- Language English
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000096I9V
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 58,335 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This 80's slasher flick is definitely worth checking out especially if you're a slasher fan or like Tom Savini's gory special fx, The prowler was directed by Joseph Zito, same director who did Friday The 13th part 4 which was the best film in the series in my opinion, so you probably know how good this is going to turn out. It is a great example of a slasher flick with the slow pace so it could build up the tension and suspense and it has alot of gruesome death scenes in it, I'm not sure why critics hated this but then again those same critics wouldn't know a good horror film if it hit them in the face.
I can't pick a favorite death scene but I would have to say when the killer stabs one of the students on top of the head with a large knife and having his eyes roll back, very nice and it looked gory as hell. In 1945 during a college graduation dance a young woman and her lover are violently murdered by an unknown killer, 35 years later the killer comes back to the campus to murder off unsuspecting students when they try to throw another dance. The killer has a really cool army fatigue outfit and wears a gas mask, which makes him one of the best looking and most memorable serial killers in the 80's slasher genre.
There's a blond girl who teams up with the local sheriff in order to catch the killer you also have some typical 80's teens getting drunk and partying as they get picked off one by one. I also liked the part where one girl gets impaled by a pitchfork in the shower, a very viscous and bloody death scene I might add. Anyway I highly recommend this film to slasher/horror fans. I also enjoyed the special features especially the behind the scenes with makeup wizard Tom Savini.
I can't pick a favorite death scene but I would have to say when the killer stabs one of the students on top of the head with a large knife and having his eyes roll back, very nice and it looked gory as hell. In 1945 during a college graduation dance a young woman and her lover are violently murdered by an unknown killer, 35 years later the killer comes back to the campus to murder off unsuspecting students when they try to throw another dance. The killer has a really cool army fatigue outfit and wears a gas mask, which makes him one of the best looking and most memorable serial killers in the 80's slasher genre.
There's a blond girl who teams up with the local sheriff in order to catch the killer you also have some typical 80's teens getting drunk and partying as they get picked off one by one. I also liked the part where one girl gets impaled by a pitchfork in the shower, a very viscous and bloody death scene I might add. Anyway I highly recommend this film to slasher/horror fans. I also enjoyed the special features especially the behind the scenes with makeup wizard Tom Savini.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
You may remember this released as Rosemary's Killer, in the UK, in the early 80s. If it was'nt for the graphic violence, this movie could pass itself of as an episode of Murder, She Wrote. The premise is: GI, receives Dear John letter from his sweetheart, whilst he's fighting in World War II, overseas. Upon return, he discovers she's romantically involved with another guy; this tips him over the edge into being an unhinged maniac. At a Graduation Dance he disposes of them with a pitchfork, dressed in military fatigues and wearing a gas mask.
The film then transports itself to 1980, whereupon the same guy (whose identity is'nt revealed til the end) goes on another killing spree around the time of another Graduation Dance. I'm not going to give any spoilers, but I enjoyed this film, as it's a good mystery movie, however i have the un-cut version, and it's pretty nasty in places.
The film then transports itself to 1980, whereupon the same guy (whose identity is'nt revealed til the end) goes on another killing spree around the time of another Graduation Dance. I'm not going to give any spoilers, but I enjoyed this film, as it's a good mystery movie, however i have the un-cut version, and it's pretty nasty in places.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Also Known as Rosemary"s Killer directed by Joseph Zito(Friday the 13th The Final Chapter) with gore effects by Tom Savini. This is a rarely seen little number which in places is very gruesome (the shower scene) if a little slow in places.The "plot" such as it is starts in 1945 with Rosemary and her date murdered at the graduation dance by her jilted boyfriend a solider on shore leave. The killer was never found!!!
30 years on the graduation dance is back on but someone else has also returned. Watch the population of Avalon bay meet their BLOODY end at the hands of THE PROWLER!!
PS Great Extras.
30 years on the graduation dance is back on but someone else has also returned. Watch the population of Avalon bay meet their BLOODY end at the hands of THE PROWLER!!
PS Great Extras.
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