Rent Rosemary's Killer (1981)

Name: Rosemary's Killer
Rating: 3.1

3.1 of 5 from 61 ratings

1h 25min

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Boasting superlative make-up and special effects by gore guru Tom Savini, Joseph Zito's Rosemary's Killer was amongst the first of the 1980's cycle of slasher movies and remains one of the sub-genres pinnacle points. The story opens in the 1940's, just after the end of WWII with a soldier receiving a letter to inform him that his girlfriend has found a new flame. The girl and her new beau are at the local college graduation dance, but decide to go outside for a walk and to fool around. They are brutally killed but their murderer is never found. Resultantly, the town does not hold another graduation dance for over 40 years.
The film skips forward in time to the preparations for the newly reinstated dance but somebody can't forget the past and wants to make sure nobody else does either. Soon, a mysterious figure in an military uniform begins to slaughter the college students in various blood-splattered ways.
Actors:: Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Lawrence Tierney, Farley Granger, Cindy Weintraub, Lisa Dunsheath, David Sederholm, Bill Nunnery, Thom Bray, Diane Rode, Bryan Englund, Donna Davis, Carleton Carpenter, Joy Glaccum, Timothy Wahrer, John Seitz, Bill Hugh Collins, Dan Lounsbery, Douglas Stevenson, Susan Monts
Directors:: Joseph Zito
Writers:: Glenn Leopold, Neal Barbera
Studio:: Optimum
Genres:: Horror, Thrillers
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