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Newly-weds Marion (Dwan Marlow) and Frank (Doug Leith) decide to spend
their honeymoon somewhere really special and really secluded - a deserted
island on a little-known lake in the middle of nowhere. Once there though,
frank is quick to realize he has forgotten something, so he hurries back
to the mainland while Marion is doing some sunbathing. Eventually, she has
to notice though that she is not alone on the island, and the man (Anton
von Stralen) on the island with her doesn't have the most noble of
intentions ... Back on the mainland, Frank learns that there is a maniac
on the loose in the neighbourhood, who has a predilection for raping and
killing, and he was last seen of Frank and Marion's island paradise. He is
quick to hurry back - and is attacked by the madman as soon as he arrives
on the island. Seeing her husband's life in danger, Marion does everything
to attract the villain's attention, but that puts her own life at risk.
It's only when the madman throws himself onto Marion to rape her though
that he for a moment drops his guard, enabling her to draw his knife and
stab him ... This movie starts out like your typical
sexploitation quickie from the late 1950's/early 60's: There are plenty of
opportunities to show a bit of skin (that might seem totally tame today
but risqué when this was made) carried by an almost non-existant story
(Frank and Marion trying to find the perfect spot for their honeymoon)
that you couldn't care for less. Plus, the actors are not really good (but
Dwan Marlow at least is good-looking) and the dialogue they are forced
through comes close to torture. So far so good, but then the film
changes gear almost out of nowhere (though the title definitely hinted at
it) to become a horror/suspense piece - and you know what? The film is
quite good at that, the chase and action sequences are extremely
well-paced, the tension and suspense are kept at a high level from
beginning to end, and the violence is handed out in just the right doses.
Now if the second half of the movie would have been set-up by a better and
better written set-up, Honeymoon of Terror could have become quite
a good film, as it is, it will always remain a grindhouse-curiosity, and
at least in parts deservedly so.
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