Review of Girls Nite Out (1982) by Brett B — 06 Sep 2016
Totally hokey, early 1980s slasher schlock, with nothing to really distinguish it from the rest of the glut of deranged killer movies from that era... save for a few halfhearted stabs at some genuine character work (most of which falls flat).
In the lead, Julia Montgomery is legitimately good, and is allowed to play something approaching an actual human being, but the movie bizarrely sidelines her for the bulk of the midsection, choosing to spend far too much time instead with characters we barely know.
It's a rather poorly paced affair, with a first act that takes way too long to get things rolling, and which sets up a ton of threads and angles they are never paid off (and which go beyond just red herring stuff).
Perhaps the most baffling element of the movie is the presence of the great Hal Holbrook, whose appearances are incredibly jarring - and so obviously disconnected from the rest of the movie, because he rarely shares a shot with any other actors - because he, frankly, classes up the place too much.
There are many worse examples of the slasher boom of the '80s, but there are also many better ones, too.
This review of Girls Nite Out (1982) was written by Brett B on 06 Sep 2016.
Girls Nite Out has generally received negative reviews.
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