Hallucinations (1986, The Polonia Brothers)

 

"Hallucinations" is one of the earliest films available by John and Mark Polonia. It was made around the time their break-through effort, "Splatter Farm", was released by the Donna Michele company for the VHS rental market. "Hallucinations" never had an official release, though it's worth checking out it for those who appreciate the low-budget campiness of the Polonia's fairly vast lexicon.

The movie is about three brothers who begin having terrifying nightmares and visions while their parents are away. That's pretty much it...

From the looks of it, "Hallucinations" was shot in the teenage twins parents house on a shitty VHS tape that had probably been used numerous times before and then sat on a shelf for 20 years. Most of the home-made effects are obviously laughable (namely the big worm that was constructed from flexible plastic tubing and paint) and the one kid trying to pull of a mentally retarded intonation sent tingles of second-hand shame down my spine. Still, the brothers' avidity and love for the horror genre is ever evident which makes the film competent enough to sit through for it's hour long runtime. There's a few amusing gore scenes, (albeit, ones that are cheesy as fuck!) such as a dude shitting a knife, a guy wrestling with a deranged fetus, and some disembowelment.

Overall, you can do a whole lot worse with shot-on-video horror than most of the Polonia Brother's micro-budget library. If you can spot this one on the special features on "Splatter Beach", give it watch and try to enjoy...