Sledgehammer (1983)

Directed by

David A. Prior

Genre

horror film, slasher film, teen film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

3.6 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This independent horror film is about the ghost of a young boy who killed his mother and her lover with a sledgehammer. Ten years later, a group of teens staying in the same house are stalked by the ghost.

low-budgetcreepyviolentunsettlingatmospheric80s-stylepsychotronicgory

What happens

Sledgehammer is a 1983 independent slasher film written and directed by David A. Prior. The film tells the story of a young boy who murdered his mother and her lover with a sledgehammer. Ten years after the murder and the child's mysterious disappearance, a group of teens stay in the house for a weekend when they are terrorized by the ghost of the little boy. Sledgehammer was one of the earliest horror films to be shot-on-video, though not the first, a distinction claimed by Boardinghouse which was released one year earlier. However, while Boardinghouse received a limited theatrical release, Sledgehammer was originally released direct-to-video. It has retained a cult following, and was re-released on DVD in 2011 by Intervision, a sub-label of cult film distributor Severin Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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