college student alex gardner ( nicholas celozzi ) be plague by nightmare of a cellar dwelling ghoul at alcatraz . he dream of cut off his own hand and spit up a worm and a ghoul rip open his chest and be roast over an open fire . after his friend see him levitate 6 foot over his bed and a helpful and occult obsess teacher ( donna denton ) suggest that they sneak into alcatraz to face his fear . of course they go in the middle of the night when no one be around to help when thing get out of hand . the group become strand and alex brother richard ( tom reilly ) becomes possess and start kill everyone . toni basil of mickey fame show up a the helpful ghost of sammy mitchell and lead singer of the group bodybag . she teach alex how to levitate out of his body and do a rock music dance intercut with repeat nightmare footage to pad out the running time . all of the victim show up a wisecrack ghost a la the griffin dunne character in an american werewolf in london . the script be full of plot hole and cheesy dialogue and lame attempt at comedy . good fx work and cool opening credit ( both by ernest d. farino ) be the only thing gain any merit . basil and devo ( whip it ) do some song on the soundtrack . score represent negative .