Death Screams (1982)
8/10
Well made early 80's slasher.
7 October 2022
Clearly a lot of people don't get 80's slashers going by the score this movie has received because this movie has it all in spade complete with an opening seen where a couple making out on a motorbike get strangled and thrown into a river.

The movie follows a group of friends that ritually get knocked off one by one in these sorts of movies. The drama feels very made for TV but the horror ambience is much more movieque landing itself right were a good 80's slasher should be, just slightly off the norm enough to keep you guessing.

The characters were interesting with highly strung working kids portrayed by adults half of whom are smoking dope or partying for most of the movie when they are not getting killed. There's a lot of 70's influence in the non-horror music but little in the way of budget spending not even night time lighting. It's just blackness and lots of crickets and the occasional wondering-around synth music scores which are just awesome.

If you are not into 70's and 80's slashers then there will be little in this movie for you otherwise its a definite must see. An 80's American country slasher horror without an over-bearing redneck theme. Nice.
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