Mark Habeeb The Prowler has got to be one of the best 80's slasher film. The film is actually creepy and suspenseful . It picks up really quick and takes you into an exciting ride through out the night. It doesn't get boring with mindless random scenes that many other slashers fall into. It keeps you on the edge of your seat and there is always something happening. Everything from the score to the pace and to the gore, this is a real fun treat for any horror fan. While not quite as sophisticated as "Happy birthday to me" or "The house on sorority row", it definitely delivers and keeps you guessing who the killer is.

GL84 Preparing for a lavish party, friends decide to hold it at a local dance hall start to realize that their missing attendees have been killed off by a vicious killer seeking revenge among them for a wrong that was committed back at the end of World War II and try to escape alive.This is undoubtedly one of the greatest slashers around. What really works for this one is the fact that it uses a simple story yet manages to string together something so watchable which is a big accomplishment. This one here never produces a dull moment, staying interesting for the duration of its time and moves seamlessly through several top-notch stalking scenes along the way. The opening ambush of the couple works nicely, the bathroom encounter is outstanding with the narrow misses of getting caught while they tease each other leading into the mistaken play in the shower, the poolside stalking of the couples leaving the dance are quite fun and the couple being stalked down in the basement is quite a suspenseful ambush. The next big one is the stalking scenes on display, which are just exceptional from the first chase through the dorms moving through the different levels without giving away the killer through the maze in the hallway designs out the side and down out into the street, the search of the killers' house in the dark where they go looking for the clues to his identity and the graveyard encounter with the gravestone discovery and open grave makes for a great suspense scene. The eventual confrontation with the killer is again top-notch, as the systematic search of the bedroom is reason enough to really enjoy it, being one of the best suspense scenes in the film while the final big kill is a showstopper. There's also the fact that the killer in here is actually kept off-screen for the majority of the film, using only a few clues to keep the identity a secret until the final surprise revelation, while the fact that most of the time is devoted to keeping it to the shadows is yet another great way to build the suspense. Add in together with the greatness of the gore and kills in here, this one comes off as one of the absolute best ones in the genre. This here only has the very mildest of flaws. The fact that the body count is pretty low is a little hard to accept, as it doesn't even reach double digits, which shouldn't have been that hard to accomplish considering all the potential corpses on display. The fantastic gore makes it hard to recognize, but this one wouldn't have been hurt to knock off another one or two more. The suit that the killer wears is also a little hokey, and wearing a military uniform doesn't really make much sense. It does in the back-story, but rather than meaning anything, it rather feels like an attempt at originality gone a little screwy. These, though, are hardly deal-breaking and don't even come close to unseating the positive ones.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Graphic Language and a mild sex scene.

yourwarmembrace I have not seen nor do I plan to see a snuff film but from what I've heard about them, The Prowler (1981) is pretty close. The aforementioned director, Joseph Zito, plays out these death scenes as if he were getting real pleasure from them. It's scary and uncomfortable to watch to say the least and I can't think of any other slasher movie to come close. With others, there is always an underlying sense of humor and/or a question of believability but this one is relentless. Even the cat and mouse scenes are frightening. Let's just put it this way, it's December 2014 and upon this first viewing, I'm creeped out. I think a lot of it too has to do with zero character development - either that or the 1981 dialogue was lost on me. It starts of painfully slow and you don't feel a connection with anyone which sort of places you directly in the shoes of the killer. Not sure if this was intentional but it's kind of genius. 7.5/10

gwnightscream This 1981 horror film stars Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman and Farley Granger. This begins in the 1940's during World War II where a young woman, Rosemary has just written an upsetting letter to her lover ending their relationship. Soon, she and her date are killed by him at a graduation dance. Thirty years later, the same killer wears a war outfit while hunting a group of college friends at a graduation dance. Dawson plays Pam MacDonald, Goutman plays her boyfriend, Mark London who is a Deputy Sheriff and Granger (Strangers on a Train) plays Sheriff, George Fraser. This isn't bad and Tom Savini's make-up effects are great as usual. If you like horror/slasher films, you should view this one.