''Terror Night'' (also known as ''Bloody Movie'') is a 1989 American

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directed by Nick Marino.

Plot

When a group of kids sneak into the dilapidated, apparently-abandoned mansion of vanished

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star Lance Hayward, they are methodically killed off by the psychotic actor, who dons costumes from his classic film roles for each murder.

Cast

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as Lance Hayward * Cameron Mitchell as Detective Sanders *

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as Jake Nelson * Staci Greason as Kathy * William Butler as Chip *

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as Jo * Timothy Elwell as Angel * Carla Baron as Lorraine * Ken Abraham as Greg * Jamie Summers (credited as Denise Stafford) as Sherry *

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as Captain Ned *

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as Ted Michaels

Production

While producer Nick Marino is credited as the director, numerous cast and crew members assert that several uncredited directors worked on the film, including Fred Lincoln and

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(the latter of whom had not officially directed a film for almost 20 years). Several accounts claim that de Toth convinced veteran actors

and Cameron Mitchell to join the cast, and shot the scenes they appear in after the majority of

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had been completed. De Toth wore a neckbrace during shooting, after suffering an injury. One shooting location was an estate which had once belonged to

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Release

Although filming was completed in 1989, no record appears to exist of the film having an official release until 2004, when

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's Retromedia put it on DVD under the title ''Bloody Movie''. A Legacy Entertainment release from 2005 uses the film's original title.

Critical reception

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called the film a "substandard horror film" and that "the real fun to be had in ''Terror Night'' is its virtually limitless source of bizarre trivia for dedicated exploitation buffs."

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's Daniel W. Kelly wrote, "With a storyline revolving around vintage movies and appearances by some recognizable has-beens, the film has more of a camp quality than horror. It's not the worst of the genre, but it's not the best. It's a bit simple and unexciting."

References

External links

* 1989 films American slasher films 1989 horror films 1980s slasher films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films English-language horror films {{1980s-US-film-stub