Chuck Deems is the manager of the Kay Kyser's big band. His girlfriend Janis Bellacrest claims that someone is trying to kill her. The band is set to play for her 21st birthday at her family's mansion. It's a weird place with one bridge as the only exit until that bridge gets blown up.
I've never heard of Kay Kyser before this. He's a comedic bandleader during the 30's and 40's. His brand of comedy can best be described as dad humor. The bandmembers deliberately overselling it does come with its own charms but I wouldn't say that it's my cup of tea. This movie does have a lot of horror veterans and as a horror comedy, it has a certain amount of fun. At the end of the day, this is a light weight flick which closes with Kyser telling us that it's all pretend. It is so light weight that it threatens to float into nothingness.
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