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The Night, the Prowler

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Original title

The Night, the Prowler

Year

1978

Running time

90 min.

Country

Australia

Director

Jim Sharman

Screenwriter

Patrick White. Novel: Patrick White

Cast

Music

Cameron Allan

Cinematography

David Sanderson

Producer

New South Wales Film Corp. Distributor: Code Red DVD [USA], International Harmony, Umbrella Entertainment

Genre

Drama. Comedy

Synopsis

The Night The Prowler, is about the dark side of suburban middle-class urban culture and family relations. It film brings to the surface some of the darkest recesses of suburban family life. The film shifts from the darkly comic to the deadly serious. A young woman is attacked by a prowler in her bedroom but she turns the tables on him and she ravishes him. She then transforms into a knife wielding, leather jacketed prowler herself and begins sneaking in men's bedrooms at night. The prowlee becomes the prowler.

Awards: 1979: Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival: Special Mention. 2 nominations

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The Night, the Prowler

1978

Jim Sharman