I'm a little confused.
Was this made in 1974/1975, then was shelved for 5 or 6 six years for limited release (Like Curtains '83?), or was this made in 1980, then shelved for 5 or 6 years for the release?
It states in the trivia section that it was actually released the year after it was filmed. It doesn't explain why people seem to believe otherwise.
shareK.C. Martel was also in the 1979 version of Amityville Horror and looked the same age as he did in this film so I believe it was made in 1980. He would've been 7 or 8 years old if it were filmed in 1974 or 1975.
shareNot surprising since its content is so morbid and extreme.
shareThe Van Halen poster in Beverly's room would put filming in 1979 or 1980. That was for their second album.
shareI remember reading a review somewhere that said the movie wasn't released on video until 1986.
shareBeing released on video only six years away from its release date isn't uncommon. I remember when it took a few years for movies to go from theaters to home video, and 1986 is right in the sweet spot where new movies took forever to come out and a lot of home video tapes were cheap little movies that were either dubbed imports, B-movies, or movies that came and went without so much fanfare. Nothing to do with production delay, home video was different back in the '80s and '90s.
shareIt was obviously filmed in 1980/1981 since it's inspired by Friday the 13th which came in 1980.
Even the music in the first scene is ripped from Friday the 13th.