NIGHT SCHOOL (1981)

NIGHT SCHOOL (USA, 1981) a.ka. TERROR EYES

Dir. Ken Hughes

Written by- Ruth Avergon

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JUSTIN HUGH DICKINSON

NIGHT SCHOOL has some good things in it: The look of the killer with the all black motorcycle helmet and the atmosphere and suspense when then killer attacks/chases the girls. These are almost few and far between, because the story turns into more of a police procedural and somewhat of a domestic drama than a straight out slasher.

Perhaps the setting should have been limited to the college to give it more of a claustrophobic atmosphere. They could have had a WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS? type of thing (not ripping it off of course). The focus could have been on the girls more, rather than the professor and cop.

Obviously, that is not the story that the filmmakers wanted to tell and instead we wound up with a movie that just rides that very fine line between “a driven policeman chasing down a psycho” and a true blue slasher film. Not the worst (except the very end), just disappointing. And in this instance it is a case of two great genres tastes not tasting great together.