The Slayer

The Slayer (1982)

She searched through the dark corridors of the unknown only to find ... The Slayer

Siblings, Eric & his surreal artist sister Kay, her doctor husband David, her sister-in-law Brooke along with pilot Marsh become stranded on a rugged isle face off against a supernatural beast drawn to Kay who dreams of its killings.

Date of release
1982-10-08
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (88)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Horror
Director
J.S. Cardone

Casting

Interesting facts

The Slayer is a 1982 American independent supernatural horror film directed by J. S. Cardone. Set on a small island near the Atlantic coast, the plot concerns two couples who upon visiting the island get trapped there due to an oncoming hurricane. As one of the women knows from her plaguing nightmares that the island is dangerous, over the next three days they begin to be killed by something unseen. The film is notable for gaining notoriety and being classified in the United Kingdom as a "video nasty" in the 1980s.

Production

In 1981, writer-director J.S. Cardone was working at a liquor store in L.A. while attempting to break into the film business, and pitched the idea for The Slayer to producer William R. Ewing. The International Picture Company, an independent film studio based in Atlanta, agreed to help produce the project on a budget of approximately $750,000.

As a result of the studio's basis in Georgia, the crew scouted areas in the state to shoot the film, settling in Tybee Island, east of Savannah. Upon arriving at the island—which at that time was largely uninhabited and dilapidated—Cardone recalled it fit perfectly with the vision he had had for the film while writing the script. Filming took place in the winter of 1982 on Tybee Island with additional photography in Savannah.

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