[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

SRIGALA - They call it the Indonesian 'Friday The 13th', but since when did Jason romp around in a red speedboat, tossing grenades? Might've pepped up least a few of the sequels if he had. No, 'Srigala' does in fact riff quite heavily on F13, in fact the climax is basically just that, but it's mostly about treasure thieves hassling pesky kids who might scupper their lakeside manoeuvres. I was torn between not feeling massively engaged and really liking bits of it; just when exasperation creeps in after one fake scare too many, a random zombie dream brings hope and guffaws with its misplaced weirdness ('Srigala's good with little bits like that, see also red speedboat above). And I dug the music, a lo-fi mix of keyboards, post-punk guitars and organ drones that seeps into scenes of chatty sunbathing and clouds them over with an under-the-surface oddness. One thing they do lift rather well from the original 'classic' is the OTT storm that dominates the latter half of that movie and does the same here. Overall, an interesting curio likely to attract Mondo Macabro enthusiasts - though this was put out by Terror Vision, who've done a sterling job