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1992 - 87m.
Canada

Hard-to-find Canadian slasher flick trots out a by-the-book premise as during "Hell Night" on a college campus two frat pledges let free a creepy bald white-faced priest (who talks in a demonic voice and is a Satanist!) who proceeds to start to knock-off a bunch of fornicators at the frat house party.

There's good opening mood in the mental hospital and flashback scenes but soon we have to deal with actors who look too old for college spouting some juvenile dialogue before our killer priest shows-up to cause mayhem (mostly with an ice axe - with one okay "car roof" moment).

The whole thing is pretty routine trotting out all the T&A and bloody deaths you'd expect from a slasher flick and while it feels pretty "been there, done that" for the entire film it's watchable enough for fans of this type of film.

Originally titled, Happy Hell Night, which sounds more 80's slasher-ish and is better than the title they chose.

Directed By: David Mitchell.
Written By: David Mitchell.

Starring: Ted Clark, Nick Gregory, Franke Hughes, Laura Carney.