
The Prowler(1981)
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.


“By pick, by axe, by sword, bye bye!”
As a child, Ed was cleaning his father’s hunting rifles - a surprise birthday treat for the old man - when one of them went off, hitting and killing his mother. On seeing the bloodshed, his father flew into a murderous rage - Ed just barely escaped with his life. Now in his teens, he returns home; he doesn’t expect to find his father, still there, waiting for a chance to settle the score . . .

Matt Mitler
Ed Jr.

Ruth Martinez
Pam
Bill Hitchcock
Ralph
Connie Rogers
Sue

Frances Sherman
Linda
Morey Lampley
Mike
Jack Chatham
Big Ed

Ben Moore
Cop
Trace Cooper
Younger Ed Jr.
Pamela Weddle Cooper
Mother
The Mutilator is a horror, mystery, thriller film released in 1985 exploring themes of beach, birthday, killing, monopoly, fall, swimming pool. Directed by Buddy Cooper, it stars Matt Mitler, Ruth Martinez, Bill Hitchcock. As a child, Ed was cleaning his father’s hunting rifles - a surprise birthday treat for the old man - when one of them went off, hitting and killing his mother. On seeing the bloodshed, his father flew into a murderous rage - Ed just barely escaped with his life. Now in his teens, he returns home; he doesn’t expect to find his father, still there, waiting for a chance to settle the score . . .
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