The Prowler

The Prowler

If you think you're safe... you're DEAD wrong!

Rating

3.0 (1)

Release Date

11/6/1981

Runtime

89 mins

Overview

Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

-

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A methodical slasher where a masked killer returns to a small town to settle an old score, delivering calculated kills with a palpable sense of dread. The film lingers on suspense over spectacle, making each teen's death feel inevitable and inescapable.

Mood

Dread-soakedTenseUnsettling

Themes

RevengeGrief

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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