Mardi Gras Massacre Movie Review

Trailer here.

Mardi Gras Massacre is a 1978 horror movie directed by Jack Weis and starring Curt Dawson and William Metzo.

A man approaches two ladies. He says that he is new in the city and he wants something different. He has a lot of money. He asks them who is the most evil girl in the bar. They tell him that a hooker called Shirley is. He says that he has a place and he offers Shirley two hundred dollars to come with him. She can't turn that down so she goes to his place. He orders her to strip and he ties her to a special table. He dresses up in robes and he pours oil on her. He tells her that he will sacrifice her. He kills her. Her body is discovered and the cops are called. The coroner tells them that it is a ritual killing. The cops ask the bartender about it. He tells the cops that she gave him some money to hold for her. They talk to a pal of Shirley's and she tells them that the guy had an unusual ring.

The investigating cop is Sergeant Frank Hebert(Dawson). He meets another hooker called Sherry and he has dinner with her. He also sleeps with her. The killer, John(Metzo) picks up another lady and he kills her. Frank has another case to investigate. The killer goes to pick up yet another girl but he gets in a fight with her pimp and he stabs the guy. He decides to visit a different bar. He meets another pimp who offers him one of his girls. She goes with him to her place but he decides that he likes her and she doesn't deserve to die. He tells her to go, but she won't. He is annoyed so he kills her. The cops are under pressure. Mardi Gras is coming up and they worry that the killer will strike again. They scour the bars. This time, the killer wants three girls and he is going to kill them on Mardi Gras. Frank is in the crowd but so is the killer. He takes three girls and one of them just happens to be Sherry.

The three girls are drugged. Frank goes to the bar and asks the bartender about Sherry. He tells him that the same guy was there and he took Sherry and two other girls with him.  Frank finds out where the guy lives and he has cops and firemen with him. They break in and they find the girls. The killer runs off. The cops chase him. He takes a cop car and he ends up driving it into the river. The cops don't find a body, just his ritual mask.

This film isn't great. It has some bad acting and the plot is a bit silly. I can't say that it was terrible, though. It was entertaining in some ways. It is worth a look if you enjoy low budget horror films plus this was termed as a 'video nasty'!! I will give it a 4/10.