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New Year's Evil

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1980 film by Emmett Alston

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4.9

During a live punk-rock New Year's Eve TV programme, the presenter gets a phone call from a psycho calling himself "Evil" saying that when New Year's strikes in each US time zone, he will murder someone.

Released: 1980-12-2686 minDir: Emmett AlstonHorror, ThrillerBudget: $500,000

Cast

  • Roz Kelly as Diane Sullivan
  • Kip Niven as Richard Sullivan
  • Chris Wallace as Lt. Clayton
  • Grant Cramer as Derek Sullivan
  • Louisa Moritz as Sally
  • Jed Mills as Ernie

Themes

  • new year's eve
  • psychopath
  • nightclub
  • murder
  • serial killer
  • slasher
  • maniac
  • 80s style
  • absurd

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Ratings

IMDb

4.9/10

3,953 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

25%

Metacritic

33/100

Year
1980
Runtime
85 min
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Rated
R

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Cast member
Taaffe O'Connell
Production company
The Cannon Group
Cinematographer
Thomas E. Ackerman
Narrative location
Los Angeles
Duration
85
FilmAffinity ID
243195
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1980-01-01
title
New Year's Evil
distributed by
Netflix
set during recurring event
New Year
set in environment
hotel
review score
3.5/10
capital cost
500000
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