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The Prowler

1981Movie1 h 29 minR

HorrorThriller
58
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb5.9Letterboxd3.0/5Metacritic456.3Rotten Tomatoes75%48%
58
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb5.9Letterboxd3.0/5Metacritic456.3Rotten Tomatoes75%48%

Summary

Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Binge-friendly
  • Pure escapism

Skip it if

  • You need an uplifting mood
  • Graphic violence bothers you
  • You scare easily

Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Leaves you shaken.
  • Keeps you guessing.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Gets your pulse racing.

Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Fallen Heroin 472 titlesThe Prowler was a World War II veteran (therefore technically and automatically a War Hero like the rest of his fellow brothers-in-arms who fought to put an end to the Axis Powers' tyranny whether be…Not Quite Deadin 1,323 titlesOtto manages to shoot The Prowler. Unfortunately for him, he only pretends to be dead and returns fire.All 40 tropes

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