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Medical students + haunted fixer-upper = the worst house flip ever.
TMDB
49
IMDb
48
Rotten Tomatoes
32
Audience Score
32
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Evil Laugh (1986)

schlockycampy80s cheese

Overview

Horror

A group of medical students take a weekend to fix up an old house where a mass murder occurred 10 years earlier.

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Content warning
murder
generational traumahubris of youthunpaid labor gone wrong

Standout Aspects

Practical Effects

Gloriously unconvincing kills that charm through sheer commitment.

Production

The house itself: a character with more depth than half the cast.

Best for:Friends: Drinking game: sip every time someone enters a dark room alone.·Background: Perfect laundry-folding horror that won't distract from folding fitted sheets.·Rewatch: Cult status guaranteed for ironists who've memorized every line.
Heads up:Violence: Fake-looking but frequent; the ketchup budget was clearly substantial.
Dominick Brascia

Director

Dominick Brascia

ReleasedApr 1, 1986
Runtime1h 27m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feellight
Wildfire Productions
Baio-Brascia-Venokur Productions

Top Cast

Ashlyn Gere

Ashlyn Gere

Connie (as Kim McKamy)

Jody Gibson

Jody Gibson

Tina

Myles O'Brien

Myles O'Brien

Mark

Karyn O'Bryan

Karyn O'Bryan

Betty

Johnny Venokur

Johnny Venokur

Freddy

Tom Shell

Tom Shell

Delivery Boy

Dominick Brascia

Dominick Brascia

Evil Laugher

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Director Dominick Brascia later became a controversial entertainment reporter; this was his only directing credit. Ashlyn Gere's horror work predated her adult film career under her real name Kim McKamy.

Cultural

A direct-to-video casualty of the 1986 slasher glut, it survives through VHS collector culture and 'worst movie' podcast circuits. The 'medical students in peril' trope peaked here before flatlining.

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