BLOODY MOON (1981) d. Jess Franco (Spain/Germany)
DEADLY BLESSING (1981) d. Wes Craven (USA)
DON'T GO IN THE WOODS (1981) d. James Bryan (USA)
EYES OF A STRANGER (1981) d. Ken Wiederhorn (USA)
FINAL EXAM (1981) d. Jimmy Huston (USA)
GRADUATION DAY (1981) d. Herb Freed (USA)
NIGHT SCHOOL (1981) d. Ken Hughes (USA)
STRANGE BEHAVIOR (1981) d. Michael Laughlin (New Zealand)
STUDENT BODIES (1981) d. Mickey Rose (USA)
A few months back, we took a deep dive into the slashers of 1981, and now we're back to finish the job! If our first installment focused on future classics and franchise cornerstones, this week's episode explores the stranger, sleazier, and more offbeat corners of the slasher boom.
Others push the boundaries. Wes Craven's Deadly Blessing fuses religious paranoia and psychological horror, while Strange Behavior combines mad science, teenage romance, and small-town conspiracy into a cult favorite. Then there are the true oddballs: Bloody Birthday, Bloody Moon, Don't Go in the Woods, and the gleefully self-aware Student Bodies, each embracing excess, exploitation, or outright parody in wildly different ways.
Join AC and his blood-loving panel of guests (Fraser Coffeen, Lauren Cupp, Art Ettinger, Kolleen Carney Hoepfner, Freddie Young) as we celebrate—and occasionally eviscerate—ten more slices of 1981 horror, spotlighting the overlooked gems, cult favorites, ambitious experiments, and gloriously excessive carnage that made this such a banner year for slasher fans!
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