The Slayer (1982)

My rating - 6.5/10

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A young woman has nightmares of an horrific creature killing people but when her, her partner and another couple become stranded on a remote island her nightmares become reality.

This atmospheric slasher may be a bit slow moving to start with but it builds some great tension that leads to a pretty good climax. The acting is fine and some of the gore is pretty good, especially a pitchfork murder later on. The creature design is also really good, but for me at least, was spoiled by one too many shots of it at the end.

Banned as a video nasty here in the UK back in the early 80s it was eventually re-released with cuts, mainly to the pitchfork killing but is now avaliable fully uncut. If you can sit through some of the slower parts then this is a decent little horror movie and worth seeking out.

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