New Year's Evil

1980
X
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

4.2K

YOUR RATING

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During New Year's celebrations, a killer calls a disc jockey as he murders one reveler at midnight in each time zone.During New Year's celebrations, a killer calls a disc jockey as he murders one reveler at midnight in each time zone.During New Year's celebrations, a killer calls a disc jockey as he murders one reveler at midnight in each time zone.

Director
- Emmett Alston
Writers
- Leonard Neubauer
- Emmett Alston
Stars

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IMDb RATING

4.9/10

4.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Emmett Alston
Writers
- Leonard Neubauer
- Emmett Alston
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The drive-in theater seems to show Herschell Gordon Lewis' Blood Feast (1963), but it is not. The movie showing is actually The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) a.k.a. "La Dama Rossa Uccide Sette Volte." It was also distributed under the name "Blood Feast," which has caused some confusion.

Goofs
At one point the killer hits a cop over the head and takes his uniform. Despite the cop being quite a bit heavier, the uniform fits perfectly.

Quotes
Diane Sullivan: Blaze here. A crazy new year to you.
Richard Sullivan: [In a distorted voice] Happy new year to you, Blaze.
Diane Sullivan: Oooh! Some kind of voice you got there. You sound like the Phantom.
Richard Sullivan: You could call me that.
Diane Sullivan: So, you got a name, Phantom?
Richard Sullivan: Call me Eee-vil.
Diane Sullivan: Evil? E-villl Eye?
Richard Sullivan: No! Just eee-vil!
[Then he breathes hard]
Diane Sullivan: Well listen Mr. Evil, do you have a vote for the top song of the year?
Richard Sullivan: No. Just a new year's resolution.
[pauses and breathes hard]
Richard Sullivan: I'm going to commit murder at midnight. I'm going to kill someone you know. Someone close to you.
Diane Sullivan: [Diane hangs up the phone and turns to her audience] Well! We're really off to an interesting start, aren't we? Crazy trips, must be a full moon!

Crazy credits
During the closing credits crawl the speed of the crawl visibly speeds up after the cast but then slows again toward the end for the soundtrack credits.

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: The Jazz Singer/Seems Like Old Times/A Change of Seasons/Resurrection (1980)

Soundtracks
New Year's Evil
Performed by Rock Band Shadow
Lyrics by Roxanne Seeman
Music by Eduardo del Barrio
© Noa Noa Music & Wu Li Dance

User reviews87

Featured review

5/10

For tolerant genre fans.

Yet another entry in the "psychotic killer on the loose" genre. The premise of this one is somewhat original, but apart from that it has nothing else to distinguish it from dozens of similar films, so you're just sitting there waiting to see how it will tie everything up in the end. It does come up with an unexpected, out-of-left-field plot twist, but the "motivation" part is fumbled. Still, if you're tolerant of low-budget early-80s thrillers, you'll probably have an OK time. (**)