Girls Nite Out (1984)

User Rating:

2.4/10   

Director:

Robert Deubel

Writers:

Joe Bolster (screenplay)
Joe Bolster (story)

Release Date:

20 June 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Horror

Tagline:

The next time you go to a Fancy Dress Party....check who's going with you.

Plot:

A killer, wearing a dancing bear suit, stalks a variety of cheerleaders during an all-night scavenger hunt at a remote Ohio college.

Plot Keywords:

Scavenger Hunt | Bear Costume | College | Cheating On Girlfriend | Slasher Flick

Cast

Julia Montgomery	...	Lynn Connors
James Carroll	...	Teddy Ratliff
Suzanne Barnes	...	Dawn Sorenson
Rutanya Alda	...	Barney / Katie Cavanaugh
Al McGuire	...	Coach Kimble
Lauren-Marie Taylor	...	Sheila Robinson
David Holbrook	...	Mike Pryor
Laura Summer	...	Jane
Mart McChesney	...	Pete 'Maniac' Krizaniac
Carrick Glenn	...	Kathy
John Didrichsen	...	Ralph Bostwick
Lois Robbins	...	Leslie Peterson
Mathew Dunn	...	Michael Benson
Susan Pitts	...	Trish
Paul Christie	...	Dancer

Also Known As:

Girls Night Out (Philippines: English title)
The Scaremaker

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:R | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Concepts Unlimited

Trivia:

The films title for its release in Spain was Creando el terror, which means "Creating the Terror."

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Campus Killer 101

Set at Dewitt University, a small Ohio college, this one starts out as a routine drama after a basketball game which Dewitt U wins the title cup. Afterwards, the first 30 or more minutes has the guys of the team partying, drinking, talking and talking with their co-ed girlfriends, etc. Then, an unseen killer, posing as the mascot for the basketball team, begins stalking and killing a number of young girls from the cheerleading squad. Mostly riping their throats out with a hand-made 'claw' in one of the paws made from kitchen knifes. Meanwhile, Mac (Hal Holbrook) is the campus security guard, looking very puzzled to what's going on, who wades through a series of red herrings.

Not the best of the early 1980's slasher flicks, with the bear costume the only original thing about this one. Worth a look for horror fans, with some nice touches to the low-budget.

Contents: seven killings; inferior slaughter; one psycho in a bearsuit; no sex or nudity; lots of Golden Oldies on the soundtrack; much duller and dumber than usual. Note: proper punctuation is not all this one is missing.