MOONSTALKER
dir. Michael S O’Rourke, 1989
United States. 92 minutes.
In English

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 - MIDNIGHT
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 - MIDNIGHT

Campfire stories can be deadly

During the winter season, a family camping in the woods, and a group of camp counselors training in the same forest both find themselves being killed one by one by an unhinged psycho.

Take the standard 80's slasher formula, crank it up to 11, add a massive dose of regional low-budget charm, and you've got yourself a MOONSTALKER(shot under the name CAMPER STAMPER!). Shot in Reno, Nevada, it was reportedly a huge labor of love for all involved, featuring almost entirely first time actors (including future TV stars Blake Gibbons, Kelly Mullis and John Marzilli), as well as one of the higher body counts in the genre. A true winter horror classic.

Screening from the new Vinegar Syndrome remaster, courtesy of American Genre Film Archives.