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Deadly Games

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A detective (Sam Groom), a magazine writer (Jo Ann Harris) and a film projectionist (Steve Railsback) hunt a slasher on the loose.

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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana The Geek Show (UK) There is little to no tension, due partly to the film’s inclusion of stereotypical montages set against hilariously 80s music. Jul 9, 2024 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Aside from the eclecticism of the cast and a really cool board game (created for the film, alas) shown throughout, there's nothing of value here. Rated: 1/4 Mar 20, 2022 Full Review Kat Hughes THN An identity confused slice of yesteryear horror, Deadly Games starts with good intentions but fails to follow-through on its initial promise. Rated: 2/5 Sep 9, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Above average horror flick featuring a great cast and some cleverly set up scare scenes. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Deadly Games was always a movie that I figured was a hidden gem in the 80s slasher crazy. Hell it had Dick Butkus in it. Sadly you don't get to see him get killed. You do get to see him play a little football though. Deadly Games is a great disappointment because it's so incredibly boring & has a terrible ending. That seems to be a trend in horror movies Ive been watching lately. There's just a lot of needless filler here. There's a extended seen where a few of the main character watch a movie in an empty movie house & we watch along w/ them. @ least they were drinking beer..maybe I should have been drinking beer...& then it's followed up w/ a music montage where the song is just awful. I just felt I could have felt better use of my time then watching this flix..like sleeping Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Promising film that unfortunately suffers from bad 80s cliches and lacks 80s horror/slasher movie cliches (if that makes sense). A woman gets murdered by a buy with a black ski mask (and in the midst of the quarrel, there is one of the greatest lines ever: "You wanna rape me? It's okay, I'll make you feel real good"). Her death results in the sister coming to town to find out what happened. Of course, the sister, as well as the rest of the community, seems completely unphased by the death. The dialogue tries to be too quirky, the deaths are nothing special and the finale is just... odd. And there's a hilarious montage in the film with an extreme 80s ballad that seems to play on loop several times, it's just an endless montage. I'm really not sure what I watched, but it's certainly a very "different" 80s horror film. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A detective (Sam Groom), a magazine writer (Jo Ann Harris) and a film projectionist (Steve Railsback) hunt a slasher on the loose.
Director
Scott Mansfield
Producer
Raymond M. Dryden
Screenwriter
Scott Mansfield
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 35m
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