Boardinghouse (1982)

Directed by

John Wintergate

Genre

comedy horror, slasher film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

R

Rating

3.7 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Aspiring actresses and models move into a Los Angeles boarding house where people died strangely in the past. They start dying one by one in mysterious ways.

low-budgetcampydatedsuspensefulgorycreepycheesyslow

What happens

Boardinghouse is a 1982 American supernatural slasher film directed, written by, and starring musician John Wintergate. Its plot follows a group of aspiring actresses and models who begin to die mysteriously in a Los Angeles boarding house, which was once the site of a series of bizarre deaths. It carries the distinction of being the first horror film to be shot-on-video. The film was released on DVD by Code Red in 2008. In 2015, Slasher//Video issued a two-disc edition of the film on DVD, featuring both the 98-minute theatrical cut, and an unofficial extended 157-minute version deemed the "director's cut." The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) released the film on Blu-ray in 2021 featuring three cuts of the film: The 88-minute theatrical cut; the 98-minute home video cut, and an alternate cut released in 1984 under the title Psycho Killer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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