The Prowler is a typical 80s style slasher movie, along the lines of Friday the 13th and Halloween. The movie begins in black and white footage of world war II and it cuts to a scene where we see a letter read by Rosemary as voice-over. This is a break up letter to her boyfriend who is in the army. Then we get to 1946 where a graduation dance is taking place and that night Rosemary and her new boyfriend gets murdered by a killer who is dressed up in army outfit. 35 years later, there is another graduation dance and that's when our mysterious killer shows up again to murder more people.
The Prowler delivers some suspense and gruesome scenes of people being murdered. However, it falls short on other accounts. The two main characters, Mark, the cop and Pam try to reveal the mystery behind the killing in 1946 and its tie to the current situation. But the plot does so little in explaining the connection. At the end, you will probably understand the connection but it would have worked better if two characters uncovered the truth at the same time when the killer's identity is revealed. It felt like that part of the movie was missing.
If you like slasher movies, you should give this a try. I have not seen My Bloody Valentine, to which this movie is compared by other reviewers, so I cannot say which one I like better. I saw The Prowler 25 years ago when I was in my early teens and it stuck with me for its gruesome murder scenes. I recently watched it again. I didn't remember the title, so I had to do a little digging on the internet. It was shown in Europe under the title of "Rosemary's Killer".
The Prowler delivers some suspense and gruesome scenes of people being murdered. However, it falls short on other accounts. The two main characters, Mark, the cop and Pam try to reveal the mystery behind the killing in 1946 and its tie to the current situation. But the plot does so little in explaining the connection. At the end, you will probably understand the connection but it would have worked better if two characters uncovered the truth at the same time when the killer's identity is revealed. It felt like that part of the movie was missing.
If you like slasher movies, you should give this a try. I have not seen My Bloody Valentine, to which this movie is compared by other reviewers, so I cannot say which one I like better. I saw The Prowler 25 years ago when I was in my early teens and it stuck with me for its gruesome murder scenes. I recently watched it again. I didn't remember the title, so I had to do a little digging on the internet. It was shown in Europe under the title of "Rosemary's Killer".