#14 – The Prowler (1981)

The Prowler is a 1981 horror film with Tom Savini manning the gore button. There’s a story line but it is essentially meaningless filler. The gore, limited as it is, is some A-grade Savini though, and the only reason to bother sitting through this.

An unknown killer, clad in 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 graduation dance.

For Savini completist’s only. 2 stars just for his few parts.

#15 – Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)

The Black Belly of the Tarantula is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Paolo Cavara. It is one of many Italian giallo films to be inspired by Dario Argento’s successful debut thriller The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.

A mysterious killer is attacking women associated with a blackmail conspiracy. It is up to the reluctant Inspector Tellini to find out who the killer is, before he or his girlfriend become the murderer’s next target.

Pretty standard Giallo film, nudity, twisted murders, not bad, not great.