Evilspeak

Infobox Film
name = Evilspeak


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caption = Cover of Evilspeak UK DVD
director = Eric Weston
producer = Eric Weston
Sylvio Tabet
Gerald Hopman
writer = Eric Weston
Joseph Garofalo
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starring = Clint Howard
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cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Moreno Films
released = 1981
runtime = 89 Mins
country = flagicon|US US
language = English
budget = $1,000,000
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amg_id = 1:16265
imdb_id = 0082346

"Evilspeak" (also known as "Evilspeaks" and "Computer Murders") is a 1981 horror film written by Eric Weston and Joseph Garofalo, and directed by Weston.

Plot

Stanley Coopersmith (Clint Howard), a young cadet at an American military academy, is a social outcast bullied by his fellow students. He eventually takes revenge on them using black magic.

Production

The story was originally titled "The Foundling" - a script written by Joseph Garofalo. Garofalo later reworked it in conjunction with actor Eric Weston who tightened up the storylines and added the computer elements.

A budget of $1,000,000 was raised, half from Lebanese producer Sylvio Tabet (who had made the Beastmaster series of films) and half from a group of doctors looking to invest some money.

The film was shot in three weeks, using locations in Santa Barbara and a condemned church in South Central Los Angeles. [ [http://www.bmoviegraveyard.com/reviews/E/Evilspeak/#B B-Movie Graveyard] ]

Cast

*Clint Howard as Stanley Coopersmith
*R.G. Armstrong as Sarge
*Joseph Cortese as Reverend Jameson
*Claude Earl Jones as Coach
*Haywood Nelson as Kowalski
*Don Stark as Bubba
*Charles Tyner as Colonel Kincaid
*Hamilton Camp as Hauptman
*Louie Gravance as Jo Jo
*Jim Greenleaf as Ox
*Lynn Hancock as Miss Friedemeyer
*Richard Moll as Father Esteban

Controversy

The movie was once cited as a video nasty in the UK following its release on the Videospace label. It remained banned for a number of years as part of the Video Recordings Act 1984, thanks to its gory climax and themes of satanism.

The film was reclassified and re-released in 1999 but with over three minutes of cuts which included the removal of most of the gore from the climax. It was then subsequently passed complete by the BBFC in 2004 and is now available in both an uncut form and a version re-edited by the distributors to tighten up the dialogue. [ [http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/hitse.htm#Evilspeak Evilspeak at the BBFC] ]

Anton LaVey, the late founder and of the Church of Satan, was a great fan of the film and considered it to be very Satanic. [According to the authorized biography "The Secret Life of a Satanist".]

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0082346|title=Evilspeak
* [http://www.bmoviegraveyard.com/reviews/E/Evilspeak/ Evilspeak at B-Movie Graveyard]