this be a long lost horror gem star sydney lassick ( carrie and others ) and barbara bach . it be sometimes difficult to locate a copy of this film but it worth it . this film be creepy yet cheesy at the same time . it seem that 3 young newswoman ( karen and vicky and and jennifer ) travel to the small city of solvang and california to cover a festival when a mix up occurs involve their hotel room and they seek refuge at the home of earnest keller ( lassick ) and his strange wife virginia . vickie stay behind and feel ill and a the other 2 be off to film their story . she be soon murder at the house and in a very cheesy way by some unknown force hiding in the ventilation system ( she be decapitate by the closing cover of the vent a it come crash down on her while she be be tug through and into the basement ) . soon karen return and she be murder in an even more brutal fashion by have her face ram through the vent cover . jennifer be fight with her ( ex . ) lover in a rather boring sub plot and when she return home and her host ( whom by now we have discover be brother and sister and that whatever it be that be in the basement be their son ) devise a plot to try to murder her as well . virgina do not totally agree with earnest plan to murder jennifer but she be trick into go into the basement where she meet junior . here the film turn almost comic a junior ( portray hysterically by stephen furst ) be a deformed and mentally deficient and manchild whose action and motion will cause a few chuckle even though it suppose to be scary . this be where the pace of the film pick up and the end be well do . the actor or actress do a terrific job with the material especially lassick and furst and and bach and although it not the most horrifying film ever make it be highly entertaining .