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Scott Parker (writer)
Release Date:
12 September 1980 (USA)
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Tagline:
Every girl is frightened the night before her wedding, but this time... there's good reason!
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A young bride-to-be is being stalked upon by a serial killer. She gets help from a former lover, but will they manage to escape? full summary | add synopsis
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Lon Chaney Reveled in Bringing His Misshapen Characters to Life
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Effectively chilling early slasher.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Don Scardino | ... | Marvin | |
| Caitlin O'Heaney | ... | Amy Jensen | |
| Elizabeth Kemp | ... | Nancy | |
| Tom Rolfing | ... | Ray Carlton (the killer) | |
| Lewis Arlt | ... | Det. Len Gamble | |
| Patsy Pease | ... | Joyce | |
| James Rebhorn | ... | Prof. Carl Mason | |
| Tom Hanks | ... | Elliot | |
| Dana Barron | ... | Diane | |
| Joseph Leon | ... | Ralph (the tailor) | |
| Paul Gleason | ... | Det. Frank Daley | |
| James Carroll | ... | Phil | |
| Brian Byers | ... | Bernie | |
| Curt Hostetter | ... | Tommy | |
| Robin Lamont | ... | Ruthie |
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Also Known As:
Blood Wedding
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Runtime:
94 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Finland:K-18 (cut) (1981) |
Australia:R |
Norway:18 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Iceland:(Banned) |
Iceland:16 (cut)
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According to director Armand Mastroianni and writer Scott Parker the film had numerous working titles throughout the production. Among them were Blood Wedding, Shriek, and The Uninvited. It was the studio that finally attached 'He Knows You're Alone' to the film after it tested well with audiences under that title.
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Continuity: When Amy and Nancy are sitting on the couch talking and drinking wine, Nancy pours wine into Amy's glass almost filling it. The amount of wine in the glass then varies between shots.
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Quotes:
[Wanting to have sex with Joyce]
Professor Carl Mason: Come on lets do it on the table.
Joyce: I told you, the table's too hard!
Professor Carl Mason: No it's not!
Joyce: Oh that's easy for you to say, I'm the one on the bottom!
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Professor Carl Mason: Come on lets do it on the table.
Joyce: I told you, the table's too hard!
Professor Carl Mason: No it's not!
Joyce: Oh that's easy for you to say, I'm the one on the bottom!
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Referenced in Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
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Soundtrack:
IT'S THE NIGHT AGAIN
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One of the earlier followers of Halloween was this solid slasher, that certainly took its share of inspiration from Carpenter's masterpiece.
In Staton Island, NY a murderer is targeting brides-to-be. Will lovely Amy who's set to be married in just weeks become the killer's next victim?
He Knows You're Alone is an enjoyable slasher with a game cast (most notably the always charismatic Scardino). Of course this film is mostly remember as the acting debut of the wonderful Tom Hanks, who was said to have been so likable that the script was changed as to not have his character killed off.
Hanks aside, this film does have it's share of entertainment. The opening theater scene (which would later inspire the opening of Scream 2) is still one of the most gripping introductions for any slasher film. The stalking sequences are suspenseful, especially the climactic chase through the basement of the morgue. A nicely creepy atmosphere runs throughout the film too. Yet, unlike some slasher flicks this one is light on gore.
All in all, He Knows You're Alone is a good entry from the slasher heyday that genre fans should enjoy.
** 1/2 out of ****