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New Year's Evil (1980)
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Release Date:
December 1980 (USA)
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Tagline:
A celebration of the macabre. more
Plot:
During a New Year's Eve celebration, a punk-rock singer gets a phone call saying that when New Year's strikes in each time zone, someone will be murdered--and she will be the last one. full summary | add synopsis
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New Year's Eve
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Murder
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Stabbing
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Severed Head
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Party
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For tolerant genre fans.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Roz Kelly | ... | Diane Sullivan | |
| Kip Niven | ... | Richard Sullivan | |
| Chris Wallace | ... | Lt. Clayton | |
| Grant Cramer | ... | Derek Sullivan | |
| Louisa Moritz | ... | Sally | |
| Jed Mills | ... | Ernie | |
| Taaffe O'Connell | ... | Jane | |
| Jon Greene | ... | Sgt. Greene | |
| Teri Copley | ... | Teenage Girl | |
| Anita Crane | ... | Lisa | |
| Jeannie Anderson | ... | Nurse Robbie | |
| Alicia Dhanifu | ... | Yvonne | |
| Wendy-Sue Rosloff | ... | Makeup Girl | |
| John London | ... | Floor Manager | |
| John Alderman | ... | Dr. Reed |
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90 min
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Color (TVC)
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Revealing mistakes: At one point the killer hits a cop over the head and takes his uniform. Despite the cop being quite a bit heavier, the uniform fits perfectly.
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Referenced in Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) (V)
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Auld Lang Syne
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Yet another entry in the "psychotic killer on the loose" genre. The premise of this one is somewhat original, but apart from that it has nothing else to distinguish it from dozens of similar films, so you're just sitting there waiting to see how it will tie everything up in the end. It does come up with an unexpected, out-of-left-field plot twist, but the "motivation" part is fumbled. Still, if you're tolerant of low-budget early-80s thrillers, you'll probably have an OK time. (**)