Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

FlashCallahan The happiness and the sanity of a W.W.II vet is destroyed when he returns home and finds his girl in the arms of another at the town's annual dance. Outraged, he kills them with a pitchfork, and the town does not hold the dance again for 35 years. When the vet hears about the dance being resurrected, it stirs up those bitter painful memories once again, so he comes back to do a little more killing...This is one of those film that have been mimicked so many times, if you haven't seen the original before the slew of re-imaginings/side-quels/homages, you may lose the overall effectiveness of the original.Much like I did.For me, it's pretty perfunctory stuff, with the added bonus of some wonderful make up by Tom Savini. But other than that, it's just a case of teen girls running down a corridor and reaching a locked door, while being prowled by the bad guy in Hellboy.The cast are fine, they do their job as you'd expect, it can be slightly tense in some places.It's my bad really for not seeing it any sooner, as I'd probably regard it a lot higher than I actually do.But I will give it something to its credit, it hasn't been remade as of yet.If you are just starting out with horror films, and you want a good old fashioned stalk n' slash horror, you'd be good to catch this as soon as possible.You'll appreciate it a lot more than I did.

markhaazen If you're making a list of must-see 80s slashers, The Prowler should definitely be one of them. Yeah, the plot isn't all that great, the pace of the movie drags in places, and several questions ultimately go unanswered - but I was genuinely surprised at the identity of the killer (who is pretty intimidating in his killing garb), the lead actress is fairly cute, and - as is always important for us gorehounds - I was absolutely delighted at the spectacle of blood and gore on display. The filmmakers really let makeup/special effects genius Tom Savini go hog wild. Where other slasher movies give you a quick cut shot of a knife slicing a neck open or a pitchfork going all the way through a body, The Prowler lingers deliciously on such gruesome sights. You get to see that last little convulsion as he raises a skewered body up, with the tines of the pitchfork scraping against the tile; you watch him working his knife back and forth as if he has trouble removing it from his victim's neck - it's these little details that show you just how much Savini cares about his gruesome craft. Admittedly, one death is wholly and patently fake, but you still have to appreciate the effort and intent of the shot.The story begins in 1945, when a young woman and her beau are ruthlessly murdered on the night of the big college graduation dance; while their killer was never caught, it is made quite obvious that the murderer was the young woman's former boyfriend, to whom she had sent a Dear John letter while he was still fighting overseas. 35 years later, the college prepares for the first graduation dance since that awful night

callanvass A man commits a double murder after receiving a Dear John letter 35 years later, more murders begin to commence when teens begin to be killed off. The sheriff is off for some quality alone time, leaving Dept. London & Pam MacDonald to not only stop the killer, but survive as well. "That's it?" was my subsequent reaction as soon as this movie had ended. I bought this on DVD years ago, without even seeing it. I was extremely disappointed back then, haven't touched it since, until now. I love slasher movies and it doesn't take much for me to be entertained. I love a lot of 80's slashers, but some of them are indistinguishable from the other. This is one of them and you can certainly tell it is from the 80's. The Prowler doesn't offer much entertainment what so ever. As a matter of fact, it's downright mundane. The killer looks somewhat cool. The WW2 getup is certainly unique, but I wouldn't call him creepy. There is also a bit too much of him as well, which diminishes the impact. The revelation at the end is a bit surprising, but illogical. There are no interesting characters. Everyone is so damn bland. People say slasher's don't need interesting characters. I say BS to that opinion, with all due respect. You need an entertaining hero or heroine to lead the movie. I wasn't fond of the two leads in this one. Vicky Dawson is decent looking, but her acting skills aren't great. She lacks a special quality to make her interesting. Christopher Gountman is even worse as the deputy. He sleepwalks through his part and looks bored most of the time. The gore is the most memorable thing about this movie. We get a knife in the throat, grisly pitchfork impailing's (The one in the shower is brutal) a slit throat and an amazing head explosion from a shotgun. Another problem I had with this movie is that it is too dark at times, which makes it hard to see.Final Thoughts: I didn't like this one at all. Tom Savini's gore effects are terrific, unfortunately the movie is not. It is far too uninteresting to succeed. You can do much better4.4/10

gwnightscream This 1981 horror film stars Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman and Farley Granger. This begins in the 1940's during World War II where a young woman, Rosemary has just written an upsetting letter to her lover ending their relationship. Soon, she and her date are killed by him at a graduation dance. Thirty years later, the same killer wears a war outfit while hunting a group of college friends at a graduation dance. Dawson plays Pam MacDonald, Goutman plays her boyfriend, Mark London who is a Deputy Sheriff and Granger (Strangers on a Train) plays Sheriff, George Fraser. This isn't bad and Tom Savini's make-up effects are great as usual. If you like horror/slasher films, you should view this one.