# Die Forke des Todes (1981)

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**Original title**: *The Prowler*
**Runtime**: 89 min
**Genres**: Horror, Thriller, Mystery
**Directed by**: Joseph Zito
**Written by**: Glenn Leopold, Neal Barbera
**Starring**: Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Lawrence Tierney, Farley Granger, Cindy Weintraub, Lisa Dunsheath

> *If you think you're safe... you're DEAD wrong!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Avalon Bay 1951, a gymnasium echoes after the last chorus of Lou Christie. A soldier’s khaki dress hangs on a hangar, long forgotten.

That dress remembers a clenched fist, a slow turn in the dark. Each cap tossed in the air is met by a knife in the shadows.

Zito strode in with a machete and left slasher history.

**Mood tags**: dread, raw

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