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He Knows You're Alone (1980)

He Knows You're Alone poster
Directed by
Armand Mastroianni
Genre
horror film, slasher film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 78 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman is stalked by a killer who targets brides-to-be in the days before her wedding. She must survive the weekend as the murderer closes in.

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What happens

He Knows You're Alone is a 1980 American slasher film directed by Armand Mastroianni, written by Scott Parker and starring Caitlin O'Heaney, Don Scardino, Elizabeth Kemp, Tom Rolfing, and Tom Hanks in his film debut. The plot follows a woman who is stalked by a killer targeting soon-to-be brides the weekend before her wedding. Independently made by several producers, including Edgar Lansbury, He Knows You're Alone was shot on location in Mastroianni's native Staten Island, New York in December 1979 under the working title Blood Wedding. The film was subsequently sold to Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, who retitled it and released it with United Artists on August 29, 1980. Although the film received mixed reviews, it was a commercial success for MGM, grossing nearly $5 million at the U.S. box office. He Knows You're Alone has been credited for being one of the first horror films inspired by the success of Halloween, and shares a number of similarities with that previous hit. In the years since its release, it has received some retrospective praise from genre film critics. Film critic Robin Wood noted the film among its peers as a "highly sophisticated attempt" at analyzing violence against women. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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