| Evil Laugh | |
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| Directed by | Dominick Brascia, Jr.[1] |
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| Music by | David Shapiro[1] |
| Cinematography | Stephen Sealy[1] |
| Edited by | Brion McIntosh Michael Scott |
Production company | Wildfire Productions[1] |
Running time | 87 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States[1] |
Evil Laugh is an 1986 American slasher film[2] directed and starring Dominick Brascia, Jr. and stars Myles O'Brien, Jerold Pearson, and Kim McKamy. The film is about a group of medical students attacked by a masked killer while repairing a building over the weekend.[3]
Plot
A decade ago, an orphanage has been rebuilt after being burned down following accusations of child molestation and abuse from the building's custodian, resulting him to a psychotic breakdown leading him to a mass murder. Years later, a group of medical students are brought in by pediatrician-turned doctor to rebuild the building as a foster home, unbeknownst that a masked assailant is within the area and is stalking them.
Cast
- Kim McKamy as Connie
- Steven Baio as Johnny
- Tony Griffin as Sammy
- Jerold Pearson as Barney
- Myles O'Brien as Mark
- Jody Gibson as Tina
- Howard Weiss as Mr. Burns
- Karyn O'Bryan as Betty
- Susan Grant as Sadie
- Gary Hays as Jerry
- Hal Shafer as Chief Cash
- Johnny Venocur as Freddy
- Tom Shell as Delivery Boy
- Dominick Brascia as Evil Laugher
Reception
In his overview of horror films from the 1980s, Scott Aaron Stine described the film as "effortless tripe" and that "There is nothing, I repeat, nothing worthwhile or even remotely worthwhile or even remotely memorable about this waste of celluloid."[1]
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Stine 2015, p. 115.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Evil Laugh". AllMovie. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ Brascia, Dominick. "Evil Laugh (1986) review". The Revenge of That Was a Bit Mental. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
Sources
- Stine, Scott Aaron (2015). The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1132-7.
External links
- Evil Laugh at IMDb
- Evil Laugh at AllMovie