Girls Nite Out (1982)

★ 4.6 1h 36m 45 votes IMDb

Horror

The students of DeWitt University are preparing themselves for a night of fun and frolics in the form of an all-night scavenger hunt. Little do they know that they are in fact the ones being hunted.

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Julia Montgomery as Lynn Connors Age 65 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA Julia Montgomery (born July 2, 1960) is an American film and television actress. She first gained public attention for her role as Samantha Vernon on the soap opera One Life to Live (1977–1980). She s...

Rutanya Alda as Barney / Katie Cavanaugh Age 83 · Riga, Latvia Rutanya Alda (born October 13, 1942) is a Latvian-American actress..

Hal Holbrook as Jim MacVey Died 2021 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and writer. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show he developed...

Lauren-Marie Taylor as Sheila Robinson Age 64 · The Bronx, New York, USA Lauren-Marie Taylor (born November 1, 1961) is an American film and television actress, known for her role as Vickie in Friday the 13th Part 2..

Laura Summer as Jane Age 69 · New York City, New York, USA

Director Robert Deubel

Cast Julia Montgomery, James Carroll, Suzanne Barnes, Rutanya Alda, Hal Holbrook, Lauren-Marie Taylor, David Holbrook, Laura Summer, Carrick Glenn, John Didrichsen

JPV852 3/10 May 16, 2022

The first 45 minutes I was bored and didn't care about any of these characters and their relationships being set up, and honestly there were a few I couldn't distinguish from others. The remaining 40-minutes had a couple okay kills but I found myself zoning out a time or two. This is just another forgettable (and bland) slasher film to come out of the early 80s. **1.5/5**

Wuchak 6/10 Jun 28, 2023

**_College campus slasher with the slayer in a goofy bear costume_**

At a college in Westerville, Ohio, bodies start mounting up during an all-night scavenger hunt for the female students in which the killer is dressed in the mascot costume. Hal Holbrook is on hand as the chief security guard.

“Girls Nite Out” (1982) is a slasher in the mold of "Final Exam" and "Happy Birthday to Me" from the year prior, which were two of the first slashers to take place at a college campus (or prep school in the latter case), not counting "Black Christmas" (1974), which focused on a sorority house. The milieu is similar to the contemporaneous "Pieces,” a Euro-slasher. These flicks paved the way for college slashers of the future, such as the "Urban Legends" trilogy (1998, 2000 & 2005).

The production values are superior to “Final Exam” and about on par with, say, “Silent Night, Bloody Night” (1972). The no-name cast are surprisingly good with zesty performances, verging on over-the-top, which I chalked up to youthful enthusiasm after winning a big basketball game.

The female cast is fine (for example, Julia Montgomery as Lynn and Suzanne Barnes as Dawn), but the director evidently didn’t know how to shoot women (not talkin’ ’bout nudity or sleaze).

Despite being a bit obscure, this is a decent early 80’s slasher. But, for some strange reason, the story didn’t pull me in, like with the other ones mentioned. I also had a hard time distinguishing some of the key characters. It’s okay, though, and certainly worth checking out for aficionados of the genre.

The film runs 1 hour, 36 minutes, and was shot at Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey, and Dobbs Ferry, New York.

GRADE: B-/C+