The Dorm That Dripped Blood

4/2/19821h 28m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ When the kidding stops… the killing starts! ~

Overview:

A crazed killer stalks college students who gave up their vacation to clean a deserted dormitory.

Director:

Stephen Carpenter

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$90,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

dormitory
murder
slasher
video nasty
power drill

Cast

Laurie Lapinski

~ as ~

Joanne Murray

Stephen Sachs

~ as ~

Craig

David Snow

~ as ~

Brian

Pamela Holland

~ as ~

Patti

Dennis Ely

~ as ~

Bobby Lee Tremble

Woody Roll

~ as ~

John Hemmit

Daphne Zuniga

~ as ~

Debbie

Jake Jones

~ as ~

Bill Edgar

Robert Fredrickson

~ as ~

Tim

Chris Morrill

~ as ~

Jack

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Reviews (1)

Wuchak
Written 1 year(s) ago
4
‘B’ slasher is well made, but one-dimensional and generally dull

Several college students in SoCal prepare a dorm for renovation, but their efforts are hampered by a mysterious killer.

“The Dorm that Dripped Blood” (1982) is a second-tier slasher that only cost $90,000 (which would be about $360,000 today), but it’s surprisingly proficient. The score, for instance, is effective and doesn’t sound dated like a lot of ‘B’ slashers from the 80s. (Clichéd? Yes. Dated? No).

With the milieu being limited to the apartment complex (like, say, “Rosemary’s Baby”), the dramatics have to be entertaining, yet I found the characters relatively boring and the females subpar, although Laurie Lapinski is a decent protagonist. See this only if you need to see every 80’s slasher.

The movie runs 1 hour, 24 minutes, and was shot in Westwood, California, which is just west of Beverly Hills in the Los Angeles area.

GRADE: C-/C (4.5/10)