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    Houseboat Horror (1989)

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    A rock group travel with a film crew and various groupies and hangers-on to desolate Lake Infinity in the Aussie bush to produce a music video with Jim Robinson from Neighbours who is now moonlighting as a director called Grant Evans (Alan Dale).

    Unfortunately, the luxurious houseboats they are staying in are at the same location where, many years ago, a group of actors mysteriously died in a fire in which a young child was horrendously burned and disfigured.

    Soon, a deranged, charred maniac sneaks aboard the boats and starts slaughtering the crew in a variety of grisly ways.

    The acting is beyond terrible and this supporting cast of no-name no-hopers would be outclassed in a secondary school drama club production and some of the over-the-top accents would make Kath and Kim blush in shame. And everyone has a mullet.

    Throw in a bad script, bad directing, bad camera work (some home movies have better production values), bad sound, bad lighting, bad music and bad special effects, and Houseboat Horror is not even good in a “so bad it’s good” way.

    It’s just bad. In fact, it’s beyond bad – this is absolutely and unequivocally the worst Australian film ever made!

    Seriously. Cast your mind back to the worst Australian film you’ve ever seen (there are lots to choose from) and Houseboat Horror will make it seem like Citizen Kane or Gone With The Wind.

    This straight-to-video debacle is a complete waste of 82 minutes of your life. Save yourself the time and oxygen that you’ll waste watching it.

    The lake location used for filming was Lake Eildon in the Alpine region of Victoria, Australia.

    Grant Evans
    Alan Dale
    Tracy
    Christine Jeston
    Sam
    Craig Alexander
    Ziggie
    Des ‘Animal’ McKenna
    Costello
    Gavin Wood
    J
    John Michael Howson
    Zelia
    Louise Siversen
    Teresa
    Peppie D’Or
    Bernie
    Stephen Whittaker
    Jennie
    Julie Thompson
    Dagger
    Mark Muggeridge
    Harold
    Wilkie Collins
    Bill
    David Blackman
    Con
    Greg Latts
    Clap
    Ian Campbell
    Gary
    Steve Hutchison
    Norm
    Christopher Young
    Garage Man
    Don Bridges
    Kat
    Catherine Hill
    Susy
    Sue Hancock
    Mertyl
    Ruth Yaffe
    Forest Ranger
    Lewis Porter
    Wendy
    Alisa Meadows
    Nude Model
    Sandra ‘Scarlett’ Wilson
    Clapper Man
    Ray Boseley
    Ambulance Man
    Ollie Martin
    Luke ‘Acid Head’
    Zlatko Kasumovic

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    Kendal Flanagan
    Ollie Martin

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