Okay, this was one of those movies I rented (on VHS) when I was bored and thought I couldn't get much more so. Wrong. This movie will bore you silly. The whole things stinks of something that was dreamed up at a stoner party. The idea that a demonic imp is trapped in a bowling trophy and that once released it will take over the world with its female bowling minions ought to have some goofy appeal, but the whole thing is so ham-handed and clumsy that no effective comedic or satiric tone is ever struck. The movie fails as comedy, cheese, horror and as a result just doesn't engage the viewer on any level. The effects are unspecial, and the plot has no twists. It plays out just as you anticipate it would.
80s B-movie 'icon' Linnea Quigley has a good appearance here, but as usual she doesn't really give a performance. She just strikes a spunky note and carries on from there. It's an 'attitude role' rather than an acting one, although to be fair she was pretty good at this. Fantasy model Brinke Stevens appears here briefly but doesn't do anything much. The other performers are total no-talent nobodies, and even if there were any talent on display, the script gives them nothing to work with and the director cannot direct actors. Strictly for completists who have to see every grade-Z movie out there.
80s B-movie 'icon' Linnea Quigley has a good appearance here, but as usual she doesn't really give a performance. She just strikes a spunky note and carries on from there. It's an 'attitude role' rather than an acting one, although to be fair she was pretty good at this. Fantasy model Brinke Stevens appears here briefly but doesn't do anything much. The other performers are total no-talent nobodies, and even if there were any talent on display, the script gives them nothing to work with and the director cannot direct actors. Strictly for completists who have to see every grade-Z movie out there.