The Prowler

Name: The Prowler
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: November 6, 1981
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 45
Cast: Bill Nunnery, Christopher Goutman, Cindy Weintraub, David Sederholm, Diane Rode

1981

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Sandhurst | Release Date: November 6, 1981 | Unrated

Starring: Bill Nunnery, Christopher Goutman, Cindy Weintraub, David Sederholm, Diane Rode, Farley Granger, Lawrence Tierney, Lisa Dunsheath, Thom Bray, Vicky Dawson

Summary: An unknown killer, clad in World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35 year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.

Director: Joseph Zito

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 89 min

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Chad Byrnes

Special effects master Tom Savini did the makeup for this overlooked gem (actually, his fingerprints are on a few of the films on this list), and some of the kills are downright ugly (or beautiful, in horror jargon). Read full review

Chris Cabin

What the film lacks in narrative drive, coherence, and performance, it makes up with thoughtful lighting, strong cinematography from Raoul Lomas and an uncredited João Fernandes, and, of course, Savini’s lovingly overblown and impossible splatter effects. Read full review

Stephen M. Deusner

For all its boldness of concept and carnage, The Prowler is never entirely satisfying. There are too many missed opportunities to transcend the genre’s schlock, too many passages where nothing happens, too many scares that fall flat. Still, it’s an intriguing artifact of an earlier horror-movie era, one that toys with the idea of villains and victims while slashing the slasher formula to bits. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Mad axeman action yet again, cravenly conformist in every department. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

The real reason for the existence of this unexceptional film is to show off the artistry of special-effects man Savini. Read full review

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villain_edits

Feb 28, 2022

Slasher muito foda dos anos 80, é um dos meus favoritos, adoro o visual do assassino, as mortes e os efeitos do Tom Savini, ele é bem daora pra quem é super fã do subgênero como eu.

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Panchogul

Nov 3, 2021

Un slasher de los muchos que existieron en aquella época, en calidad lo situo por sobre la media por su violencia gráfica y aspectos técnicos en general, no tanto en lo argumental, ya que desde el principio supe quien era el asesino, y es que la verdad no hay muchos personajes de los cualesUn slasher de los muchos que existieron en aquella época, en calidad lo situo por sobre la media por su violencia gráfica y aspectos técnicos en general, no tanto en lo argumental, ya que desde el principio supe quien era el asesino, y es que la verdad no hay muchos personajes de los cuales sospechar y algunas escenas salen sobrando.… Expand

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Computey18

Dec 25, 2022

The best part of the film is the kills by far, but other than that, this film is kinda slow and boring.

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