One Dark Night (1983)

Director:

Tom McLoughlin

Writers:

Michael Hawes (writer)
Tom McLoughlin (writer)

Release Date:

February 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

A night to remember - until the day until you die!

Plot:

As part of an initiation into a club called the Sisters, a young girl must spend the night in a mausoleum.

Plot Keywords:

Death | High School | Murder | Prank | Living Dead

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Meg Tilly	...	Julie Wells
Melissa Newman	...	Olivia McKenna
Robin Evans	...	Carol Mason
Leslie Speights	...	Kitty
Donald Hotton	...	Dockstader
Elizabeth Daily	...	Leslie Winslow
David Mason Daniels	...	Steve
Adam West	...	Allan
Leo Gorcey Jr.	...	Barlow
Rhio H. Blair	...	Coroner
Larry Carroll	...	T.V. Reporter
Katee McClure	...	Female Reporter
Kevin Peter Hall	...	Eddie
Theodore Lehmann	...	Drunk (as Ted Lehman)
Nancy Mott	...	Lucy

Also Known As:

Dark Night (UK) (video title)
Entity Force
Mausoleum
Night in the Crypt
Night of Darkness (UK) (video title)
Rest in Peace
The Entity Force (UK) (video title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (1987 video release) | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Norway:18 | UK:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

2nd Street Tunnel, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Trivia:

At one point, a seemingly normal arm breaks out from a crypt and grabs Steve (David Mason Daniels), knocking him unconscious against the marble. McLoughlin initially wished for a skeletal hand, but when they ran out of money Michael Hawes was employed to play the arm.

Quotes:

Kitty: Let's book up!
Leslie: What's the big rush?
Carol: I wanna get there before it closes, nerdle brain!
Leslie: Nerdle brain; very nice.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000) (V)

One Dark Night is one fun 80's flick

I actually first watched One Dark Night in the theater & wrote a review of the film for my high school newspaper. I loved it then & I still love it. The storyline revolves around two people. First of all one woman learns that her father has telekenisis after his death. She then has feelings herself about the strange powers of her father even in his death. The mauseleum he's buried in plays host to the other main person, a high school girl doing anything to get in with a group of girls that just want to torment her & dare her to stay in the mauseleum all night to join their group. They go back in the night to scare her & find scares for themselves. The cast is led by Meg Tilly with supporting roles by Adam West and one of my personal favorites Elizabeth Daily aka E.G. Daily. Check this one out if you love 80's movies & cheesy horror movies, you won't be disatisfied.