This is an early 80’s flick in the short story vein of Creepshow. It is a collection of four short stories. However, there is no connection between the stories, or no overlying theme.

The first is about a deranged killer on the loose. This story has an ending that most will find very familiar by now.

The second has a video game whiz (Emilio Estevez) that gets more than he bargained for when he makes it to level 13 of a new game. I could’ve swore that this was a full length movie that I had seen before, but I guess not. I love movies based on old school arcade games. Not only are they nostalgic and sentimental (as a teenage video game geek), but they are usually cheesy and you get to indulge in the 80’s fashion and music. Galaga anyone?

The third story is about a priest (played by Lance Henriksen) who questions his faith, only to get terrorized by a mysterious character driving a souped-up truck. I wonder who it is…

The last story is about a giant demonic rat that terrorizes a family. Yeah, it’s a demonic rat.

These stories weren’t bad. Not great, but not bad. I remember watching them years ago, so I may be a little nostalgic. The acting was good and the stories were fairly solid. They were pretty short, so you didn’t have time for much character development, and you had time for about one good plot turn.

There’s not much more I can say about this. There were some famous actors having early pre-stardom parts, and there were a couple ideas that may or may not have been borrowed by others later in time. I wasn’t bored, but I wasn’t enthralled either. I give it 5.25 out of 10 reasons to quit smoking.