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Post by Toasted Cheese on Dec 2, 2017 14:32:49 GMT
Shadow Of Death-88', is aka as Destroyer. link It stars Deborah Foreman and Anthony Perkins. I am a big Deborah Foreman fan and she was always good value to watch in the 80's. For me, it really delivered the goods, in spite of some cheesiness, but that is part of it's charm. It is also contains some brutal violence and the characters are easy to root for. A b grade director is filming his latest exploitation flick in an abandoned prison and his actors and technicians start to die off. This is not a spoiler, but within the prison walls, an executed serial rapist and murderer of men, women and children is still lurking about, after having survived the chair. The movies stunt woman is left all alone to fend of the killer, with a little help from her screenwriter boyfriend. If you get a chance to check it out, I would be interested in hearing your opinion. A real goody by my horror standards. Thanks for the review, I'll try to find it. I'll need to re-watch Prison too, since I've only seen it from heavily cut VHS. It's interesting that there aren't that many horror movies set in modern prisons. Maybe they are expensive locations to shoot in. You'd think that prison horror would make a good sub-genre. Perhaps it's like you mentioned earlier, that they made 4 in the late 80's and none of them were that popular, with the exception of gaining a cult reputation. If they are not going to be a cash cow, why bother. Heck, look at The Shawshank Redemption-94' and the popularity that one gained over the years. Being Oscar nominated did help it a bit, but it was still far from a hit at the original time of release. I think most people might find prison movies a bit bleak or depressing. It is the last bastion of suffering, for those convicted of crimes against society.
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