Evilspeak
1981 · Movie · R · 93 min · ★ 5.3 · 48% critics
At a harsh military school, a lonely cadet pushed around by classmates and authority figures discovers a way to mix old occult rituals with early computer tech. As the abuse keeps mounting, his search for control turns into a dark revenge fantasy with a strange supernatural edge.
Also known as Evilspeaks
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Details
- Years
- 1981
- Release date
- 1981-08-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Critic score
- 48/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 (119 votes)
About
You might enjoy this if you like scrappy 80s horror with bullying revenge, occult chaos, and campy gore in the spirit of The Beast Within or Bad Dreams; Not for you if slow build-up and silliness kill the mood.
Pros: wild premise; nasty revenge mood; memorable cult weirdness | Cons: slow first half; uneven storytelling; cheesy dated moments
Themes
- computer
- pig
- cadet
- nerd
- satan
- revenge
- outcast
- orphan
- video nasty
Cast & crew
Clint Howard
as Stanley Coopersmith
R.G. Armstrong
as Sarge
Joe Cortese
as Reverend Jameson
Claude Earl Jones
as Coach
Haywood Nelson
as Kowalski
Don Stark
as Bubba
Charles Tyner
as Colonel Kincaid
Hamilton Camp
as Hauptman
- LG
Louie Gravance
as Jo Jo
Jim Greenleaf
as Ox
Directed by Eric Weston