Watch The Slayer For Free

Good movie but grossly overrated

Fresh and Exciting

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

The pretty Sarah Kendall plays Kay, a painter who goes on vacation with her husband David (Alan McRae), and her brother Eric (Frederick Flynn) and his wife Brooke (Carol Kottenbrook). The locale they choose is an island that is prone to stormy weather. Mysteriously, characters start perishing, and Kay believes that the culprit is some sort of phantom figure that she's been dreaming into existence.The filmmaking debut for screenwriter and director J.S. Cardone ("Shadowzone", "The Forsaken") is noteworthy for its "nightmares manifesting themselves in waking life" concept, utilized two years before Wes Cravens' much more famous "A Nightmare on Elm Street". Therefore, it's worthy of at least some respect for being a little ahead of the curve.The film itself isn't great, but it's certainly a fair example of its type. It will appeal to horror fans who prefer atmosphere, because "The Slayer" has plenty of that. Which is not to say that gore is nonexistent; there is some effective bloodshed. The pace is pretty slow, which may cause some viewers to have a hard time maintaining interest. The principal quartet of actors is rather nondescript, and, truth be told, it is a little difficult caring what happens to them. Kendall in particular is not much of an actress.Fans of the genre may be amused by Cardones' usage of its tropes, such as the weirdo character, a pilot named Marsh (Michael Holmes), who's handy with the warnings about the setting.To Cardones' credit, the title monster is BARELY seen at all until near the end of the picture, and when it finally gets a reveal, it's thankfully not a disappointment; it looks pretty cool.Excellent location work (on Tybee Island, Georgia) and Robert Folks' wonderful orchestral soundtrack are heavy assets, although some people may feel a little let down by the ending.Six out of 10.

So I thought I would revisit my youth and have a "look see" at the films I couldn't watch then because, for censorship reasons, they were banned.I cannot understand why The Slayer received the "Video Nasty" distinction, yes there are gory scene's though nothing too untoward for a horror movie, especially from the 1980's. I think it might be the necrophilia overtones in one scene, but hey, she doesn't know he's dead!That said, this film ticked all the boxes for what I look for in a horror movie - a spooky atmosphere and location - characters and situations that are believable (excluding the supernatural and paranormal elements) - tension and a feeling of unease - decent to brilliant FX (no unrealistic CGI here).The story concerns two couples who decide to vacation on a remote and, at this time of year, uninhabited island, to get away from the stresses of modern life and take a breather. Kay is an artist who has started to have a reoccurring nightmare, which she used to have as a child. David is her husband and he's on the island to take photographs as well as to fish. Eric is Kay's brother, he arranged the vacation through a colleague at work who told him about the splendid fishing the island provides. Brooke is his wife, who has come along reluctantly; an isolated island is not her idea of fun.Once they've been dropped at the island the pilot warns them of an oncoming storm as storms hit hard there and come at you from all directions. Heeding his warning they choose to stay. Once the storm hits and the rain falls and the lightning tears open the sky, one-by-one the holidayers are killed off in gruesome ways. My favourite of which is the pitchfork.So this appears to be your usual run of the mill slasher film... It Isn't!It's not a slasher film at all. This is why; I make this differentiation: A slasher film to me is Chopping Mall, Visiting Hours, Friday The 13th, the type of movie where the murderer is human, commonly a psychopath, and goes on a killing spree, usually with very sharp weapons. This puts it into the Thriller genre.Therefore I do not classify the Halloween movies, the Friday The 13th Films (the ones with Jason as the killer), or A Nightmare On Elm Street saga as slashers. These are true horror films with elements of the supernatural and paranormal. It's the ending of the film that plants it firmly into the Horror genre. Now you have to watch it to find out why.This is J S Cardone's first directing job and it's a pretty decent endeavour. He creates a nice uneasiness throughout the film which adds to the suspense and tension. The only thing which irked me was the darkness. I know directors use the darkness to try and build tensity in their film, though sometimes like here, it's just too dark. Even when lanterns and torches are lit the light they give off is minimal, to say the least. I don't remember them being that bad back then.The acting is average and, as was the case back then as well as sometimes now, relies too much on screams. I've never screamed and I don't know anybody who has... yelled and jumped in fright... but never screamed and never like they do in horror films. As I said, I liked the FX in the pitchfork death scene, though the screaming from the actress is really annoying. It is almost laughable as she screams continuously while trying to get away and breaking a window... you hardly hear the glass break above her screams... this girl can sure wail...If you're a horror fan, as I am, then you will enjoy this twisted and gory tale of dreams come true. Well worth watching on a dark night with the lights off.

I really liked this movie. It was suspenseful and gory. There are very few kill in the movie but the ones in it are good. Two couples go to an island. They and the pilot are the only ones there. Or are they? No they are not a demented killer stalks the island soon hunting down the couples and killing them one by one. One of the women has nightmares that sort of come true. Soon her husband is killed and she is the only on to have seen it. He brother and his wife does not believe her. The killer is actually a monster. The monster is pretty scary looking and is sure to send shivers down the spine. Sadly the appearance of the killer is shown only for a few seconds. The movie is good.

The Slayer is a very good 80's slasher film that, unfortunately, is very hard to find. It's not out on DVD (Region 1) and the VHS tape is way too expensive online. I actually watched this on youtube the other day, that's pretty much the only possible way to watch this unless you want to spend upwards of $40 on Ebay. A group of four go on vacation to a deserted island. Every time the main character Kay goes to sleep, she has terrible nightmares of murder. Each time she falls asleep, someone around her dies. Are the murders a dream or reality? I have to say for a low budget horror film, The Slayer looks really good. The location shots of the beach and the sets are nice, and the gore is really well done and quite gruesome. The acting is actually pretty good from all of the main actors. I like the story too. Having Kay seem sort of "off" from the rest makes her a suspect. Maybe I am the only one who thought that, but an hour into the movie I believed their was a good chance she was the killer. The death scenes as I mentioned were pretty gruesome, namely the pitchfork scene. The ending was sort of hokey and a weak spot to the movie, but it was a little bit of a "twist" I guess. It didn't take anything away from the rest of the film.The Slayer is a low budget slasher film with a lot more class then many others made around this time. It's a shame this is not out on DVD because it deserves a release.8/10