He Knows You're Alone

1980 "Every girl is frightened the night before her wedding. But this time...there's good reason!"
5| 1h34m| R| en
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A reluctant bride-to-be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard-boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt the killer down before it is too late.

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Also starring Elizabeth Kemp

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CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Sober-Friend I remember when this film was released theatrically in 1980. My sister and group of our friends would venture to the drive-in whenever these slasher films were released. We saw all them but this was one of the that we missed. I remember seeing the coming attraction as kid and thinking "This film looks stupid". I was very young and I was correct.I saw this first on HBO around 1981. I do not remember to much about the film but only that Tom Hanks was in it. At the time he was on the Television Show "Bosoms Buddies". Now 35 years later I don't remember too much about the film so I decided to watch it. What a waist of time.The film is slow. The body count is low. The lighting is bad. Tghe acting is bad. The story "Stupid". he plot follows a soon-to-be bride who is stalked by a killer the weekend before her wedding.Shot in Staten Island, New York in 1979, He Knows You're Alone has been credited as one of the first horror films inspired by the success of 1978's Halloween and shares a number of similarities with the previous hit. 17 years after the initial release of this film "Scream 2" was released. Horror Fan and screenwriter Kevin Williamson & director Wes Craven stole the opening of this film. However they did do a better job. A curious film to watch because there are faces you will recognize.
Sean Lamberger A trash slasher from the genre's glory days with neither a recognizable purpose nor a firm grasp of what makes a good screamer tick. With something like 75% of its duration dedicated to pointless errands, unnecessary supporting characters and a drab, one-way relationship drama, this is quite easily the least suspenseful thriller I've ever been unlucky enough to sit through. Even the kills are yawners, perpetrated by a hopelessly wacky, unexplained knifeman without a motive or even a loose pattern. He'll creep out from behind a curtain for a big scare, then stand around in confusion as his prey rushes past to a waiting doorway. At one point he desperately tries to nail down a quarry by furiously stabbing the windshield of their car. It's a total mess; before long it's useless even as fodder for a good riffing or unintentional comedy. A very young Tom Hanks stumbles in for a throwaway role late in the action, but moments later he stumbles right back out, never to be seen again. Complete waste of time.
gwnightscream This 1980 horror film stars Caitlin O'Heaney, Don Scardino, Elizabeth Kemp. Patsy Pease, Lewis Arlt, Tom Rolfing, James Rebhorn and Paul Gleason. This begins with 2 girls at the movies and one of them is a bride to be who gets murdered. The killer, Ray Carlson (Rolfing) targets young brides to be because he was rejected by his ex who was going to marry someone else. Police Detective, Len Gamble (Arlt) learns it may be the same killer who killed his bride and tries to stop him from killing more. O'Heaney (Three O'clock High) plays bride to be, Amy who gets stalked by the killer along with her friends, Nancy (Kemp) and Joyce (Pease). Scardino plays Amy's ex-boyfriend who still loves her, Rebhorn (The Game) plays Proffesor, Carl Mason who has an affair with Joyce, the late, Gleason (The Breakfast Club) plays other Detective, Frank Daley and the one and only, Tom Hanks (Big) appears briefly in his film debut as Nancy's new boyfriend, Elliot. This sort of resembles John Carpenter's "Halloween," but I think it helped inspire some later films like "Scream 2." It's not bad and features a decent cast. Horror/slasher fans should give this a try at least once.
zombiefan89 That opening was great! It was the old Hook cliché,but they made it into a twist! I'll admit, I don't even think I want to go to a movie theater for a while after seeing that! It's creepy how easily the person behind you can off you! I must say the title alone almost turned me away, thinking it was a rip-off of the original When a Stranger Calls. I hear "Halloween clone" a lot when hearing about the movie. It's probably that chilling music. It's distinctly reminiscent of Micheal's theme. The acting is spot on and believable. The murder scenes are by no means expected and the killer seems to pop up out of the blue, as he should! All and all, I'd encourage people to give this movie a chance! I feel this movie didn't get the proper recognition it deserved back in 1980s.