Scott LeBrun The producers of "Squirm" went on to make this decent slasher, which ended up being MGMs' sole contribution to the slasher film cycle of the 70s and 80s. It's fairly imitative, with "Halloween" being an obvious inspiration - all the way down to a similar main theme. But director Armand Mastroianni gives it a few nice touches and good moments. The presence of engaging actors (including a couple of familiar faces) helps a great deal. With the able assistance of editor George T. Norris, Mastroianni actually keeps this story moving along quite well.A serial killer (Tom Rolfing) who targets brides-to-be sets his sights on Amy Jensen (played by the very pretty Caitlin O'Heaney). Amy is having her doubts about getting married, especially as she can't erase her feelings for her goofy, annoying, but lovable ex-boyfriend Marvin ("Squirm" hero Don Scardino). Unfortunately, nobody will believe Amy that this stranger is following her. Meanwhile, a somewhat unhinged detective, Len Gamble (Lewis Arlt) who lost his bride to the killer realizes that the maniac is once again on the loose, and is hellbent on catching him."He Knows You're Alone" admittedly gets off to a great start. Its opening is better than most other things in the movie, as we learn that what we're seeing is actually a movie within the movie. Mastroianni is able to generate some enjoyable suspense, although fans of this genre may very well bemoan the de-emphasis on gore (one very unconvincing decapitated head notwithstanding). The killer does get a back story, but like the psycho in "Final Exam", he's kind of lacking in the personality department (maybe that's why he got dumped in the first place?). While the movie isn't 100% predictable, the ending falls short of really being satisfying.What has given "He Knows You're Alone" some stature is the fact that it was future superstar Tom Hanks's film debut, as he plays a psychology major. He doesn't show up until almost an hour into the story, and has only one big scene as he muses on the idea of fear and why people enjoy the feeling of being scared. From day one, he displayed that likability and charisma that has served him well for over 30 years. Also appearing are Patsy Pease, James Rebhorn, Dana Barron, Joseph Leon, Paul Gleason, Russell Todd, and Steve James.This may not appeal to all fans of the genre but it's worth a look for completions' sake.Seven out of 10.

DesperateHouseboy While this movie is not horrible by any means, its just not very good either. The first thing you'll notice is that its very much a clone of 'Halloween', all the way down to the music used in the film. Its about a killer who stalks bride-to-be's,and has now set his sights on Amy (Caitlin O'Heaney). In theory, it sounds like a fun slasher flick, but its just not. Things don't really make sense either. If he only kills brides, why does he kill her friends, and other characters? The kills could have been a little better, although the head in the fish tank was quite cool.Overall, its watchable, and you could do worse, but you could also do a lot better in the 80s slasher department, so unless your a slasher completest, then I'd say skip it. You aren't missing anything. The trailer is actually a lot better than the film itself.

Lucien Lessard When an young woman was murdered in a movie theater, while her and her friend was watching an horror movie. It turns this psychopath killer (Tom Rolfing) is after brides to be, after his former girlfriend left him for another man. Amy (Caitlin O'Heaney) is soon to be married but she finds herself stalked this killer and her friends (Elizabeth Kemp and Pasty Pease) are also in danger. A dedicated police detective (Lewis Arlt) is trying hard to capture the killer before he gets to his next target.Directed by Armand Mastroianni (Who been's directing Television movies for years) made an interesting, slowly paced, horror film in the wake of "Halloween" and "Friday the 13th". Although this movie is more of a thriller with some slasher elements and very little blood is shown in the picture. Rolfing is good as the quiet psychopath, who reminds me of the late Anthony Perkins. O'Heaney is a good female lead. "He Knows You're Alone" does have an loyal cult following.DVD has an good anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) transfer and an fine Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Sound. DVD includes an entertaining commentary track by the director and screenwriter:Scott Parker. DVD also includes the original theatrical trailer. "He Knows You're Alone" is memorable for the opening sequence and some well-known actors like the late Paul Gleason, James Rebhorn, Two-Time Oscar Winner:Tom Hanks and Dana Barron in small roles. Die-Hard fans of slasher movies will have an good time with this one. (*** ½/*****).

Jonas Skjøtt There is not much to say about this 'slasher flick', and there is not much to get exited about either... the only thing I founded a little bit exiting, was the appearance by Tom Hanks (his first film debut), actually why didn't he get more screen time, it would have been much more fun to look at him, than this sorry pierce of slasher cinema.This slasher movie, as many others, looks a lot like that successful movie called 'Halloween', not that I'm disappointed over that, because how can you, half of the slasher movies out there is a cheap knockoff of 'Halloween', but what i am disappointed about is the lack of creativeness in the soundtrack department... Ohhh boy, Alexander Peskanov & Mark Peskanov (the composers of this movie) have done a very cheap trick, they have copied John Carpenter's 'Halloween Theme', and good, it is not... it's BAD! And by the hand, what this slasher really need, is more gore and violence, you never get that wonderful feeling of B-movie trashiness, when you see the actual kills, after-all we only see these kind of movies, because we love to see how cheap and violent they can look, and this movie never shows that, the only "remotely violent thing" we get to see, is the killer waving with his knife in the air, and some blood dripping from the dead person (not even a single flesh wound)... it never gets more boring than that, expect for the talking scenes! There is many good slasher movies out there, so for the sake of horror-goodness... don't ever look at this loser of a movie!