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He Knows You're Alone

Actor(s): Don Scardino, Caitlin O'Heaney, Elizabeth Kemp, Tom Rolfing, Lewis Arlt
Director(s): Armand Mastroianni
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language
Movie Release: 1980
DVD Release: 10/05/2004
Format: DVD - Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 34 mins
Studio: Warner Home Video
Members Wishing: 6
Genres: Horror, Slasher Film

DVD Synopsis

In this fairly frightening slasher-horror film, sweet young Amy Jensen (Caitlin O'Heaney) and her friends decide to all get married together. Unfortunately, all the guys go on vacation, leaving the women at the mercy of a psychotic killer (Tom Rolfing) who goes after brides with a big knife. Amy must seek help from an obsessed cop (Lewis Arlt) and her nerdy friend (Don Scardino) who works at a morgue. The familiar supporting cast includes Tom Hanks in his big-screen debut, and '80s standbys Russell Todd, Paul Gleason, and Dana Barron. This one has some scary moments despite the clich�d plot and the obligatory severed head in a fishbowl, especially a stalking scene in a tailor's shop and the tense morgue chase at the end. The most memorable sequence, involving a murder at a movie theater, was later restaged almost shot-by-shot in Scream 2 (1997). ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

Actors

Don Scardino - Marvin
Caitlin O'Heaney - Amy Jensen
Elizabeth Kemp - Nancy
Tom Rolfing - Killer
Lewis Arlt - Len Gamble

Editorial Review of DVD

The horror film He Knows You're Alone would probably never have gotten a DVD release if not for the fact that the movie features one of Tom Hanks' first performances. This DVD boasts a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by director Armand Mastroianni and screenwriter Scott Parker, as well as the film's theatrical trailer. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Jason C. (JJC) from NEWARK, NJ wrote on 12/28/2007...

2 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Well every one knows that the very early 80's was the "dime a dozen era" of horror films. "He Knows You're Alone" is a good one though. Definitely a "Halloween" knock-off, being a slasher film where you know who the killer is from the beginning.

It follows a mysterious psycho (Tom Rolfing) who kills girls (as well as everyone involved with them) who are to be married soon. Detective Len Gamble (Lewis Arlt) is obsessed with finding this guy for his bride-to-be was the first to be killed a few years back. The movie generally follows the psycho pursuing Amy Jensen (Caitlin O'Heaney) who is to marry a jerk, but is having second thoughts as she is still in love with her silly but charming ex-boyfriend Marvin (Don Scardino). Amy's friends and associates are doomed as they get killed one by one, with Gamble hot on the killer's trail.

Some great horror filmmaking is to be noticed here from Armand Mastroianni, as some of his camera shots and direction do take a turn of the disturbing and creepy...and the first kill of the movie, where a girl gets stabbed through the chair in a movie theater while she's sitting next to her friend watching a horror movie, is a scene of admirable horror quailty (even Martin Scorsese praised its essense). But it is "Halloween" by every means.

This movie is mostly famous for being Tom Hanks' first film, where he plays a silly charmer named Eliot, who has theories on fear. Very small part but pretty cool. Also look for character actor (a young) James Rebhorn ("Scent of a Woman", "Carlito's Way", "Independence Day") as one of the film's victims.

A whole lot of typical horror fun...and worthy.