Which of these 1981 slashers do you prefer?
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docross — 19 years ago(December 03, 2006 08:54 PM)
I just recently watched both of these movies, and I would have to say The Prowler. I really like the idea of MBV better though. I think the idea of a killer stalking its victims in a mine is very creepy, but aside from that, I was bored through much of the movie. I just wasn't at all interested in the love story they were trying to force down our throats. The Prowler, on the other hand, was just a cheapy, gritty, low-budget slasher in the best sense. There wasn't a big story or anything, but that's fine. This film was more about the kills, and I thought Savini did a great job with them. I liked both, but I really enjoyed The Prowler.
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latherzap — 19 years ago(February 19, 2007 02:20 PM)
Hmmm. Tough call, I've only seen MBV one time. I think I'd prefer Prowler because the murders are unique and gory. And Cindy Weintraub, the one in the pool, is rather hot. And, if this counts, the dvd audio commentary is very amusing.
But MBV might be more consistently entertaining. The stiff acting and bad dialogue in MBV is more laughable than the Prowler. And I say that with affection"I remember that. Those were terrible murders!". -
knickerlessjames-1 — 19 years ago(March 22, 2007 10:33 AM)
The Prowler for sure! (In Australia It's VHS title is "Rosemary's Killer" and its very hard to come by now a days no dvd release yet though) Although My Bloody Valentine was a decent film It was too heavily cut! I remember seeing The Prowler when I was young i was hiding behind a couch while others were watching it not knowing I was there, I always loved slasher films, After the shower scene I couldn't handle it anymore I remember been so scared! Anyway I caught up with the film recently and the gore is still up there with alot of todays standards and its still suspenceful! That last scene really got me too, you know that final scene where you think everything is ok and I dont scare easily! But that was heavily cut too so many death scenes seemed to be missing! Rosemary's death is there, the shower, her bf, the pool, and the teacher! but the other room mate just vanished half way through the film! we see her getting it on with her bf and the killer watching then it cuts! Don't even see there bodies turn up! I heard there are quite a few missing death scenes that are very full on! I thought the shower scene was full on enough, it still grosses me out! My folks saw it at the drive in when it came out uncut in its full glory. They told me some good stuff was cut from the video release some of the later deaths! Anyway I still thought it was suspecful and gory a favourite of mine! I only saw My Bloody Valentine recently and was let down by the gore and it only got suspecful once they were in the mine! I liked it was realistic in the fact that a few kids got away, but for the ones that died it was so disapointing that most of the deaths were cut! At least we saw the annoying brounette die at the end! It was too noticeably cut!
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IllIlllIl — 18 years ago(November 06, 2007 11:35 PM)
MBV by a long shot. I saw that one as a kid in the early 80's, but only just recently saw Prowler, and after reading so many raves about the Prowler over the years I was very disappointed. It was too slow and boring, and the deputy was the epitome of the idiotic bumbling sheriff, who for some reason kept using his girlfriend as his partner instead of calling for real help. Also the motive was left too unclear and while there were a couple of good gory scenes, even those disappointed me since there weren't that many deaths in the first place and only a couple looked at all impressive.
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captaincracker — 12 years ago(October 01, 2013 12:39 PM)
I like THE PROWLER more. Never was a huge fan of MY BLOODY VALENTINE, but I still haven't seen the uncut version.
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JustBo — 12 years ago(October 18, 2013 04:25 PM)
My Bloody Valentine for me, I find it much more entertaining and has better re-watch value. The Prowler however wins in terms of the murder sequences as it did the near impossible and made gore scary, only other film to have pulled that off is High Tension.
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rascal67 — 9 years ago(July 09, 2016 07:07 PM)
I prefer My Bloody Valentine and even though it was severely cut upon original release, it still played out as a more exciting and well shot creepy slasher. The Prowler is still a goody though, if only just for Savini's graphic make-up effects. It still has a good early 80's slasher vibe and atmosphere to it. I saw a censored version of this before I got to see the uncut one and it was still bloodier than what MBV had on offer.
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