Main Cast: Julia Montgomery, James Carroll, Suzanne Barnes, Rutanya Alda
Release Year: 1983
Country: US
Run Time: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
This dull, routine slasher film focuses on a nighttime scavenger hunt sponsored by a sorority that takes a tragic turn when a figure in a bear costume with knives strapped to one "paw" begins slashing the women to death. Years ago, a student was killed by her mentally unbalanced boyfriend when she broke off their relationship. After his capture and trial, the young killer was sent to the local Weston Hill Sanitorium for the mentally insane -- and now he has escaped. Even though the sorority is rapidly losing members, the police are no closer to finding the killer than before they heard of the crimes, so Mac (Hal Holbrook), the original victim's father and head of campus security, goes after the serial murderer himself. Even a surprise ending cannot pull the rest of this film out of the horror doldrums. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
David Holbrook - Officer Mac; Lauren Taylor; Al McGuire; Matthew Dunn; Paul Christie; Richard Bright
Credit
Robert Deubel - Director, Arthur Ginsberg - Editor, Tom Brumberger - Makeup, Tom Brumberger - Makeup Special Effects, Howard Cummings - Production Designer, Patrick McCormick - Production Manager, Dale Whitman - Sound/Sound Designer
The day after a homecoming basketball game and victory party, an all-night scavenger hunt is held on the campus of Dewitt University, a small Ohio college. Against the backdrop of campus shenanigans, the school mascot is murdered and his bear costume taken by a psychotic killer.
Stalking cheerleaders and killing them in creative ways, the killer's identity stays hidden by the playful costume. The campus security officer Jim MacVey, whose daughter was a victim of a similar killer, vows to find out who's behind it all before more killings occur.
