The opening titles play over a prologue that takes place in Spain during the Dark Ages. No, the Dark Ages aren’t those awful years in the early 1980s when grunge was popular (and washing your hair wasn’t), but the Middle Ages. Father Esteban (Richard Moll) is some kind of satanic priest, wearing a hood and all, and he and his gang are up to bad things on a beach, when members of the church arrive and banish Esteban and his devilish mob from Spain.

The woods are alive … with the sound of screaming!

Now, how’s that for a tagline?

Maybe I ought to be ashamed, but I’ve had a soft spot for “Bodycount” since it was released in 1987, and I’ve seen it multiple time since; first the Swedish VHS, then the British DVD, and now some uncut version (I believe the Swedish and UK releases were slightly trimmed, but I’m not sure, it’s hard to tell). This is a curiously late entry in the teen slasher cycle of the 1980s and it’s very, very generic.

But you know what? I’m not ashamed! I like this movie -- and the reasons are plenty.