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Within Vinony's link graph, The Prowler is referenced by 42 other articles, and connects out to Europe, Australia and World War II.
It sits within the topics 1980s horror thriller films, 1980s mystery horror films and 1980s slasher films.
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5.9Thirty 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.
Released: 1981-11-0689 minDir: Joseph ZitoHorror, Thriller, MysteryBudget: $1.0M
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Cast
- Vicky Dawson as Pam MacDonald
- Christopher Goutman as Mark London
- Lawrence Tierney as Maj. Chatham
- Farley Granger as Sheriff George Fraser
- Cindy Weintraub as Lisa
- Lisa Dunsheath as Sherry
Themes
- mask
- murder
- serial killer
- slasher
- maniac
- pitchfork
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Ratings
IMDb
5.9/10
13,575 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
Metacritic
45/100
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- teen film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Joseph Zito
- Cast member
- Thom Bray
- Composer
- Richard Einhorn
- Producer
- Joseph Zito
- Narrative location
- New Jersey
- Filming location
- New Jersey
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 284035
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1981-01-01
- title
- The Prowler
- set in period
- 1945
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 75%
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Categories
1980s horror thriller films1980s mystery horror films1980s slasher films1980s teen films1981 American films1981 English-language films1981 films1981 horror films1981 independent filmsAmerican exploitation filmsAmerican films about revengeAmerican historical horror filmsAmerican horror thriller filmsAmerican independent filmsAmerican mystery horror filmsAmerican serial killer filmsAmerican slasher filmsAmerican splatter filmsAmerican teen horror filmsAmerican World War II filmsCensored filmsEnglish-language horror thriller filmsEnglish-language independent filmsEnglish-language mystery films