The Dorm That Dripped Blood

"When the kidding stops… the killing starts!"

1982 1h 28m EN

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★5.1TMDB · 63

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Synopsis

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A crazed killer stalks college students who gave up their vacation to clean a deserted dormitory.

“When the kidding stops… the killing starts!”

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Cast

Laurie Lapinski
Joanne Murray
Stephen Sachs
Craig
David Snow
Brian
Pamela Holland
Patti
Dennis Ely
Bobby Lee Tremble
Woody Roll
John Hemmit
Daphne Zuniga
Debbie
Jake Jones
Bill Edgar

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jeffrey Obrow
Writers: Jeffrey Obrow, Stephen Carpenter, Stacey Giachino
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

ERA

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44 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jeffrey Obrow, shot by Stephen Carpenter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christopher Young. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Stephen Carpenter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Laurie Lapinski and Stephen Sachs and David Snow carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jeffrey Obrow directs. Stephen Carpenter behind the camera. Christopher Young scores. Stephen Carpenter cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
344 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Jeffrey Obrow, shot by Stephen Carpenter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Christopher Young. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Stephen Carpenter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Laurie Lapinski and Stephen Sachs and David Snow carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "When the kidding stops… the killing starts!".
10IMDB entry: tt0082279 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 63 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Stephen Carpenter
Original score: Christopher Young
Editing: Stephen Carpenter
Makeup / hair: Matthew W. Mungle
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Status: Released
Budget: $90,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)

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Wuchak2023-12-24
★ 4/10
‘B’ slasher is well made, but one-dimensional and generally dull Several college students in SoCal prepare a dorm for renovation, but their efforts are hampered by a mysterious killer. “The Dorm that Dripped Blood” (1982) is a second-tier slasher that only cost $90,000 (which would be about $360,000 today), but it’s surprisingly proficient. The score, for instance, is effective and doesn’t sound dated like a lot of ‘B’ slashers from the 80s. (Clichéd? Yes. Dated? No). With the milieu being limited to the apartment complex (like, say, “Rosemary’s Baby”), the dramatics have to be entertaining, yet I found the characters relatively boring and the females subpar, although Laurie Lapinski is a decent protagonist. See this only if you need to see every 80’s slasher. The movie runs 1 hour, 24 minutes, and was shot in Westwood, California, which is just west of Beverly Hills in the Los Angeles area. GRADE: C-/C (4.5/10)

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