Deadly Daphne's Revenge (1987)

User Rating:

2.6/10   

Director:

Richard Gardner

Writers:

Tim Bennett (writer)
Richard Gardner (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

There's nothing more dangerous than a woman seeking revenge...

Plot:

A young hitchhiker is picked up by four drunken hunters, one of whom rapes her. A tough prosecutor has all four of the men indicted for the crime, which results in a suicide and a murder-for-hire plot.

Plot Keywords:

Rape | Asylum | Revenge | Murder | Rape Victim

Cast

Laurie Tait Partridge	...	Cindy Langely
Anthony Holt	...	Charlie Johnson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Avery	...	Detective Wood
Candy Castillo
Richard Gardner	...	Steve
John Suttle

Directed by
Richard Gardner

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tim Bennett		writer
Richard Gardner		writer

Produced by
Mark Castor	....	producer
Eva Herres	....	executive producer
Dick Horton	....	producer
M. Mutimier	....	producer

Original Music by
John Banning

Cinematography by
Vern Virlene

Film Editing by
Mark Castor

Production Companies

• Troma Entertainment

Distributors

• AIP Home Video (video)
• Troma Entertainment

Also Known As:

The Hunting Season (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Norway:18

Company:

Troma Entertainment

Deadly boredom

Troma films -- ALL Troma films -- have a pitch. They have something to them to make you want to see them. Either they star someone who went on to be a major actor who first appeared in B-Movie crap (Billy Bob Thornton in Chopper Chicks) or they have a cult following (Bloodsucking Freaks) or they have something infamous about them (the ending of Beware: Children at Play). Or they just have cool titles (Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator, Rabid Grannies, etc...). This film has none of those elements. In fact, it's pretty much useless garbage that seemingly has no reason to exist.

I guess this film was made to cash-in on some kind of rape/revenge craze like Last House on the Left, I Spit On Your Grave, etc., and things actually start out pretty interestingly. 10 minutes in, we have racist rednecks. 20 minutes in, we have racist redneck raping. 30 minutes in, we have boredom. And that continues on and on and on and on until... DEADLY DAPHNE APPEARS! Now, lemme talk about Deadly Daphne for just a moment: She is mentioned (almost as an afterthought) in the background near the beginning of the movie. She is then mentioned later. Then, she appears in the last few minutes and the film ends. Indeed, she gets her revenge... on the viewer. I'm not sure what I did wrong to watch this film, but I can safely say it's the worst Troma film ever. They tried to do some interesting things with the mob and such, but it never materializes and the film just never comes up with anything compelling. Is it a drama? No, it's not dramatic! It's not a comedy, because it's only funny if you laugh at how awful it is. And it isn't action, despite a gun or two being drawn. Hey, it isn't even worth watching for the rape scenes or the revenge scenes. In fact, it isn't even worth watching. Period.

One of the worst films ever. And I LOVED Nightmare Weekend!