Muerte en el desierto

Ah the 80's, its the decade that just keeps giving. In this case, late 80's. This is definitely a weird one and a good one. The horror element is subtle, its a kind of omni-present and foreboding kind of horror. It does not take long until the weird stuff starts happening which is something I appreciate with these sorts of movies.

Mark Singer plays Brad Mueller a bench pressing city slicker who loves to get out in the rough and do some hunting with his buds. Chuck Conners plays Stan Brown a weather beaten old timer who gets around with a pair of saddle horses. When the lot of them meet up things get strange real fast. There is a bit of psychology going on in this movie as well as mystery.

The unraveling speed of the story/plot happens at a nice constant pace which keeps one watching. This is definitely a weird horror which has what you might call surreal moments. Worth seeing if you like the 80's horror and and the strange stuff. Definitely a tenner in my books.

Possibly the finest film I have ever seen. After receiving this movie from my brother for my birthday along with "Air Disasters 2" from a dollar bin at a 49er video, my expectations were low. However, the movie started off with a bang and engulfed me into its majesty.

In the first scene it punches you in the mouth with the classic, "What can I say? Men bond; women network." Followed up by a man receiving a gun in a gym and pointing it at pedestrians walking outside on the street. "All right. Good deal!" Just when you think the hits have stopped coming you get kicked in the ca-hones with, "Good god, if I wanted to hear old women bicker, I'd go visit my great aunt --- AT THE NURSING HOME!" Which promptly led to possibly the greatest cinematic sequence of all time, which we will simply refer to as 'campfire madness'.

If you have not seen this movie yet, do as the immortal actor Chuck Conner, who plays Stan the Mountain Man says --- "Go on. Take a look. RARRRRRRR, rip you open like a sack of manure!"

First the good news."High Desert Kill" is what bad movies are supposed to be, and I guess that's good. Now for the bad news. You will absolutely be mesmerized by the pathetic acting by everyone involved, including Chuck Conners. It's like they just got the script the day of shooting. All the animals are gone and human behavior is being altered by some unseen force. Now just sort of wing it for ninety minutes. Keep the audience guessing or put them to sleep, or both. This movie is what it is, and what it is, is bad. The only redeeming feature is the eerie New Mexico landscape, but you could buy a postcard and save ninety minutes of your life. "High Desert Kill" is a keeper for all the wrong reasons, sort of a gold standard for the worst of the worst. - MERK

The film is very different and good at the same time. Chuck Connors was great. Marc Singer was good and I thought he looked a lot like Kevin Bacon in the film.This movie looked at a different way of aliens. If you like Chuck Connors and strange films about aliens then see High Desert Kill!

I first came across this film one night when I was staying at a friend's house after a night out! All 3 of us drunk watched it an loved it!!! Yes it's very cheesy and has bad acting. But very suspenseful! And quite chilling. Also contains one of the funniest dance scenes ever in a movie! It took me years after to get a copy and that was on VHS. Think the full movie is now only YouTube.