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Hide and Go Shriek (1988)

Hide and Go Shriek poster
Directed by
Skip Schoolnik
Genre
horror film, slasher film, mystery film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 53 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of teenagers spend the night in a furniture store to celebrate graduation. They are hunted by a cross-dressing killer during a game of hide and seek.

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What happens

Hide and Go Shriek (released in edited form on home video as Close Your Eyes and Pray in the United Kingdom) is a 1988 American slasher film directed by Skip Schoolnik in his directorial debut, and starring Bunky Jones, Annette Sinclair, Brittain Frye, Donna Baltron, George Thomas, and Sean Kanan in his film debut. The story details a group of teenagers who celebrate their graduation by staying the night inside a furniture store, where they are stalked and murdered by a cross-dressing killer during a game of hide and go seek. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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