Night School (1981)

Directed by

Ken Hughes

Genre

horror film, slasher film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 80 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A series of decapitation murders terrorizes a women's night college in Boston. A detective investigates the killings as the body count rises.

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What happens

Night School (also released as Terror Eyes) is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Rachel Ward, Leonard Mann, and Drew Snyder. The plot follows a series of brutal decapitation murders occurring around a women's night college in Boston, Massachusetts. It marked the debut feature film of Ward, and the final film directed by Hughes. The music score was composed by Brad Fiedel. Filmed on location in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, Night School premiered in January 1981 at the Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival in France, where director Hughes won the Terror Award and was nominated for the jury Grand Prize. It was theatrically released in France on May 13, 1981, and in the United Kingdom on July 3, 1981, under its working title, Terror Eyes. The film subsequently premiered in the United States on September 11, 1981, distributed by Paramount Pictures. Night School received mixed reviews from critics, with some praising Hughes's direction, while others criticized its screenplay and violence. In the United Kingdom, the film was included on the British Board of Film Classification's list of "video nasties" and was banned from home video release until 1985, when it was released with over a minute of footage excised. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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