Silent Madness (1984)

[Trevor]

What a strange movie indeed where a noted "film doctor" directed a film which was worse than the films he rescued.

The dude playing the axe murderer was a South African stuntman called Solly Marx 😳😉

[FatFreddysCat]

They shot part of that movie at my alma mater (Wagner College in Staten Island, NY)! It was a few years before I went there, though.

I didn't know about it till years later when I was watching the movie on Tubi and thought "Hey, that building looks familiar... so does that one... what the hell?" 

[M.10rda]

The original red poster/VHS cover always confused me. It seemed impossibly similar to the poster for SHOCK TREATMENT featuring Richard O'Brien's grinning face. Couldn't be a coincidence, but - why??? 

[LilCerberus]

The analog 3d glasses are always sittin' right next to my pc, next to my reading glasses.....
https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/91156/silentmadness3d.html

[claws]

Dull and not very memorable slasher. It was a zoomed-in nightmare to watch on VHS back in the day.

They did a great restoration job for the Blu-ray, though.

[Trevor]

Dull and not very memorable slasher. It was a zoomed-in nightmare to watch on VHS back in the day.

They did a great restoration job for the Blu-ray, though.

👍 I always like the fact that a South African born stuntman played the killer 😂

[chainsaw midget]

The original red poster/VHS cover always confused me. It seemed impossibly similar to the poster for SHOCK TREATMENT featuring Richard O'Brien's grinning face. Couldn't be a coincidence, but - why??? 

I don't even know why Shock Treatment went with that cover, much less why anyone would want to copy it.

[M.10rda]

My headcanon is that Richard O'Brien described his ideal poster to the PR department and it was something that approximated the poster for APOCALYPSE NOW only w/ his face instead of Brando's and somehow the product ended up the way it ended up.......