X
- 1981
- R
- Sandhurst
- 1 h 29 m
- 1981
- R
- Sandhurst
- 1 h 29 m
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.
- 1981
- R
- Sandhurst
- 1 h 29 m
- 1981
- R
- Sandhurst
- 1 h 29 m
The Prowler
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6.4
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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.
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
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40% Mixed
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20% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
45
40% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
20% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
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).
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.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
6.4
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
6.4
50% Positive
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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.
The real reason for the existence of this unexceptional film is to show off the artistry of special-effects man Savini.
