Hell Night (1981)
Hell Night (1981)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Linda Blair
Marti
Vincent Van Patten
Seth
Peter Barton
Jeff
Kevin Brophy
Peter
Jenny Neumann
May
Suki Goodwin
Denise
Jimmy Sturtevant
Scott
Hal Ralston
Older Cop
Carey Fox
Younger Cop
Ron Gans
Driver
Gloria Heilman
Party Girl
Tom DeSimone
Director
Frank Darabont
Production Assistant
Randy Feldman
Writer
Bruce Cohn Curtis
Producer
Joseph Wolf
Executive Producer
Irwin Yablans
Producer
Michael Fottrell
Production Manager
Dan Wyman
Composer
Chuck Russell
Executive Producer
Mac Ahlberg
Cinematographer
Freddie Hice
Stunt Coordinator
Anthony DiMarco
Editor
Johanna Ray
CastingDirector
Mark L. Rosen
Producer
Kevin Rock
Production Assistant
Jacqueline Saint Anne
Key Costumer
Larry Lapointe
Gaffer
Ken Horn
Makeup Effects
Kerrie Cullen
Stunt Double
Paul A. Sharpe
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John M. Woodward
Carpenter
Marcia Holley
Stunt Double
Lee Lazarow
Set Dresser
Pamela Peitzman
Makeup Artist
Steven Legler
Art Direction
Barbara Javitz
Production Coordinator
Jeff Staggs
Construction Coordinator
Jim Charleston
Second Assistant Director
Lennie Barin
Costume Design
Ken Dufva
Foley Artist
Alan Schultz
Assistant Editor
Warren Chadwick
Assistant Editor
Randy Nolen
Steadicam Operator
George Herthel
Art Department Assistant
Kenneth Karman
Music Editor
Michael Minkler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Holladay
Stunt Double
Michael Mills
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
John Eggett
Special Effects Supervisor
Douglas B. Arnold
Boom Operator
Dale Tate
Title Designer
Robert Fischer
Best Boy Grip
Christopher Gibson
Wardrobe Assistant
Roxanne Jones McCarthy
Assistant Sound Editor
Danny Toback
Key Grip
Tom Schwartz
Makeup Effects
Robert Harmon
Still Photographer
Sam F. Shaw
Sound Effects Editor
Jan Brodin
Sound Mixer
Marty Carrillo
Electrician
Bob Walter
Music Coordinator
Steven G. Henderson
Production Assistant
Jenny Townsend
Script Supervisor
Sheryl Roberts
Production Secretary
John Ross Bush
First Assistant Director
Jeff Knight
Assistant Art Director
Michael J. Ford
Sound Editor
Mark Luine
Art Department Assistant
Loma Lee Brookbank
Property Master
Michael Wilson
Second Assistant Camera
Victor J. Kubitschek
Extras Casting
Harry Haskell
Third Assistant Director
Patrick Hall
Grip / Driver
Bradley S. Christian
Grip
Richard Groetchen
Best Boy Electrician
Rick Rolnick
Best Boy Electrician
John Buckley
Electrician
Theresa Nicholls
Assistant Costume Designer
Robert Ulrich Jr.
Assistant Property Master
Mark Tarnawsky
Art Department Assistant
David Clark
Art Department Assistant
Robyn Jill Harwood
Art Department Assistant
David Daniels
Art Department Assistant
Richard Singletary
Art Department Assistant
Robert J. Howard
Location Casting
Steve Ringel
Location Casting
Barry Schneier
Transportation Captain
Carol Krupa
Production Assistant
Kerry Alexander
Carpenter
Charles Edwards
Carpenter
Robert Long
Carpenter
Steve Meyer
Carpenter
Elliot Nachbar
Carpenter
David Pentacost
Carpenter
Richard Portillo
Carpenter
Mark Pritchard
Carpenter
Guy Ring
Carpenter
Reggie Rook
Carpenter
Brian Shelton
Carpenter
Bob Siegert
Carpenter
Peter Tkacheff
Carpenter
Steve Walsh
Carpenter
Chris Woodward
Carpenter
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 28, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Content RatingR
Filming LocationsCalifornia, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
Hell Night is a 1981 American supernatural slasher film directed by Tom DeSimone, and starring Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Kevin Brophy, and Peter Barton. The film depicts a night of fraternity hazing set in an old manor—the site of a familial mass murder—during which a deformed killer terrorizes and murders many of the college students. The plot blends elements of slasher films and Gothic haunted house films. Filmmaker Chuck Russell served as an executive producer, while his long-time collaborator Frank Darabont served as a production assistant.
Hell Night was written by Randy Feldman, then a recent college graduate who shopped the spec script to several film studios, among them Irwin Yablans's Compass International Pictures. Producer Bruce Cohn Curtis subsequently became involved with the project and secured the lead role for Blair, with whom he had collaborated on several films, among them Roller Boogie (1979), another Compass International release. It marked the first horror film role for Blair in several years, following her performances in The Exorcist (1973) and Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). Principal location photography of Hell Night took place in Redlands, California at the Kimberly Crest Mansion in late 1980, with interior photography subsequently occurring in Los Angeles. The film was shot by Swedish cinematographer Mac Ahlberg. The production's shooting schedule was considerably tight, and required the cast and crew to shoot throughout the holiday season.
The film opened theatrically in August 1981, and was the final film released by Compass International Pictures. It was a minor box office success, grossing $2.3 million against a $1.4 million budget. Critical reception was generally mixed, with some critiquing it for its similarity to other slasher films as well as for Blair's performance, while others praised it for its art direction and found the film frightening. In the years since its release, the film has gone on to develop a cult following. Some critics and film scholars have noted the film for its subtext regarding social class, as well as for its depiction of Blair's character as a resourceful and intelligent final girl.