Hell Night (1981) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Hell Night (1981) |
| Original Title | Hell Night |
| Director | Tom DeSimone |
| Screenplay Writer | Randy Feldman |
| Story By | Randy Feldman |
| Based on Novel by | — (Original screenplay) |
| Producer(s) | Irwin Yablans |
| Executive Producer(s) | Bruce Cohn Curtis |
| Lead Actors | Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten |
| Cast | Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton, Kevin Brophy |
| Genre | Horror |
| Subgenre | Slasher Horror |
| Release Date | August 28, 1981 (United States) |
| Runtime / Duration | 1h 41m (101 minutes) |
| Budget | ~$2.5 million |
| Box Office (Worldwide) | Moderate theatrical success |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Production Company | Compass International Pictures |
| Distributor | Compass International Pictures |
| Filming Locations | California, USA |
| Music By | Dan Wyman |
| Cinematography | Mac Ahlberg |
| Edited By | Michael Spence |
| Production Design | — |
| Costume Design | — |
| Special Effects | Practical makeup and gore effects |
| MPAA Rating | R |
| Aspect Ratio | 2.35:1 |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Stereo |
| Format | Color |
| Themes | Initiation rituals, fear, survival |
| Setting | Garth Manor mansion during fraternity hazing night |
| Notable Trivia | Produced by Irwin Yablans, one of the producers of Halloween |
| Critical Reception | Mixed reviews but later became a cult slasher favorite |
| Home Media | VHS, DVD, Blu-ray |
| Sequel / Remake | None |
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Before joining Alpha Sigma Rho, Jeff, Marti, Seth, and Denise must spend a night alone in Garth Manor. Twelve years ago Raymond Garth murdered his wife and three of his kids before committing suicide in front of his gork son Andrew. Of course no one ever saw Andrew again. Is he dead or alive? If you don’t know the answer to that one what the hell are you doing on this site?
Our foursome immediately pair off into two couples, the good couple, and the bad couple who are sure to die. We have Marti (Linda Blair) the smart girl who knows how to fix cars paired with Jeff, the nice rich guy. Then there’s Seth (Vincent Van Patten) the surfer dude, and Denise the slutty, drunken, drugged out English girl.
When our couples enter the manor Denise and Seth immediately go upstairs to have a lot of sex while Marti and Jeff get to know one another better on a purely intellectual level. Unbeknownst to any of them the house is wired for scares by Pete, the frat president, and his band of merry pranksters. Let me just say if these special effects were for real they would have Haunted House managers beating down their doors. Madness ensues when someone starts killing the guys outside then moving onto those inside.
The deaths are great in this movie. We’ve got a couple beheadings, a staking, and a 180 head twist to name a few. As far as I can tell the blood looks real, I can’t really say because the movie is so dark you’re sometimes wondering what the hell is going on.
I think Linda Blair is a decent actress but it sometimes feels like she’s just phoning this one in. She seems bored and slightly embarrassed. You can pass the time waiting for her breasts to pop out of her costume, although you’ll be waiting a long time. I need to mention the nudity or lack of it anyway. Now I don’t think nudity is always necessary in a horror movie but it’s the blatant lack of it when there obviously supposed to be some strikes me as odd. Let me explain. Seth and Denise are upstairs having sex yet they still have their underwear on. They even take a nap, wake up, and have more supposed sex while wearing underwear. This is doubly strange when you know that the guy directing was known as a adult director before he got this movie. Marti and Jeff start making out then when we see them again they are lying in bed spooning. Either nothing happened or he just lifted her skirt and went to town. This isn’t completely unrealistic to me only because if I was sleeping in a freakydeaky manor and was having fun I sure wouldn’t be removing much clothing. Quick getaway you know.
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