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Slipping Into Darkness

  • 1988
  • R
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
193
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Michelle Johnson, Neill Barry, John D'Aquino, Cristen Kauffman, and Vyto Ruginis in Slipping Into Darkness (1988)
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Three spoiled college girls are held responsible for a handicapped boys death.Three spoiled college girls are held responsible for a handicapped boys death.Three spoiled college girls are held responsible for a handicapped boys death.

  • Director
    • Eleanor Gaver
  • Writer
    • Eleanor Gaver
  • Stars
    • Michelle Johnson
    • John D'Aquino
    • Neill Barry
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.1/10
    193
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Eleanor Gaver
    • Writer
      • Eleanor Gaver
    • Stars
      • Michelle Johnson
      • John D'Aquino
      • Neill Barry
    • 8User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Michelle Johnson
    Michelle Johnson
    • Carlyle
    John D'Aquino
    John D'Aquino
    • Fritz
    • (as John Di Aquino)
    Neill Barry
    Neill Barry
    • Ebin
    Anastasia Fielding
    • Genevieve
    Cristen Kauffman
    • Alex
    Vyto Ruginis
    Vyto Ruginis
    • Otis
    David Sherrill
    David Sherrill
    • T-Bone
    Susan Baer Collins
    • Museum Lecturer
    • (as Susan Bear Beck)
    Barbee Kay Davis
    • Mrs. Manigault
    Nancy Duncan
    • Otis' Mother
    Jerry Longe
    • Deputy
    Terrence Markovich
    • Dean Manigault
    Randy Pelish
    • Planetarium Narrator
    Adam Roarke
    Adam Roarke
    • Sheriff
    Walter Anderson
    • Deceased Farmer
    • (as Walter N. Anderson)
    Noah Gaver
    • Dawg
    Daniel Selby
    Daniel Selby
    • Ben Treskin
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Eleanor Gaver
    • Writer
      • Eleanor Gaver
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    1susrnlds

    Not even close to garbage.

    This movie is deplorable. As the title suggests, the movie slips into darkness, together with many other unknown bad movies. Even the character names are third-rate.

    The only thing that caught my interest is the poor dog that appears a few times in the movie - first it gets hit by a car, then it is abandoned in the middle of nowhere. Unless you enjoy watching really bad movies -the kind that you would only find at some forsaken corner of a very small and dirty video store-, I recommend you stay away from this one.

    2/10
    1solidabs

    Plain Bad

    Stupid Movie. You have Michelle Johnson and you don't unleash her fun bags. Would've made the movie watchable.
    1ActOne

    Yuck!

    Years ago, I owned a video store and I took this home one night to watch it.

    This is the worst movie I have ever seen on video -- illogical; poorly acted, written, directed and produced -- this belongs in a massive garbage heap at the very bottom!

    Michelle Johnson has never been known for her quality acting choices, probably due to the fact that she is a beautiful girl who cannot act her way INTO a paper bag, let alone OUT of one!

    I strongly advise anyone reading this to run as fast as you can from this stinker!
    lor_

    Intriguing drama

    My review was written in February 1989 after watching the film on Virgin Vision video cassette.

    A youth-themed film noir in the new genre initiated by "River's Edge", "Slipping into Darkness" is an interesting near-miss that ultimately becomes too cute for its own good.

    Picture opened theatrically in limited fashion last November and is en route to video stores.

    Michelle Johnson, Anastasia Fielding and Cristen Kauffman portray three spoiled, rich college girls in Nebraska who run afoul of hero John DiAquino when they kid around with his slow-witted brother (Neill Barry in a small but tellint role). Johnson (whose dad is the college's dean) accidentally hit the kid's dog with her Mercedes and when Barry is found dead at the railroad tracks, DiAquino sets out with the aid of his biker pals (Vyto Ruginis and David Sherrill) for revenge.

    Filmmaker Eleanor Gaver bears down accurately on social class resentment and small-town provincialism well in pic's first half, but it trails off into kinky bondage motifs as the have-nots kidnap the heroines to punish them. Final reel is loaded with unconvincing revelations (flashbacks providing alternae information on the boy's death) and dubious plot twists ranging from incest to a surprising homicidal maniac.

    Johnson is an effective anti-heroine and contrasting newcomers Fielding (extremely tall) and Kauffman also make distinctive impressions. Of the male protagonists, Vyto Ruginis' mannered performance is tough to take.
    thereisnocoolname

    not that bad.

    this movie is not as bad as the above rating might lead you to believe. it's not that good either, but is just an average ultra low budget thriller. one thing it does have going for it is the cinematography, which a much better then the standard, follow the characters around only, type stuff you usually see. however the director clearly had big ambitions, but was unable to hold the movie together, and as a result the entire film feels wrong somehow, like a piece is missing. anyway i wouldn't highly reccomend it, but at least it manages to be interesting.

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      First film that was both written and directed by Eleanor Gaver.
    • Soundtracks
      Slippin' Into Darkness
      Performed by War

      Courtesy of L.A. International Records, Inc.

      Produced by Jerry Goldstein

      Music consultant Jerry Goldstein

      Written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold R. Brown (as Harold Brown), B.B. Dickerson (as Morris Dickerson), Lonnie Jordan (as Leroy Jordan), Charles Miller, Lee Oskar (as Lee Oscar) and Howard E. Scott (as Howard Scott)

      Published by Far Out Music, Inc./TMC Music Inc.

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    • Release date
      • November 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Killing Girls
    • Filming locations
      • Turner House - 78 S. C Street, Fremont, Nebraska, USA(Carlyle's house)
    • Production company
      • Management Company Entertainment Group (MCEG)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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