Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

punishmentpark I'm surprised at how unappreciated this vicious slasher is. Maybe it helped that before this, I saw the truly inferior slasher 'Drive-in massacre' and was happy to be able to see what was actually going here, but I'll try to explain why I liked this one even beyond that.The characters are all slasher-worthy; American (post-)teens with their typical problems, played by enthusiastic amateurs (as far as I know and can tell). Laurie Lapinski's lead character won me over in a second, and it was especially nice to see Daphne Zuniga, as well. To say anything about one particular other actor, I would have to get into the plot, which I do not want to do, other than have you know that how 'Death dorm' unfolds is pretty awesome (even if storywise, this is no brilliant feat - at all). Then there's a good load of gore, which must be considered one of the key ingredients for slashers. Another one of those ingredients, gratuitous nudity, is rather poorly represented, but still, it's there.The film is nicely shot, which always helps. This one wins by surplus of perfect slasher elements, rather than being a perfect slasher. A good 7 out of 10.

artpf Joanne, Patty, Brian, and Craig prepare the old dorm building to be torn down. They are pursued by a serial killer with a wide range of murder methods, ranging from power drill to industrial steam cooker. Is it that spooky weird guy John Hemmit killing off the incidental characters, or is it someone/thing even more terrifying?This movie was copyrighted in '82 but it has a very mid-late 70's look and feel to it. There's even a guy doing a weird John Belushi impersonation.Typical fare that you're used to is you watch slasher movies. The kids get picked off one by one.Only it's not really suspenseful nor is it all that good of a movie.

preppy-3 College students Joanne (Laurie Lapinski), Craig (Stephen Sacks), Brian (David Snow) and Patti (Pamela Holland) take on the job of emptying an old abandoned dorm of its furniture before its torn down. They soon find themselves stalked by a killer.Bottom of the barrel slasher flick. The budget is (obviously) VERY low, the script is terrible and the acting is lousy--even for a slasher flick! The killings themselves are OK but obviously faked and there's the expected gratuitous female nudity that's so obviously shoved in that I felt sorry for the poor actress who had to do it. It all leads up to an admittedly good ending that I didn't see coming. However one good moment doesn't make the rest of the film even remotely bearable. This is only of interest for the then unknown Daphne Zuniga in her screen debut--but she's killed off early on. Even the most forgiving slasher movie fan will hate this one. Skip it.

lastliberal I'm not looking for quality; I'm just trying to get through the 74 famous video nasties that were banned in Britain. This one was initially banned and re-released in 2001 with a whole 10 seconds cut.Some college kids spend their Christmas vacation preparing a dorm for renovation. There are some creepy characters lurking about along with the four kids. Which of them is the slasher? The actual killings are not very gory, so this video nastie is not really nasty. There is the requisite flashing of the boobies, but it has nothing to do with the college kids.I had a suspect very quickly and I turned out to be right. Maybe I've seen too many of these. The end twist was clever; I have to give the writers credit for that bit of originality.