Evil Laugh
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| Directed by | Dominick Brascia, Jr.[1] |
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| Cinematography | Stephen Sealy[1] |
| Edited by | Brion McIntosh Michael Scott |
| Music by | David Shapiro[1] |
Production company | Wildfire Productions[1] |
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Running time | 87 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States[1] |
Evil Laugh is a 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
[edit | edit source]A decade ago, an orphanage has been rebuilt after being burned down following accusations of child molestation and abuse from the building's custodian. A group of medical students is brought in by pediatrician-turned-doctor to rebuild the building as a foster home, while a psychotic masked assailant stalks them.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]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
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Evil Laugh at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1986 films
- 1986 comedy horror films
- 1980s American films
- 1980s serial killer films
- 1980s slasher films
- American comedy horror films
- American exploitation films
- American serial killer films
- American slasher films
- Films about mass murder
- Films about students
- Films set in abandoned buildings and structures
- Films set in orphanages
- Comedy horror film stubs