USA, 1981
89m
35mm film, colour, black and white, 1.85:1
mono, English
An American 1Although the copyright is held by a Dutch company, this was done for tax purposes and the film was entirely funded from the USA. horror film directed by Joseph Zito.
Plot Summary
In the aftermath of World War II, a returning soldier and his date are murdered at a dance. In the early 1980s a college dance becomes the hunting ground for a killer dressed in military uniform.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Joseph Zito
© MCMLXXXI [1981] Haarlemmermeer 76 I.N.V.
Executive Producer: James Bochis
Produced by: Joseph Zito, David Streit
Screenplay by: Glenn Leopold, Neal F. Barbera
Additional Dialogue and Script Consultation: Eric Lewald, Mark Edens, Michael Edens
Director of Photography: Raoul Lomas
Additional Photography: Robert Lindsay
Film Editor: Joel Goodman
Music Composed and Arranged by: Richard Einhorn
Original Rock Music Composed and Performed by: Nowhere Fast
Period Dance Music by: Aaron Alexander’s Orchestra
Sound Mixer: Gary Rich
Costumer: DanaJean Cicerchi
Makeup and Hair Stylist: Jane Forth
Special Makeup and Effects: Tom Savini
Production Designer: Lorenzo Mans
Casting by: Bill Williams
Cast
Vicky Dawson (Pam MacDonald)
Christopher Goutman (Mark London)
Lawrence Tierney (Major Chatham)
Farley Granger (Sheriff George Fraser)
Cindy Weintraub (Lisa)
Lisa Dunsheath (Sherry)
David Sederholm (Carl)
Bill Nunnery (hotel clerk)
Thom Bray (Ben)
Diane Rode (Sally)
Bryan Englund (Paul)
Donna Davis (Miss Allison)
Carlton Carpenter (1945 M.C.)
Joy Glaccum (Frances Rosemary Chatham)
Timothy Wahrer (Roy)
John Seitz (Pat Kingsley)
Bill Hugh Collins (Otto)
Dan Lownsberry (Turner)
Douglas Stevenson (young Kingsley)
Susan Monts (young Kingsley’s date)
Alternative Titles
El asesinato de Rosemary – Spain
El asesino de Rosemary – Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Spain, USA (Spanish)
O Assassino da Rosa – Portugal
Die Forke Des Todes – Germany, West Germany
The Graduation – alternative title
Luusija – Estonia
Le massacre de Pitchford – Canada (French)
Most Likely to Die – working title
Pitchfork Massacre – USA (re-release)
Polowanie na Rosemary – Poland
Prikrada – Serbia
Quem Matou Rosemary? – Brazil
Rosemary gyilkosa – Hungary
Rosemaryn murhaaja – Finland
Rosemary’s Killer – Belgium (English, video), Denmark (DVD), France, Italy, Japan (video), Norway
Rosemary’s killer – Sweden (video)
Rosmary’n murhaaja – Finland (video)
Tatil Gecesi – Turkey
Zabójca Rosemary – Poland
Η δολοφονία της Ρόζμαρυ – Greece
Вбивця Розмарі – Ukraine
Незнакомец – Russia
Убиецът на Роузмари – Bulgaria
Убийца Розмари – Russia
ローズマリー – Japan
ローズマリー・キラ – Japan (video)
로즈마리 킬러 – South Korea
Links
Extracts included in
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013)
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
Heads Blow Up! (2011)
Scream Greats, Vol. 1: Tom Savini, Master of Horror Effects (1986)
Scream: The Inside Story (2011)
Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever (2012)
Trailer Trauma 3: 80s Horrorthon (2017)
Video Nasties: Draconian Days (2014)
References
Periodicals
- Cinefantastique vol.11 no.3 (September 1981) p.52
- Fangoria no.216 (September 2002) p.55 – illustrated DVD review (DVD Dungeon: The Prowler by Michael Gingold)
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.49 no.578 (March 1982) p.49
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.50 no.599 (December 1983) p.342 – note (Corrigenda)
- Screen International no.328 (30 January 1982) p.20
- Starburst no.44 (1982) p.9
- Starburst no.45 (1982) p.26
- Variety 25 November 1981 p.22
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.370
- Educational Institutions in Horror Film: A History of Mad Professors, Student Bodies, and Final Exams by Andrew L. Grunzke pp.1-3
- The Films of the Eighties by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan p.453-454
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.315
- Horror Films of the 1980s by John Kenneth Muir pp.200-202 – credits, synopsis, review
- Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990 by Brian Albright p.239
