A lesson in terror.
A Boston police detective investigates a series of gruesome decapitations of various college coeds, committed by a helmeted, black-leather clad serial killer.
Cast
Leonard Mann
Lt. Judd Austin
Rachel Ward
Eleanor Adjai
Drew Snyder
Vincent Millett
Joseph R. Sicari
Taj
Nicholas Cairis
Gus
Karen MacDonald
Carol
Annette Miller
Helene Griffin
Bill McCann
Gary
Margo Skinner
Stevie Cabot
Elizabeth Barnitz
Kim Morrison
Holly Hardman
Kathy
Meb Boden
Anne Barron
Leonard Corman
Priest
Belle McDonald
Marjorie Armand
Edward C. Higgins
Coroner
William McDonald
Medical Examiner
Kevin Fennessy
Harry The Janitor
Edward Chalmers Jr.
Construction Worker
John Blood
Construction Worker
Lisa Allee
Lisa
Elizabeth Alice
Lisa's Mother
Patricia Pellows
Screaming Woman
J.J. Wright
Plainclothesman
Ted Duncan
Garbage Truckman
Patricia Rust
Pat
Jane-Leah Bedrick
Receptionist
Wally Hooper Jr.
Worker
Kevin King
Policeman
Nancy Rothman
Student
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- Release Date 01/07/1981
- Language English
- Director Ken Hughes
- Writer Ruth Avergon
- Editor Robert M. Reitano
- Cinematographer Mark Irwin
- Producers Ruth Avergon, Larry Babb
- Companies Resource Films, Paramount Pictures, Lorimar Film Entertainment, Fiducial Resource Industrial
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Jan 7, 1981 | Theatrical | — |
| United States | Apr 24, 1981 | Theatrical | R |
| HK | Aug 28, 1981 | Theatrical | — |
| NO | Sep 22, 1981 | Theatrical | — |
| Germany | Oct 16, 1981 | Theatrical | 18 |
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