Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama (1988)

Three nerdy college boys--one of whom is way too good-looking to believe as a nerd--just wanted to watch a sorority hazing that involves spanking Brinke Stevens' sexy ass, when, having been caught, they found themselves forced to steal a trophy from the local bowling alley. Turns out that trophy contains an evil imp who uses his magic to turn some of the sorority girls into demons and all the others into, well, demonfodder.

These characters are all dopey and mostly '80s airheads. The late Robin Stille is the sadistic sorority president. She has two appearance-obsessed sidekicks who are actually the least attractive women in the movie--naturally they become the demons. One is deathly afraid of messing up her hair, but she has the most horrendous '80s hairstyle. The guys are mostly just horny bastards, with the exception of one very serious nerd who will of course be the hero. Linnea Quigley (over)plays the part of Spider, a thief they catch inside, who has a huge attitude problem--but deep down, there's a heart of gold only a nerd can bring out. The other women are just T&A. Oh, and there's a comic-relief janitor who worries about which hand to scratch his balls with.

DeCoteau knew how to deliver the goods, which makes me sort of uncomfortable. Because I know he's gay, that he's putting in all the 'goods' for straight men makes it feel manipulative, like he's throwing seed to pigeons; I'd much prefer if he could enjoy what he was showing us. But this lack of comfort doesn't last long, because he has some of the finest '80s horror girls to put in front of his camera, including Brinke Stevens, Linnea Quigley, and Michelle Bauer. Stevens and Bauer get spanked in their panties, smeared with whipped cream, shower naked (Brinke looking like some divinely beautiful forest nymph), and Bauer is magically made topless and horny until she becomes demonfodder. Linnea keeps clothed, but wears pants that might as well be painted on.

Despite all the fun, it seemed to be lacking something, something to tie it all together. The imp just wasn't mean or active enough, didn't have enough resources. There just wasn't really enough action to fill the runtime or location with; it seems spartan, somehow. Plus, even for a movie of this sort, the exposition scenes are pretty awkward. But still recommended for some funny, cheesy '80s tongue-in-cheek horror.