Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton

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R, 102 min.

Directed by: Tom DeSimone

Release Date: August 28, 1981

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DVD Release Date: August 24, 1999

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  • May 14, 2008
    Hell Night is a creepy little fun horror movie from the 80's. The atmosphere in this movie is amazing, and to me atmosphere is one of the strongest qualities in a horror film. Yes there's the typical 80's cheese, but it's always fun and it never takes away from the fear that this...( read more) movie delivers. We get a spooky old mansion in the dark foggy mist, possibly haunted by a ghost, and a killer who's on a murderous rampage killing off a group of teens one by one. It's all great and there are some really true intense nail biting moments in here as well. To me, this is Linda Blair's best movie by far.

    "Hell Night focuses on Marti, a young college co-ed played by Linda Blair. Marti is pledging a sorority and must endure "hell night," the night when pledges must perform some idiotic stunt in order to become members. So, Marti along with fellow pledge Denise, must spend the night in Garth Mansion, along with fraternity pledges Jeff and Seth. Why Garth Manor you may ask? Well, it seems that millionaire Mr. Garth and his wife had three deformed children. Mr. Garth couldn't take this, so he slaughtered his family and killed himself, but only three bodies were found. The legend has it that Andrew, the youngest Garth child, still roams the grounds.

    So, Marti and the rest of the gang enter Garth Mansion. Soon, frat president Jeff, and two cronies arrive to begin playing pranks on the group to try and frighten them. But, someone else is in the house, someone who isn't there for fun and games. One by one the young partiers are picked off by an unseen assailant. Is this all an elaborate "hell night" trick or has one of the Garth's returned to seek vengeance?"

    Hell Night is such an underrated film that had never gotten the attention that it deserved. The beautiful Linda Blair was stunning in this film(and no, I'm not just talking about all that cleavage she showed here), even though that definitely was a plus. The acting wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either, and it never becomes too unbelievable. Actually the performances were just right for the type of movie that this was and the story, although not too original, was told in a very creepy fashion. Another great thing about this movie too was the score, the music here was very eerie and spine tingling and it had added much tension to several scenes in the movie.

    This movie is definitely perfect to watch around Halloween time, for it does have that spooky spirited Halloween feel to it. I just loved this movie! Don't expect any gore or anything like that, because even though it's rated R with the occasional spurts of violence and some nudity, this movie strongly relies on the spooky dark atmosphere, along with a good old creepy story. Try to watch this movie in the dark, when you're alone at night, I'm sure you'll be quite pleased. Check this movie out...Hell Night is a must see!

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  • July 9, 2007
    What starts as a prank, ends up with a group of kids being locked on the grounds of a spooky castle with a maniac. Cheap scares with a good setting. The killings aren't too great; I was expecting more. I didn't understand the bit with the ghosts.
  • November 23, 2008
    Hell Night is a little slow moving and doesn't keep it's pace going once things start to happen and Linda Blair's acting is really bad, but the movie delivers good suspense, creepy locations and some nice scares
  • April 27, 2008
    An above average run-of-the-mill slasher that gets extra points for Linda Blair, and maintains being well decent despite unexplained/confusing plot points.
  • October 24, 2007
    This scared me a lot when I first watched this movie! A group of Sority kids pledge 4 fraternity pledges to sleep in a Mansion, which has been rumored to be still haunted and possible may still be inhabitant with the previous goolish owner. Scary and suprising. Check it out!
  • July 8, 2009
    Classic teen horror angst with a lovely Linda Blair doing her best scream queen performance to date!
  • January 16, 2009
    Lesson to filmmakers: just because a film is set at night, doesn't mean you should shoot the damn thing in pure darkness, thus depriving your audience the sight of such things as: your cast, sets, action, etc. Appallingly shot entry in the college-kids'-hazing-ritual-gone-wrong g...( read more)enre, with Linda Blair trying to parlay her EXORCIST fame into a career as a scream queen. It didn't really work, and this film is one of the reasons why.
  • December 2, 2008
    "Hell Night"
    This review contains an obvious spoiler.
    I didn't think I would like this movie when I heard about it
    "WAS I EVER WRONG"
    Hell Night has all the elements needed for a great
    slasher movie, Sexy people, good kills and a freaky killer on the loose..
    I persona...( read more)lly love movies where the killer is in some way disfigured yet still human and in this movie that is delivered.
    Sorority newbies spend the night in Garth Manor Known for its legend about Raymond Garth and his deformed children and how he killed them all and then himself .Supposedly Andrew Garth The most hideous of all the children escapes being killed and lives in tunnels under Garth Manor "so the legend goes".
    Linda Blair is all grown up and quite the good herione also starring the FINE Vincent Van Patten and cute Peter Barton.
    The final showdown between Blair and the villain is grade A entertainment and the rest of the movie does not disappoint either.
  • October 21, 2008
    loved it especialy the scene with fence
  • October 8, 2008
    For those of you that thought Linda Blair needed to continue her career after The Exorcist, here's proof you're wrong. Hell Night is a 80's slasher flick complete with the old legend of horrible murders on this very night many years ago... It's quite typical and tragically slow, ...( read more)and long. The climax is actually cool, but you have to wait so long for it to happen, you just might not care. If it were about 20 minutes shorter, I'd give it a 3.

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