The Prowler [Blu-ray] | ![The Prowler [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cP5FFcQBL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Joseph Zito
Actors: Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Lawrence Tierney, Farley Granger, Cindy Weintraub
Studio: Blue Underground
Category: DVD
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Rating:  73 reviews
Sales Rank: 7,762
Format: Color, DTS Surround Sound, Digital Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 0
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 827058702195
UPC: 827058702195
EAN: 0827058702195
ASIN: B003JFCG82
Theatrical Release Date: 1981
Release Date: July 27, 2010
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Studio: E1 Release Date: 07/27/2010 Run time: 89 minutes
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 The Prowler August 30, 2010
Jose Lopez (Miami,Florida USA)
The Prowler is a different type of Slasher Genre Horror movie, it actually wasn't boring and the usual,although the getup isn't scary(Soldier's outfit) however the story is unique among the countless slasher films.
 The Prowler aka Rosemary's Killer August 4, 2010
A. Jones (Australia)
This movie shocked me totally when I saw it on video in the early 80's and it really hasn't lost much of its power over the years.
A real penny dreadful nasty shocker that could well have been ripped from the pages of an EC horror comic of the 50's, it has that feel to it.
Still this has a world wide cult status and once you see it, you can understand why.
Banned in Australia in the 80's after it was already on the shelves for 2 years.
Bloody horror set pieces that hit you like a sledge-hammer, you have been warned.
Like A Bayonet Through The Brain... July 9, 2010
Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein (under the rubble)
A soldier receives a "Dear John" letter during WWII, resulting in a murder-by-pitchfork at a dance. Thirty five years later, a new series of gooshy killings begins. THE PROWLER (aka: ROSEMARY'S KILLER) is right up there w/ FRIDAY THE 13TH, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, and other luminaries of the late 70s / early 80s slash 'em ups. I love the killer's military garb, complete w/ camouflage mask! If throat-slashings and / or impalements make you feel giddy, then THE PROWLER should uplift your spirit...
 Overrated but Okay June 13, 2010
Donald A. Prentiss (minneapolis, mn United States)
I originally saw this when I was young but when revisited as an adult, I found the hype that is out there for this film is way overboard. It's an OKAY slasher, but as a fan of the horror genre and slasher sub-genre I enjoy it for the nostalgia factor. It's great to have in the collection as a collector, but its rewatchability isn't as high as other slashers like THE BURNING, MANIAC or MY BLOODY VALENTINE. So all I can really say is good, not the best. Worth a watch once at least and I must say a really cool looking outfit!
A gory classic from the slasher heyday of the early 1980s June 3, 2010
Daniel Jolley (Shelby, North Carolina USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you're making a list of must-see 80s slashers, The Prowler should definitely be one of them. Yeah, the plot isn't all that great, the pace of the movie drags in places, and several questions ultimately go unanswered - but I was genuinely surprised at the identity of the killer (who is pretty intimidating in his killing garb), the lead actress is fairly cute, and - as is always important for us gorehounds - I was absolutely delighted at the spectacle of blood and gore on display. The filmmakers really let makeup/special effects genius Tom Savini go hog wild. Where other slasher movies give you a quick cut shot of a knife slicing a neck open or a pitchfork going all the way through a body, The Prowler lingers deliciously on such gruesome sights. You get to see that last little convulsion as he raises a skewered body up, with the tines of the pitchfork scraping against the tile; you watch him working his knife back and forth as if he has trouble removing it from his victim's neck - it's these little details that show you just how much Savini cares about his gruesome craft. Admittedly, one death is wholly and patently fake, but you still have to appreciate the effort and intent of the shot.
The story begins in 1945, when a young woman and her beau are ruthlessly murdered on the night of the big college graduation dance; while their killer was never caught, it is made quite obvious that the murderer was the young woman's former boyfriend, to whom she had sent a Dear John letter while he was still fighting overseas. 35 years later, the college prepares for the first graduation dance since that awful night. With the sheriff away on a fishing trip, only a pretty boy deputy (Christopher Goutman) and his coed girlfriend (Vicky Dawson) are available to try and stop the returned killer's bloody rampage. 35 years may have passed, but the killer is still strong enough to shove a knife completely through a young man's skull. Deputy London isn't every good at his job and drags his girlfriend from one dangerous scene to another, but fortunately his little cutie has a lot of spunk - and she needs every bit of it as she comes face to hidden face with the killer, all decked out in his World War II army gear, on several occasions.
Unlike many slasher films, The Prowler actually tries to scare you a little bit, and it does succeed in generating a certain amount of tension in places. Still, the basic storyline isn't particularly noteworthy, and some viewers might complain about a few characters being introduced and then forgotten about for no apparent reason (it's not as if they're red herrings helping to keep the killer's identity a mystery). Speaking of the killer, I never really figured out who it was before the secret was revealed in the end, but a number of viewers probably won't be as dense as I was - and that will obviously take away from their enjoyment of the film. No one can take anything away from Tom Savini's memorable special effects work, though, and that makes The Prowler a must-see film for slasher fans.
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