"If you think you're safe... you're DEAD wrong!"

1981

1h 29m

5.9(243 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Mystery

Overview

Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.

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Cast & Crew

20 members

Acting

Vicky Dawson

Pam MacDonald

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Christopher Goutman

Mark London

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Lawrence Tierney

Maj. Chatham

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Farley Granger

Sheriff George Fraser

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Cindy Weintraub

Lisa

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Lisa Dunsheath

Sherry

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David Sederholm

Carl

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Bill Nunnery

Hotel Clerk

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Thom Bray

Ben

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Diane Rode

Sally

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Bryan Englund

Paul

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Donna Davis

Miss Allison

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Carleton Carpenter

1945 M.C.

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Joy Glaccum

Francis Rosemary Chatham

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Timothy Wahrer

Roy

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John Seitz

Pat Kingsley

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Dan Lounsbery

Turner

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Doug Stevenson

Young Kingsley

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Production

Peter Giuliano

The Prowler (uncredited)

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Jonathan Sachar

Mike (uncredited)

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