Once we stare at the house for far longer than we want to, the camera takes us inside where a woman mary mendez locks her son justin greer in a closet so that she can spend some alone time with her beaux micheal. The sledgehammer 1983 excerpt behemoth rising on vimeo. The mysterious killer in this film has targeted a previously tranquil small town. Hes the directors brother and was also a 1983 playgirl centerfold. The super cool illustrated artwork showing a theatrical mask being cracked down the middle by a crudely drawn sledgehammer is the icing on the cake. Director prior uses slow motion with reckless abandon and fills the movie with all sorts of gratuitous paddingand not just of the blood and boobs variety. Priors 1983 epic sledgehammer begins with an unusually long opening shot of a house. Sledgehammer 1983 is a homemade american slasher movie.
The adventures of a deranged and dumb police detective who always looks for the most violent solution to any problem. Ted prior,linda mcgill,john eastman,janine scheer,tim aguilar,sandy. Sledgehammer 1983 excerpt behemoth rising on vimeo. Sledgehammer 1983 12 out of 4 a young boy is being abused by his mother so he brutally kills her and her boyfriend with you guessed it a sledgehammer. Sledgehammer is claimed to be the first shotonvideo horror film made. The film tells the story of a young boy who murdered his mother and her lover with a sledgehammer. The resulting picture is sharper than you might fear, but still full of that. Ted prior, linda mcgill, john eastman, janine scheer. Intervision is proud to present the return of the first shotontape slasher movie for the home video market as well as one of the rarest genre films of all. The film tells the story of a young boy who murdered his mother and her lover with a.
Sledgehammer follows a plot that was routine even in the year of its production. These movies sported the lowest of the low budgets and made their dtv contemporaries. The movie 1983 underworld 1985 the frozen dead 1966 zombie killers. If you can view it then thats about all there is to it. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Maybe because its the only sov title i remember hearing tossed around during my nascent horror years, or perhaps. A choice moment from only the second shotonvideo horror movie ever made. The long handle combined with a heavy head allows the sledgehammer to gather momentum during a swing and apply a large force compared to hammers designed to drive nails. Starring my father as john the voynich code the worlds most mysterious manuscript the secrets of nature duration. Elephants graveyard 2015 the vault of horror 1973 full movie here alone 2016 python 2 2002 time again 2011 the year after infection 2012 hollow man ii 2006 snatchers 2019. The machinist 2004 dracula 1979 a nightmare on elm street 2010 death carries a cane 1973 sledgehammer by peter gabriel. Sledgehammer 1983 full movie sov shot on video horror trash, a young boy murders his mother and her lover with a hammer. I know ive heard the song sledgehammer by peter gabriel in a movie before, but i cant remember what movie it was.
Prior and his actorbrother ted prior got their start. Priors 1983 chiller sledgehammer is the second of these pictures, but the. Ten years later, a wave of teenage murders plagues the same area. Sledgehammer has its own brand of weirdness attached to it too. Shotonhomevideo aka shotonshideo about a young murderous boy who kills his parents at the age of 7, ten years later teens fall prey to the same sledhammer killer after renting out the house for a wild party weekend. A sledgehammer is a tool with a large, flat, often metal head, attached to a long handle. Sledgehammer is a song by english rock musician peter gabriel.
After several local lovelies are bludgeoned to death. A young boy murders his mother and her lover with a. Its full of awkward slow motion shots and poorly synced music cues and those things are exactly why its so great because they make the whole thing very surreal. A young boy murders his mother and her lover with a hammer. Chuck is there with his girlfriend joni played by linda mcgill, who wants to have a serious talk with him about. Theres also unusually long establishing shots and numerous instances of opening, closing, and locking of doors. Movies like sledgehammer 1983 anatomy 2 2003 escape from tomorrow 20 demented 1980 parasomnia 2008 slasher 2007 the sorority 2006 freckled max and the spooks 1987 dona macabra 1972 blue ruin 20 cross of the seven jewels 1987 al tercer dia 2020 del playa 2015. Ten years after the murder and the childs mysterious disappearance, a group of teens stay in the house for a weekend when they are terrorized by the ghost of the little boy. This is in contrast to other types of hammers, which. Unlike the usual wellgroomed, nubile movie teens, the gang in sledgehammer is a little older and shaggier, aside from their leader, a buff jerk named chuck played the directors brother ted prior, a former playgirl centerfold. Ted prior,linda mcgill,john eastman,janine scheer,tim aguilar,sandy brooke,stephen wright,michael shanahan,mary mendez,justin greer,doug matley,ray. With david rasche, annemarie martin, harrison page, leslie morris. Sledgehammer is a 1983 horror film written and directed by david a. Widely regarded as one of, if not the, first shot on video horror movies, david a.
Along with the mallet, it shares the ability to distribute force over a wide area. With ted prior, linda mcgill, john eastman, janine scheer. I have to wonder whether a full script was even written as theres so much. Sledgehammer video 1983 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Sledgehammer 1983 07121983 us horror, thriller 1h 27m user score. It was released as the lead single from his fifth studio album, so 1986, on 21 april 1986. It is the familiar story of a group of teens staying the night at a house in the middle of nowhere and end up getting killed off one by one by a masked man with a sledgehammer. Prior and it is also one of the earliest shot on video films. For me, sledgehammer is the title i most associate with the 80s sov wave.
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