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My Bloody Valentine
Why this pick
Its isolated small-town celebration, anonymous work-clad killer and steady body-count suspense closely match The Prowler’s grim, blue-collar slasher atmosphere.
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MOVIE1981 1h 29m USA
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
During World War II, a woman named Rosemary Chatham writes a Dear John letter to her boyfriend, breaking up with him because he has been away too long. On June 28, 1945, Rosemary is attending a graduation dance in the town of Avalon, California with her new boyfriend Roy, who suggests they go out to the point in order to make out. While there, they are attacked by a mysterious prowler in an army combat uniform, who impales them both with a pitchfork, leaving behind a rose.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Christopher Goutman
Mark London
Lawrence Tierney
Maj. Chatham
Farley Granger
Sheriff George Fraser
Lisa Dunsheath
Sherry
David Sederholm
Carl
Thom Bray
Ben
Donna Davis
Miss Allison
Carleton Carpenter
1945 M.C