I think this film gets overlooked a bit because it came out shortly after Halloween, and Friday The 13th which pretty much set the standard for the slasher genre and within a few years later with A Nightmare On Elm Street's release that would solidify the horror and slasher genre for all time and they would be known as the next big three in horror. I thought Linda Blair's performance in this film was one of her better ones she was really on her game. I loved her character in that there was much more there than a pretty face when she tells Peter Barton's character Jeff what she does when she's not in school I thought was pretty cool and creative and it packs some interest to the story. Peter Barton was excellent in this I also thought he was great in Friday The 13th Part 4 The Final Chapter. He and Linda Blair had great chemistry together. I liked the balance between the humor and the horror it never got to campy which is key in making a good horror flick. I thought the mansion was pretty creepy and I thought that Kevin Brophy's character Peter Bennett did a phenomenal job in the beginning of the story where a group of college students are heading up to this creepy mansion where he describes all of the horrible things that occurred there. And these pledges had to stay the night there for their initiation. There's pranks that are pulled in good fun in the beginning shortly after horrible things start to happen and the pledges have to figure out how to survive the horror that ensues at the mansion. Vincent Van Patten and Suki Goodwin were great in this film as well. They made it fun and scary that's why this is a must have if you love horror movies.

Linda Blair, Peter Barton, Vincent Van Patten, Suki Goodwin and Kevin Brophy star in this 1981 horror film. Blair (The Exorcist) plays college student, Marti who pledges a sister sorority of Alpha Sigma Rho. She and 3 others are forced to spend the night in a deserted house, Garth Manor where murders occurred 12 years prior. Soon, Marti and the others become terrorized by a mysterious killer who may be a surviving member of the family. Barton (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter) plays Jeff, a boy who Marti finds romance with, Van Patten plays Seth, Goodwin plays Marti's friend, Denise and Brophy plays Peter, President of the Alpha Sigma Rho frat. This isn't a bad film and Blair is good in it. If you like horror/slasher flicks, give this one a try.

I didn't expect much from this film. I figured it would be a campy 1980s horror flick. Let's face it, if you've seen Linda Blair act before, then you know this movie can't be all that good. The only time she did a convincing performance was in the Exorcist and even then the makeup and effects pretty much did all the acting for her.I watched this movie anyway so I could see the "exciting" and "clever" ending, of which many of the other reviewer have spoken. Are they kidding? "Exciting," "clever"? All she did was drive the car into a fence and the guy got impaled. So what? It wasn't even that good and certainly not worth sitting through the rest of the movie. There wasn't even nudity to give this movie at least some value. Even when they came close to nudity it was the most lame sex scene that I'd ever seen in my life. Basically it was two kids in their underwear rolling on the bed and laughing and talking, the scene of which was peppered nearly throughout the entire movie.Sorry other reviewers, this movie isn't worth the time to watch it.

Hell Night is an 80's slasher with a little added class and sophistication to it's production. Linda Blair, star of the Exorcist, plays Marti in this thriller about a group of pledges that have to stay in a haunted mansion over night as a part of their initiation. The mansion is Garth Manor and the story goes that the man who lived there more than a decade ago, murdered his entire family. The legend is that one member of the Garth family survived, and roams the empty corridors of the deserted estate. Once inside the manor, Marti and her three friends soon discover that two frat boys are playing pranks to spook them. But very soon, they realize that something is very wrong when one of their own turns up dead.I really like the style of Hell Night. It is an eighties film, but definitely has the feel of the old classic monster movies from the fifties. There are also some genuine scares when the ghoul pops up out of nowhere to strike his next victim. The monster's make up is also done really well. He looks realistic and almost human like. The characters are pretty likable too, with Linda Blair and Peter Barton leading the way. Pretty decent acting all around.Some things I had problems with where the overall legend of Garth Manor and whether or not there were two killers or one. The story is never really fully explained to the viewers, it almost would have been the same if they hadn't had a back story to the manor at all. There is also the question of is their two killers. I always took it that there was just one. That's how the story of Garth Manor is also written. Check this one out, it's one of the more unique of the 80's slashers flicks.8/10