Feb 6, 2023
Girls Nite Out (The Scaremaker, 1982)
"I'm, uh, Teddy Ratliff. I'm captain of the basketball team."
"Hi, I'm Dawn Sorenson, and I couldn't care less."
#girls nite out#the scaremaker#blood tw#slasher film#1982#robert deubel#julia montgomery#james carroll#suzanne barnes#rutanya alda#lauren marie taylor#mart mcchesney#lois robbins#hal holbrook#david holbrook#laura summer#carrick glenn#john didrichsen#matthew dunn#richard bright#tony shultz#gil spencer jr.#kevin kurgis#joe bolster#briefly released as The Scaremaker in 82‚ then rereleased under its better known Girls Nite Out title (a title which btw makes zero sense‚#nor does that poster resemble anyone or anything from the film). it's nice that Arrow have rescued and restored this from surviving#materials‚ but this is completely generic slasher fare which does nothing new or original. performances are weirdly variable not just from#actor to actor but sometimes within a single actors performance (like‚ sometimes the acting is awkward and wooden but in other scenes tl#there's a genuine naturalness and realism in the student interactions). the look of the killer is at least original as is the method of#murder‚ and the soundtrack is solid wall to wall 60s bangers‚ plus having Hal Holbrook along for the ride is always a welcome surprise
