The Slayer (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Slayer (aka Nightmare Island)


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director = J. S. Cardone
producer = William R. Ewing/Eric Weston/Anne Kimmel
writer = William R. Ewing
starring = Sarah Kendall,
Frederick Flynn,
Alan McRae,
Carol Kottenbrook,
Michael Holmes,
Paul Gandolfo,
Newell Alexander,
Ivy Jones,
Richard Van Brakel,
Jennifer Gaffin,
Carl Kraines
music = Robert Folk
cinematography = Karen Grossman
editing = M. Edward Salier
distributor = 21st Century Film Corporation/International Picture Show/Continental Video Inc./Marquis Video/Planet Video Inc.
released = 1982
runtime = 80 min
country = USA
language = English

"The Slayer" (also known as "Nightmare Island") is a horror film that gained notoriety and was classified in the UK as a video nasty and consequently was unavailable for a number of years until passed uncut by the BBFC in 2001. Before then it'd been edited by 14 secs for violence.

ynopsis

Siblings, Eric (Frederick Flynn) & his surreal abstract artist sister Kay (Sarah Kendall), her doctor husband David (Alan McRae), her sister-in-law Brooke (Carol Kottenbrook) along with pilot Marsh (Michael Holmes) become stranded on a rugged isle. For thirty-something Kay her current situation is her worst fears realised, for she's been troubled since her childhood by reoccurring prophetic nightmares in which she is stalked and slain in a burning room by figure known as "The Slayer". Now it seems this place may be in fact its dwelling and she's sure somehow that this so-called entity is lurking close by, biding its time until nightfull, where it will be drawn to Kay who (for whatever reason) dreams of its killings. But, then again, what's real or make believe? Not everything is what it seems in this place.

Cast

ee also

*Horror-of-personality
*Exploitation film
*Splatter
*Slasher films

External links

*imdb title|id=0084694