The Prowler

Movie • 1981 • Horror  

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Synopsis

A masked killer, wearing World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35-year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is there decapitation?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Abuse
Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone stalked?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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blackberrychan
Marijuana use is implied, but not shown.
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Animal
Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a horse die?
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Are there spiders?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there bugs?
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Are there snakes?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does an animal die?
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blackberrychan
A rat is shown onscreen (as usual, a clean, cute rat), and there is some faint implication that it's killed, but, if it is, we don't see or hear it.
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone drugged?
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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It's Tom Savini level gore, and surpasses what we see in most 80s slashers.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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blackberrychan
"Blown up from inside" is more accurate.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there a hanging?
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blackberrychan
A dead body is shown after the fact hanging by the neck from a shower head, and the eyes are rolled back to show the whites, but the victim was killed in another way.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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blackberrychan
However, there is a scene where a grave has been opened and a fresh body placed in the coffin along with/atop(?) the old one.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is there body horror?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is there amputation?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is someone tortured?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Death
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does someone cheat?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does a parent die?
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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Are there razors?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there clowns?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there mannequins?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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A cop is one of the main characters, and we are supposed to like him.
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Someone is under a bed.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there misophonia?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Cryptid_Crow
Not Cloverfield levels of shaky, but still shaky.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there fat jokes?
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blackberrychan
However, an obese character appearing in only one scene is portrayed as uncaring, unprofessional, and very lazy.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is there hate speech?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
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Not really sexual, just heavy makeouts on screen.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Violence
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A notoriously bloody movie
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Does someone drown?
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She doesn't drown but she does have her throat slit and is shown floating in the water so jic!
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Is there gun violence?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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