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# The Dorm That Dripped Blood

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    UCLA class project is also a beloved lost treasure of the slasher era
  

*by T***R on Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2019*

As a die-hard, dedicated slasher movie "fanatic" (as it were) since being a pre-teen at least, I can tell you that nearly all of the films in this genre, or at least the ones from the "classic era" (1978-84), were very inexpensively-made productions, filmed on relative shoestring budgets, and yet they still, as with movies of any category or time period, tend to vary greatly in quality from picture to picture.  Some, in fact, if lacking in that necessary raw "energy," or forward-moving drive to the narrative, can be more like endurances to sit through rather than actual enjoyable films.  So, much money does not necessarily always a good movie make, nor does almost no money necessarily a bad movie make.  It's all in the...  er, EXECUTION, of the filmmakers and the cast in question, that dictate whether or not a film will have that essential extra ingredient or "spark" to keep it going.Enter "the Dorm that Dripped Blood," which was made by University of Southern California at Los Angeles film students Jeffrey Obrow and Stephen Carpenter, toward the end of their tenure at the college.  Remarkably, principal photography started over the Christmas break of 1980 at the school (hence the Christmas lights that are visible in several scenes of the movie), and a mere three weeks later, in January 1981, most of the project was by then wrapped up and in the proverbial can.The story concerns a group of students who agree to spend a few days closing up an otherwise vacant college dormitory, that is scheduled for renovation.  What the kids DON'T know, however, is that in this very confined and desolate environment, an unseen killer is also locked in there with them, and proceeds to pick them off, one by one, in the dark corridors and dimly-lit interiors of the building, with most of them being completely unaware at the time that anything is wrong.Now, if you want the absolute truth, on the surface, EVERYTHING about this film -- from the direction, to the script (done by Obrow and Carpenter, along with contributions from cohort Stacey Giachino), to the cast -- are very much on the "amateurish" side of things.  Well guess what, this was after all a student film, with all of both the crew and the players being 23 or younger (I would presume), so it is abundantly clear, in the finished product, just how well they worked with the (very) limited resources that they had.  Obrow and Carpenter in fact utilized the UCLA film school equipment (whether it was legitimately loaned to them by the university, or merely conveniently "borrowed," remains unclear), shooting much of it, for budgetary reasons, in the middle of the night, over that aforementioned three-week stretch.But, to this particular fan, this one just has that extra "something," a charm to it perhaps, that so many other slasher films lack, that keeps me always coming back to "the Dorm that Dripped Blood" again and again, i.e., a very high rewatchability factor.  The killings are varied and intense and fairly brutal, and the special effects, while being all D.I.Y. and handmade, with rubber dummies and that sort of thing, are also consistently fun to look at, unlike the overly sterile, computer-generated imagery of so many modern films.  I think that just about sums up the attraction that I have for this particular movie:  By any objective Hollywood standards, it's pretty "bad," but hey, I happen to like these kinds of "bad" flicks, and, like the original "Evil Dead," the very fact that everything that you see play out before your eyes on the screen, happened to be done by college students, is precisely why it remains such fascinating and compelling filmmaking.And, I must admit that one HUGE plus for me to this movie, was the presence of Laurie Lapinski as Joanne, i.e., the film's chief female protagonist.  I for one think that Laurie is just utterly gorgeous in this movie, perhaps one of the absolute cutest slasher movie girls that I've ever come across (and, keep in mind, I've seen lots and lots of these kinds of films).  Such a gentle, friendly face and screen presence she has, along with those comely, doe-like eyes, and, since she spends much of the film's runtime in ultra-tight 'Lee' blue jeans and a nifty pair of running shoes, certainly an equally beautiful and slender and attractive body, as well.  In short, Laurie is a real talent, one that makes this particular movie endure for me year after year.  I literally can't take my eyes off of her whenever I watch it.Finally, this excellent 2011 Synapse Blu-ray/DVD combo reissue is THE definitive version of this classic to have, as it was apparently transferred from the only surviving print in existence, of the complete, feature-length, UNCUT version, that was thought to have been lost to time for some 30-odd years, and was discovered languishing in the interim, in some dusty film reel can or something, exhumed from its hibernation like the buried treasure that it is.  It gave this gem a much-needed new lease on life.  All in all, a fun, energetic, golden little nugget of a slasher from the peak era, as well as a personal favorite of mine of the genre.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great
  

*by M***O on Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2024*

One of the best slasher movies ever

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Good For A Nostalgic Slasher Romp
  

*by M***6 on Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2013*

I am very liberal when it comes to "liking" horror films from the 80's. Firstly, some of them are the finest slasher films ever made, but even the less than oscar-caliber ones have a grisly glee when it comes to getting down to business -- the art of serving up bloody bodies in new and hopefully stomach turning ways.  First of all, this film does NOT take place in a dorm. It may be some weird kind of apartment building, but that's not very easily determined. It is a foreign film, but some of my favorite horror films are foreign, complete with poor dubbing and stilted acting performances (which I often enjoy as part of a bygone charm). This film tries to be a contender, but it fails. There are three gruesome killings, and I can understand why they were cut from the original release. But even with them restored, I found this film to be slow, more poorly acted than I could stomach, and worst of all, badly written. Still, I recommend watching it from an 80's Slasher Film purist perspective.

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