Bloody New Year (1987)

Bloody New Year: Directed by Norman J. Warren. With Suzy Aitchison, Nikki Brooks, Daniel James, Mark Powley. A group of friends take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it’s early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them.

“Teenagers?? The actors look like they are well into their 20u0026#39;s, if not older! A group of u0026quot;teensu0026quot; find themselves in a spot of bother at the seaside when their boat starts to sink and they swim to the nearest island. Here there is a seemingly deserted hotel, stuck in a time warp of New Yearu0026#39;s Eve 1959. Ghastly things start to happen to them, one by one.nPlot wise I felt able to follow it, despite being a load of nonsense. On the negative side the acting was very wooden, as mentioned before the actors look much older than teenagers, the special effects are cheap looking and it has an obvious low budget feel and look to it. On the positives some of it was filmed at Barry Island seaside resort, a place that I have visited several times and it was nice to see how it used to look. Among the effects are a few clever tricks, such as an arm coming out of a mirror and pulling a victim inside. The British VHS comes in a terrific, 3D box. The picture quality isnu0026#39;t great, not sure if it has ever been released on DVD/BR but deserves to be. Not Warrenu0026#39;s best film and not the best film to watch on NYE either but reasonably entertaining if you like bad movies.”