PHENOMENALITY: *marvelous*
MYTHICITY: *poor*
FRYEAN MYTHOS: *comedy*
CAMPBELLIAN FUNCTION: *psychological*
After David DeCouteau finished helming the silly but lively comedy SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-A-RAMA, he evidently had enough resources to churn out a second DTV flick with the same starring actresses: Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer and Brinke Stevens, the "Nightmare Sisters" of the title. Though these three scream queens ruled cheap rental films in the eighties, this and SORORITY were the only times all three appeared together during that decade.
Though the screenwriter went on to greater fame with the first PUPPET MASTER movie, NIGHTMARE is undistinguished junk. Three less than glamorous sorority sisters decide to throw a party at their chapter and they invite three dorks from a fraternity. As entertainment the girls conduct a seance for the boys, but they conjure up a demon that possesses all three ladies. The girls are transformed into ultra-hot temptresses who attempt to seduce the nerds. At least one of the guys counsels his friends not to give in to these strange beings, and this proves fortunate. Three macho lunkheads from the fraternity horn in and try to bed the demonic damsels, and they pay for their temerity with their lives (starting with their schlongs). The nice nerds call in a goofy exorcist, who gets rid of the demon. Thereafter the nerds enjoy the gratitude of the girls, who conveniently don't go back to being ugly ducklings.
If I were being generous I might speculate that the "moral of the story" is that good things will come to guys who don't take advantage of impaired women. But though the scream queens all look good, the dull story doesn't really give them much to do but pose and preen. As actresses they probably enjoyed the chance to play "plain Janes," but the entertainment value of NIGHTMARE is as thin as the movie's premise.
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