On 28 June 1945, along the night of the Graduation Ball in Avalon Bay, the youths Roy (Timothy Wahrer) and his girlfriend Francis Rosemary Chatham (Joy Glaccum) are murdered penetrated by a rake and the killer is not found. On 28 June 1980, a new Graduation Dance is organized by the student Pam MacDonald (Vicky Dawson) since Major Chatham (Lawrence Tierney), who is very sick and in a wheelchair, has prohibited any celebration for thirty-five years. The local Sheriff George Fraser (Farley Granger) is traveling for fishing and Deputy Mark London (Christopher Goutman) is in charge of the security of the location. When a serial killer attacks the students, Mark and Pam seek his hidden place.
I bought the DVD "The Prowler" with great expectations based on the good reviews in IMDb. Unfortunately I found a senseless, boring and dated low-budget slasher movie with awful screenplay and lines. The flawed story does not give any explanations to many points, such as the motives and why the serial killer kills his victims? What happened with Major Chatham? Did he die? What happened with the body of Miss Allison? How could Carl, who had the brain and throat stabbed by a long knife, have any sort of movement? How the killer could be so omnipresent? What happened with the couple in the basement? Why Mark did not die? I could list many other holes in this story, but I believe the previous examples are enough to show how bad this movie is. The beauty of Vicky Dawson and the good effects, showing very real deaths, are the good parts of this forgettable flick. My vote is three.
Title (Brazil): "Quem Matou Rosemary?" ("Who Killed Rosemary?")
Note: On 13 October 2022, I saw this film again.
I bought the DVD "The Prowler" with great expectations based on the good reviews in IMDb. Unfortunately I found a senseless, boring and dated low-budget slasher movie with awful screenplay and lines. The flawed story does not give any explanations to many points, such as the motives and why the serial killer kills his victims? What happened with Major Chatham? Did he die? What happened with the body of Miss Allison? How could Carl, who had the brain and throat stabbed by a long knife, have any sort of movement? How the killer could be so omnipresent? What happened with the couple in the basement? Why Mark did not die? I could list many other holes in this story, but I believe the previous examples are enough to show how bad this movie is. The beauty of Vicky Dawson and the good effects, showing very real deaths, are the good parts of this forgettable flick. My vote is three.
Title (Brazil): "Quem Matou Rosemary?" ("Who Killed Rosemary?")
Note: On 13 October 2022, I saw this film again.