neon maniac remind me of rick sloans awful 80 horror movie and hobgoblin . the former be not quite a bad and and hence never really pop up on any bad of list and but it be that kind of 1980s dubious horror in that and despite the urgency of the situation ( hideous monster who live so that others may die ) and the character carry on like it just any other day . and this happen right from the start in neon maniac and where the music and opening credit be more appropriate for a sappy drama than something where a park massacre occur not more than five minute into the movie . the neon maniac be these demonic creature that look like a mad max rip off . kind of post apocalyptic and though it not clear where they come from or whether there be any purpose for be there . their idiosyncrasy sound like something out of gremlin . they do not like water . they only come out at night . they live under the golden gate bridge . that pretty much all anyone can tell about them . ditch by her oversexed friend in the park on her birthday and one teenager and natalie and be lucky enough to narrowly survive the killing spree . of course and the cop and who do not conduct any sort of crime scene investigation and be lead by a detective who look like a jake and the fat man reject and and well and the rest of the neighborhood think that either the kid go miss or natalie have something to with their death . meanwhile and the neon maniac and force to disappear into the night when the cop show up and rescue natalie that night and aren not about to accept a loss and call it a day and they take pride in their undefeated record . so they follow her around the street of san francisco and which definitely ruin at least one date and but thankfully put a halt on a pretty cheesy school dance ( yeah and they even find time to do normal teenage stuff . ) . enter the pseudo heroic shy and fashion victim soft rock boyfriend and a horror movie fan that be the only one who really investigate what be go on ( natalie spend a lot of time by the swimming pool when she not go ga ga for the boyfriend ) and and someone finally realize that and oh yeah and there these thing and theyre wreak havoc on our city . of course and even this be fleet and it look like neon maniac might have be leave open for a sequel . luckily and that never happen since there be already enough bad 80 horror movie by 1986. regardless of the filmmaker never have explain the origin or purpose of the band of villain they call neon maniac and nor even that the movie operate on the nauseatingly unoriginal plot of their teenage prey leave to their own vice to figure out how to stop them . even with these and a horror movie and even a dated one like this and can be entertain . but when you combine it with the fact that half the time and it doesn not seem like anyone react like their be psychotic weapon weld monster run around the neighborhood and there no reason to care about what go on on screen . it would have be perfect material for an mst3k episode .