Shudder Day: The Lamp (aka The Outing) {1987}

 Let's move up a whole Decade and then go down a whole lot in quality.

My original plan was to do Vacation of Terror II, but it is a Halloween Film (one of those famous Halloween Birthday Parties?).

Plan B- this silly thing about an evil Genie that is NOT a Wishmaster.

The Film begins with a prolonged bit on an old Ship.  It's pretty boring.

It next jumps to the Present (of 1987) and sees a trio of people (two guys and a lady) break into an old lady's House.

Thanks to the unconvincing make-up, she looks more like a Wizard!

They don't find cash, but they do find a fancy chest.

After killing her for making noise, they break it open and find...a Lamp.

I thought for sure that they were going to find an Outing!

The lamp soon works its magic again they all meet violent deaths.

We next meet a young Couple who are super happy and in love.

They are so f***ed!

Her Dad is called to investigate the origins of the Lamp (since it was found at a Crime Scene) and he's confused.

The Daughter shows up and they argue.

She makes a comment about wishing he wasn't around anymore (in less nice terms).
She immediately apologizes and they make up though.

Left alone, she toys with the lamp...which is not a good idea.

The middle of the Film features two very murder-happy bullies (even by '80s standards) and the lamp (I think) possesses the lady.

She brings all of her friends to the Museum (for an Outing) and they get picked off one by one.

Can Dad and new Mom help?

To find out, stream it now. 

It's a Film that had potential and could honestly deliver in some parts.

The opening bit was kind of drawn out.  The next part- much better!

The middle part is kind of strange as we get the lore built up, the murder happy bullies and then basically setup for the Third Act (aka the Outing).

That part is not what I would call great.  It still has cheesy production and Acting.  That said, all of the energy was being saved for this part.

All of the big kills and moments happen around/after the one-hour mark.  They are quite fun and over the top too.

If they could have somehow spread things out and made the middle part more engaging, the Film could have been a Bonafide Cult Classic.  
As it is, the Film is still a Cult Film, but has taken far longer to find an audience.
Hell, I'd never even heard of it before Shudder.  No, really.

It's the Title, right?

A Film with so much potential for mayhem and creativity.  Like many Films, however, they crammed it all in at the end though.