Girls Nite Out (1982)

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

Director:

Robert Deubel

Writers:

Gil Spencer Jr. (screenplay), Kevin Kurgis (screenplay),

Stars:

Julia Montgomery, James Carroll, Suzanne Barnes

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

The day after a huge party a scavenger hunt is held. Every college-age kid in town is out for the grand prize. One-by-one they are all dispatched by a killer in a giant bear suit. But who is it?

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Plot Keywords:

scavenger hunt | college | bear costume | radio dj | radio personality | 

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Taglines:

One by one he killed them until he was trapped in his own game

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 June 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Scaremaker

Filming Locations:

Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Concepts Unlimited

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film was shot in 1982 under the title The Scaremaker. It didn't see a release until 1984 when distributors picked it up and re-named it Girls Nite Out to play up the lurid angle for marketing.

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Connections

Referenced in Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)

User Reviews

"You're all a bunch of whores!"

Great dialogue there coming from David Halbrook's character. Wait a minute, HAL Holbrook plays the security guard in this movie. I wonder how that happened? Actually, I found it very funny that in practically every scene Hal Holbrook is in he doesn't appear in the same shot with any other character, like he shot all his scenes in one day and they edited him in where needed. I gave this movie a 1. There is no suspense, the killings look stupid, there are no characters to care about, it's just a mess. Julia Montgomery looked better at the bottom of a pie in Revenge of the Nerds. They even put in an interrogation/flashback sequence to fill the audience in on events we witnessed just 20 MINUTES AGO. I fast forwarded through the last half hour just so I could find out who the killer was. . .What a waste of time. OK, the bear suit was cool.