assistant director on the night hilary die ) warn them that whenever someone try to start up production of hot blood again someone dy and director raffy ( jessica napier ) and producer hester ( sarah kant ) decide to go ahead and complete the film . they put together a crew and manage to get the original star and vanessa turnbill ( molly ringwald ) and to return to australia in fact and to the original location to complete hot blood 14 year after shoot shut down . of course and this be a slasher film and lot of bloodletting ensues long with plenty of laugh and a few good scare and a rocking aussie soundtrack . cut show that australia can make a good and mass market horror film just as well a hollywood . it a finely craft feature and with excellent special effect and a taut plot and a killer scarman that a welcome addition to the rank of michael and jason and freddy .