That was an excellent one.

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Angel had potential to be a good movie. What we have instead is a remarkably tame movie, considering it's subject, it's only real violent scene, is a shower slaying. We really have no depth of characters, though larger than life (Shawn and Calhoun-both great) and likable. John Diehl, solid, is the nutter doing them, where it ends in a showdown between Angel, well acted by Wilkes, and our psycho sicko killer who makes love to nude corpses, and sucks the yolks out of raw eggs. This is like a substitute description for his lack of written character, who we detest, and Diehl plays well with the hand he's dealt, though Angel could of been much more. Still it is a fun watch, colourful so so drama, thanks to it's quirky street characters, plus adding some spice to it, is standout Cliff Gorman, as the caring cop, though he won't admit or show it. What's up with that? Angels suffers because of it's shallow depth of it's poorly written characters. It's not a badly made film. It would of been better to go into more of Angel's background, so we'd have a better understanding of her character, we wanted to know so much more about, and that goes for all the other characters. So we're left with another cheesy exploitation B grader, that spawned three more sequels. Susan Tyrell is great as Angel's uncouth/punk haired, aspiring painter-landlord.

I went into this really expecting to see something special. The plot description sounded like it would lend itself brilliantly to a classic of trash cinema...although unfortunately, the only kind of trash that this film is, is the kind that you'd want to throw out. The film features a few different characters and ideas; and this is basically where it falls down; as nothing is really explored properly meaning that what we are left with feels extremely underdone and disappointing. The plot focuses on a young girl named Molly Stewart, who also goes under the alias 'Angel'. Molly is a straight A student and at the top of her class; but once night falls she's Angel; an underage prostitute who goes around town turning tricks for sleazy male clientèle. However, she's not the only one prowling around town as it just so happens that there's also a serial killer going round hacking up the girls. After one of Angel's friends is killed inside her apartment; our heroine gets some unwanted police attention, and aside from keeping her out of the killer's way; a copper decides to help her with her personal life.The main plot revolves around Molly and her tragic life, as well as the idea of the police officer trying to get her off the game. This takes up a sizable chunk of the movie, which leaves the serial killer by the wayside and feeling rather pointless. There's a fair few distinctive characters in the film and while most of them serve a point; again there's not really enough time to give them a justifiable piece of the movie. Lead actress Donna Wilkes is really rather poor and does not convince in the lead role either and her performance feels extremely forced, which brings the whole thing down a bit further. To the film's credit, however, the way that so many things happen does mean that the film doesn't really have chance to get boring. It's clear that the plot wasn't meant to be taken completely seriously either; there are a few funny moments, with the fight between a transvestite and a Hare Krishna being one of the most memorable. The film is also not very sleazy, which is a shame considering the obvious potential. Overall, this film is not a complete dead loss; but it's not as good as it could have been and there are better films with similar plots (e.g. Crimes of Passion).

I've had this movie in my library for many years and view it often since it is extremely hard for a twenty year old to play the part of a fifteen year old high school student. Donna excels in her Role as Angel, especially her acting ability as a teen playing an adult. This movie does not get enough showing due to the nudity, however the content and storyline should give teens a closer view of what abandoned teens are forced to struggle with in our dangerous society. Kudos to the entire cast for a job well done, and special credits to Donna for her outstanding performance. You need to update her bio, with photos, and provide her latest work. Thanks.

Pure 80's exploitation, I remember (sadly) at the age of 9, after seeing this film that being a hooker might be fun, as this movie so plainly tries to make it out to be, as long as you dodge knife-wielding psychos & make sure you get straight A's & make sure your "two worlds don't collide"! Yes,I'm being sarcastic but i truly love this & the other great hookers-in-peril 80's film Vice Squad (which is a way more serious film). Donna Wilkes ( who in my opinion should have stayed in the business, she was a very good actress.) is in fine form as the main character Angel, the high school honor student by day, Hollywood Blvd hooker by night whose 2 worlds start to collide as a psycho with a knife starts to target her hooker comrades (one who is played very well by another underrated B-movie actress from the 80's & also one half of the Motley Crue backup vocalist group named the Nasty Habits, that toured with the Crue in the late 80's on their Girls Girls Girls tour, Donna McDanel)& as she's the only one to witness the guy picking up her soon to be murdered friend, the police want to her to identify him.Also, great is the late actors Rory Calhoun & the truly wonderful Dick Shawn (in one of the truly greatest drag queen performances of all time)as her friends from the street who think her mom's an invalid & she hooks to help them both survive. Also great is Susan Tyrell as Sally the landlady. The only thing that disappointed me about this films( as their were like 4 or 5 more sequels) is that they always replaced the actress to play the character of Angel with a different actress each time. Why didn't they just get Donna Wilkes? Betsy Russell, nor Mitzi Kapture did her justice not the way Ms Wilkes did. If you like 80's cult films this is a must-see. I must say though when I moved to Hollywood for a brief period in 2000 & in 2001, I never saw any prostitutes on Hollywood Blvd not like all of the ones i saw in 80's films?????? **** out of *****