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One Dark Night (1983)

One Dark Night poster
Directed by
Tom McLoughlin
Genre
horror film, zombie film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 115 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three teenagers get locked inside a mausoleum as part of a high school initiation. A dead occultist with telekinetic powers comes back to life and stalks them through the night.

tenseclaustrophobicatmosphericeerieslow-burnsupernaturalgothicspooky

What happens

One Dark Night (also known as Entity Force) is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tom McLoughlin, and starring Meg Tilly, E. G. Daily, and Adam West. It follows three teenagers sent to a mausoleum for the night as part of a high school initiation rite. A telekinetic occultist returns from the dead and haunts them, forcing the three to survive the night inside the crypt. The film was conceived and filmed under the title Rest in Peace before Poltergeist. It was given a limited platform release in the United States on July 9, 1982, before receiving wide distribution by Comworld Pictures in January 1983. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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