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Overview

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Director:
Philip S. Gilbert
Writer:
Gil Lasky (writer)
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Release Date:
29 January 1973 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
SHOCK after SHOCK after SHOCK as DESIRE drives a bargain with MURDER!
Plot:
After her prostitute mother and her john are beaten to death while they are asleep in bed, teen-aged... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
famous Halloween opening shot done here first more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Gloria Grahame ... Mrs. Deere
Melody Patterson ... Ellie Masters
Milton Selzer ... Mr. Mullins

Len Lesser ... Tom Kredge
Vic Tayback ... Calvin Carruthers
Terri Messina ... Bunch
Ronald Taft ... Walter
Dennis Christopher ... Pete
Peter Armstrong ... Ernest
Maggie Corey ... Jennifer
Mary Strawberry ... Nurse
Louise Sherrill ... Edna Masters
Joe Durkin ... Unidentified Man
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Additional Details

Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Sweden:15 | USA:GP

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Referenced in Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000) (V) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
famous Halloween opening shot done here first, 7 April 2006
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Author: HEFILM from French Polynesia

Yes the "original" idea that opens Halloween has to come from on of the opening shots of this film. It's a hammer being carried through the house instead of a knife but it's very very close.

That said Halloween is a much better movie, which goes almost without saying. But this does have a lurid feeling and a warped ending. It's that modest to low budget grunge of the 70's that oozes sleaze and danger.

Unfortunately the plot here borrows from obvious sources as it goes along which dampens the more original aspects. Tayback fans from his nice guy TV star role will be shocked, or may want to be by seeing him here.

Still warts and all this film has its memorable moments especially for fans of the era.

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