1981 saw the “slasher boom” - an incredible number of (mostly terrible) movies flooding the market. Some of them are good, and some of those are pretty good. A few of those are pretty darn good. The Prowler is one of those. Tom Savini ditched the Friday the 13th sequel (he had good reasons) to work on The Burning, and the more original The Prowler, sometimes called Rosemary’s Killer. It doesn’t really deviate from any of the tropes, but it is a quintessential slasher and it hits every note perfectly. The effects are ghastly, almost Italian and there is a great giallo type atmosphere and touch to how the plot details unfold. I encourage you to watch it, and maybe get two TVs and synch it up with My Bloooooody Valentine (also 1981) , and see how eerily similar they are.





This is the Prowler.

