Stryffe
10-22-2001, 08:59 PM
1981’s THE PROWLER, a.k.a. ROSEMARY’S KILLER (In the U.K.) and THE GRADUATION.
Sure it wasn’t a masterpiece, such as Hitchcock’s PSYCHO or William Friedkin’s THE EXORCIST, or as artistic as Dario Argento’s SUSPERIA, but WOW! Does it deliver some great cheap chills and Awsome FX! With Special Effects by Tom Savini, how could you go wrong? It’s the only movie that I have ever seen where when a young girl has her throat graphically & “Slowly” cut open, and then drifts to the bottom of a swimming pool, ...air bubbles pulse from the wound! (Great Effect)!!! No wonder the film was banned in places! There are (DI’s) Double Impalements, with a huge Pitch Fork, A Bayonet through the top of one poor guys head, out his chin, and then he gets hung from a shower rod barely alive! BUT, who’s in the Shower? His (Pitch Forked) girlfriend!!! knives through throats, Shot Gun Wounds, the list goes on! The story itself gets a B-, but the dark feel, and the thrills get an A+. The Plot is thin, but who's really looking for much plot in a Slasher anyway. See this one for Savini's Effects!!! His Un-Cut work in Friday the 13th Part 4, come close, but not nearly as graphic. That and the victims in the Prowler do NOT die fast! Some of them are almost queesily slow. Spooky Stuff. Very Few if any - Off Screen Kills.
I first saw the film when I was in High School. I rented it from Block Buster Video, and it was the last time I have ever seen it anywhere! I have tried to purchase it from various places, but everywhere I go, I’m told the film is “Out Of Print” Bummer… If you want to catch a great (Exploitation Like) Slasher, catch this one if you can!!! AND IF YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN GET A COPY, LET ME KNOW!!!
Stryffe
Sure it wasn’t a masterpiece, such as Hitchcock’s PSYCHO or William Friedkin’s THE EXORCIST, or as artistic as Dario Argento’s SUSPERIA, but WOW! Does it deliver some great cheap chills and Awsome FX! With Special Effects by Tom Savini, how could you go wrong? It’s the only movie that I have ever seen where when a young girl has her throat graphically & “Slowly” cut open, and then drifts to the bottom of a swimming pool, ...air bubbles pulse from the wound! (Great Effect)!!! No wonder the film was banned in places! There are (DI’s) Double Impalements, with a huge Pitch Fork, A Bayonet through the top of one poor guys head, out his chin, and then he gets hung from a shower rod barely alive! BUT, who’s in the Shower? His (Pitch Forked) girlfriend!!! knives through throats, Shot Gun Wounds, the list goes on! The story itself gets a B-, but the dark feel, and the thrills get an A+. The Plot is thin, but who's really looking for much plot in a Slasher anyway. See this one for Savini's Effects!!! His Un-Cut work in Friday the 13th Part 4, come close, but not nearly as graphic. That and the victims in the Prowler do NOT die fast! Some of them are almost queesily slow. Spooky Stuff. Very Few if any - Off Screen Kills.
I first saw the film when I was in High School. I rented it from Block Buster Video, and it was the last time I have ever seen it anywhere! I have tried to purchase it from various places, but everywhere I go, I’m told the film is “Out Of Print” Bummer… If you want to catch a great (Exploitation Like) Slasher, catch this one if you can!!! AND IF YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN GET A COPY, LET ME KNOW!!!
Stryffe