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Night Killer
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Claudio Fragasso
| producer = Franco Gaudenzi
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| cinematography = Antonio Maccoppi
| editing = Giovan Battista Mattei
| studio = Flora Film
| distributor = Variety Distribution
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| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = Italy
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'Night Killer' is a 1990 Italian horror film directed by Claudio Fragasso. On its release in Italy, it was promoted as being part of 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'. The film is not part of the series and bears little content from the previously released films.
Cast
* Tara Buckman as Melanie Beck
* Peter Hooten as Axel
* Richard Foster as Sherman Floyd
* Mel Davis as Detective Clark
* Lee Lively as Dr. Willow
* Tova Sardot as Clarissa
Production
After Fragsso finished the film, the producers hired Bruno Mattei to shoot additional scenes of graphic gore before the film's release in Italy.
Style
Paul Zachary of Bloody Disgusting stated that the film combined elements of 'giallo' and more straightforward slasher films. Zachary described it as a "Franken-film" combining several bit and pieces of other related work.
Release
'Night Killer' was first released in Italy in August 1990. The film was released the same year that 'Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III' was distributed in Italy and was promoted unofficially as a sequel in 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' franchise despite the plot not bearing any relation to the rest of the series. The films Italian title, 'Non aprite quella porta 3' riffs on the Italian title for the 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' series. The film was released on DVD and blu ray by Severin Films on June 25, 2019.
Reception
From retrospective reviews, Jason Shawhan of 'Nashville Scene' compared it to 'Bad Dreams' and 'The Invasion' stating it did not reach those levels of "ripoff and quilt cinema" comparing it to 'Night Porter' and 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' concluding that it was a "trashy film that wants to provoke every possible emotion, and the fact that it manages to find genuine empathy amid the chest wounds and obscene phone calls and sexualized capers makes for an experience that just doesnt happen very often in movies anymore."
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