Friday, June 12, 2020

New Year's Evil (1980)



This one is ... eh, not bad. Very typical, very average. It's one of those movies that just oozes ... average. Like the director was aiming at it. 

The title basically says everything... on New Year's Eve, a man who calls himself "Evil" (very original) calls into a concert telethon and tells the hostess he will kill one woman every hour that America's time zones are hitting midnight. Which is weirdly technical? 

And he proceeds to murder random innocent women, before zeroing in on his real target: the telethon hostess herself. The movie is entirely telegraphed, well in advance. It doesn't even bother to hide the killer from the audience. "Yup, it's this guy..."

If you're looking for an average '80s slasher murder film, you could do worse. You could also do better. But this is certainly watchable. Which is a certain kind of compliment? 

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