The Outing "The Lamp" (1987)

The Outing (The Lamp) is an American horror film directed by Tom Daley, written by Warren Chaney. In the year 1893 a young woman (Deborah Winters) wears a magical charmed bracelet is told that it holds the dark spirit of an evil genie, one that foretells the future of violent things. Fast forward to modern day, a gang of thieves, Harley (Hank Amico), Tony Greco (André Chimène) and Michelle Watkins as Faylene, are about to burglarize an old ladies house which turns out to be the young lady that owns the bracelet. Brutally murdering her with an axe to the face they then find an accompanying lamp. Now with the evil presence more rampant than ever, the evil genie is released and possesses the woman’s corpse to take revenge on the burglars. Afterwards as a detective surveys the crime scene an officer sends the lamp and bracelet along with the other evidence to display in the natural science museum. Now within the genies new home at the museum its new curator is being viewed by his new owner Dr. Bressling (Danny Daniels). While Dr. Wallace (James Huston) an archeologist and his daughter Alex (Andra Ivanyi) is visiting her father’s work, she eventually tries on the newly arrived bracelet shortly before an out of a fit of rage over an argument when she spouts “I wish you were dead!” she suddenly becomes unable to remove the bracelet. With the genie now taken possession of Alex she convinces her friends Babs’ (Damon Merrill), Ted (Scott Bankston) Ross (Barry Coffing), Gwen (Tracye Walker), Terry (Raan Lewis), Max (Brian Floores), to go on an “Outing” to spend the night there at the museum during a field trip there that her school goes to. The genie now more powerful than ever takes over more people and objects making artifacts take possession in the museum commit “acts of violence” alongside extreme gore, decapitations, possessions the outing has it all. Things take a turn for the worse and many more murders take place including Bob (Roy Wilson) an opera singing security guard (well deserved). When the genies true figure is revealed he chases Alex and her friends down corridors of the museum as help quickly arrives and together they try to destroy the evil genie. The film is a fun thrilled horror film closely related to “Wishmaster” and takes no boundaries too far, a classic 80’s horror flick with plenty of skin. The Outing (Aka the Lamp) is featured on a double feature as of last year by Scream! Factory and is accompanied by another horror film, The Godsend where a mysterious woman who has a baby that strangely ends up missing with suspensions that someone in that house may be a killer. Both are excellent movies and it’s a well purchased BluRay that can be bought from Scream! Factory or purchased on Amazon.

Night School Aka Terror Eyes (1981)

Night School Aka Terror Eyes is an American Slasher film directed by Ken Hughes and written by Ruth Avergon. The plot surrounds a series of decapitation of college coeds in Boston. Upon its release, England placed the film under the video nasty category. The film opens up with Anne Barron (Meb Boden) a teacher’s aide at a local daycare center in Boston, waits on a carousel with the last child to be picked up.  Suddenly, a mysterious assailant pulls up in a motorcycle and begins to circle around the carousel pulling out a kukri and decapitates Anne. Detective Judd Austin (Leonard Mann) is assigned to the case and discovers her head in nearby in a bucket of water. He finds out that she had been attending night classes at Wendall College where a series of similar acts of decapitation have been happening to coeds. Detective Austin and his partner Taj (Joseph Sicari) begin to suspect the murders may be linked to Professor Vincent Millett (Drew Snyder) who has a habit of getting too close with his students. Pulse raising chases, a killer wearing a motorcycle helmet and a meat clever and brutal decapitations stream throughout the film, keeping you guessing whether it could be Professor Millet or Eleanor Adjai (Rachel Ward) a foreign exchange student who also has close relationships with the students. Night School is a must see Thriller/Horror Film of the Slasher genre that’s a must see for any fan of the classics. Night School is available for purchase on DVD and available for streaming through Amazon.