

The Prowler
If you think you're safe... you're DEAD wrong!
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1M
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- mask
- murder
- serial killer
- slasher
- maniac
- pitchfork
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR6 Nov 1981
- Theatricalas "Pitchfork Massacre"24 Feb 1984
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical10 Nov 1981
GermanyDE
- Digital / OTT161 Oct 2002
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical25 Feb 1982
SpainES
- Theatrical181 Jan 1982
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The Prowler was released on 6 November 1981.
Audience reviews
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slayrrr666
3/20/2017
Preparing for a lavish party, friends decide to hold it at a local dance hall start to realize that their missing attendees have been killed off by a vicious killer seeking revenge among them for a wrong that was committed back at the end of World War II and try to escape alive. This is undoubtedly one of the greatest slashers around. What really works for this one is the fact that it uses a simple story yet manag…
- W6/10
Wuchak
8/5/2020
_**Decent slasher taking place at old Inns on the southern coast of New Jersey**_ A Dear John letter during WW2 provokes a veteran to murder in 1945 at a coastal New Jersey hamlet. He was never caught and 35 years later he dons his old soldier garb to kill again at the college dance. “The Prowler” (1981), also known as “Rosemary’s Killer,” is a slasher/horror in the mold of “Friday the 13th” (1980) and “My Bloo…
- T1/10
tmdb76622195
7/15/2023
Spoilers in review! Let us review the plot of this generic horror film. First, in flashback, a horrific murder happens. Fast forward to the then present-day, and the reopening of a closed dance/school/prom night, etc., where the first murder took place. Throw in a few red herring suspects, like the school janitor in the basement, or the crazy old man who bags groceries at the supermarket. Introduce one virginal gi…
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