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Night Shadow

  • 1989
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
3.8/10
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Night Shadow (1989)
Horror

Big shot TV newswoman returns home for a vacation, as several of the town's residents start dying under mysterious circumstances.Big shot TV newswoman returns home for a vacation, as several of the town's residents start dying under mysterious circumstances.Big shot TV newswoman returns home for a vacation, as several of the town's residents start dying under mysterious circumstances.

  • Director
    • Randolph Cohlan
  • Writer
    • Randolph Cohlan
  • Stars
    • Brenda Vance
    • Rick Scott
    • Stuart Quan
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.8/10
    446
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    • Director
      • Randolph Cohlan
    • Writer
      • Randolph Cohlan
    • Stars
      • Brenda Vance
      • Rick Scott
      • Stuart Quan
    • 14User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Brenda Vance
    • Alex Jung
    Rick Scott
    • Hitcher
    Stuart Quan
    Stuart Quan
    • Tai Jung
    • (as Dane Chan)
    Alta LaFlame
    • Alta
    Tom Boylan
    • Adam Newquest
    Mike Hamilton
    • Earl
    Kato Kaelin
    Kato Kaelin
    • Dean Lesher
    Orien Richman
    Orien Richman
    • Bruce Anderson
    Jeannette Lewis
    • Francis Stern
    Sally Robinson
    • Julie
    Laura Graham
    • Beth
    Mike Dyer
    • Mayor
    Aldo Ray
    Aldo Ray
    • Gene Krebelski
    Fred Gott
    • Jim Riley
    Darryl Michaelson
    • Wally
    Gary D. Tanner
    • Robert
    Dorothy Mattos
    • Marie Riley
    Diane Keith
    • Trace
    • Director
      • Randolph Cohlan
    • Writer
      • Randolph Cohlan
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    5gavin6942

    Tolerable Film You Will Never See

    Up-and-coming TV journalist Alex Jung (Brenda Vance) returns to her home town of Danford (the film was shot in Hanford) as local police attempt to cope with a series of brutal murders. The small town plunges into a state of panic and the murders continue... until Alex comes face to face with the evil itself.

    Some of the hair and clothes are so late 1980s, early 1990s that it is hilarious. The Asian guy has a cut off shirt that looks more like a women's sports bra. And, of course, he knows martial arts...

    The blood and gore effects are surprisingly not terrible, and they invested in some live maggots, which I appreciate. I am not going to say this is on the level of, say, Rob Bottin... but it is respectable.

    Kato Kaelin, made notorious from the OJ Simpson trial, appears here in all his mullet glory! And Aldo Ray as inventor Gene Krebelski is like a next generation "Gremlins" dad.

    The music has Richard Band written all over it, but this is not a Full Moon picture and it is Ken Carlton behind the score. George Temple produced and edited, as well as acted as story consultant.
    7vidmanddm

    Enjoyed working in this film.

    I had the opportunity to work in this film that was originally titled "Lycanthrope" which means werewolf in Greek. I was the Stunt Coordinator, stunt double, stunt driver and played a biker. We had a couple of good fight scenes, chases, high fall, a crash and car explosion. The acting was surprisingly good without any big names or budget. It was fun to work on. Kato Kaelin was natural in his acting and should have been made known from this instead of the OJ trial. Cohlan and Temple also made a film with Bruce Cooke before this in 1987 called "Line Of Fire", which I also worked on. I don't know if the film is available. Thanks guys for a great start in the beginning of my career. Keep it up!
    3AlLucard225

    Kato Kaelin and his Kung Fu buddy vs a Werewolf

    Night Shadow (1990) Director: Randolph Cohlan Stars: Brenda Vance, Stuart Quan, Kato Kaelin

    Synopsis: Alex (Brenda Vance) is an up and coming TV journalist that travels to her home town for a vacation. A mysterious man follows her from L. A to Danford. Back in Danford we meet her kickboxing brother (Stuart Quan) and her "boyfriend", the Sheriff who now has his hands full with a bunch of animal-like murders occurring in town.

    The Crappy: The animal costume looks like it was bought at a Halloween costume store and tweaked ever so slightly. And you don't even see it until the very end. It's supposed to be a werewolf but you could really use any creature in its place because the werewolf angle is completely irrelevant to anything in the movie.

    The ditzy reporter I think had one blouse change the entire movie - this takes place over a series of days.

    The kung fu brother wears this mini tank top that just look completely absurd.

    80s hair: Aquanet was a big part of the budget here.

    The Happy: Kato Kaelin! Lol. He's one of the kung fu brother's friends and he rocks a wicked mullet throughout. He also has the only good death scene in the movie.

    The Kung Fu brother (who reminds me of Phillip Rhee in Best of the Best) has got some decent moves - even though some kicks obviously didn't connect. Lol.

    Overall: 3.5 out of 10

    This is a pretty weak werewolf flick with a couple of laughs and not much else. Only for werewolf purists and I mean that lightly.
    7vnssyndrome89

    This movie was totally awesome! (especially for the low, low budget)

    This movie was totally awesome!

    Stuart Quan steals the show as Tai Jung, but there's not really an epic fail from any of the actors (especially considering the budget). It's very much an atmospheric (then or now), and the little town of Danford is an additional character that shines.

    I don't know why everyone is hating on Tai's half shift, he wears it to show off his totally rad body! Duh! I love that his other one says, "Lazy Guy's Club" since that's exactly what he and his three friends are (except when it comes to Tai's martial arts hiiii-yaaaa!).

    Back in the '80's, we could laugh at, and make fun of -stereotypes, which is why you get a five minute scene of Tai going all Kung-Fu on a bunch of rotten bikers. We didn't take offense, (or even feel the need to mention) that an Asian guy knows martial arts, or that Dean (Kato Kaelin), a white guy knows a lot about baseball, or that a small town cop is an idiot. We were all in on the joke, and had a great time (something the whole world is missing now with the PC police).

    The only problem I have with this movie is the idiot police persecuting hometown kids. Small towns are insular, and the cops would be way more interested in the bikers (or a passing stranger), than in Tai, or his goofy friends. Small towns will do anything to keep their sense of safety, it ALWAYS has to be the outsider. This one script point is the only real problem here.

    This movie is part old Western, part monster flick, and now, it's also a nostalgia-fest. Enjoy!
    7loveablejohn-46629

    A Good If Unusual Horror Movie

    This movie was made back when movie special effects were done practically instead of using computers so the effects were well done for the time especially the creature plus the cinematography was excellant.But these two things were about the only things that stood out in this movie as the script was poorly written and the acting was average at best. It did however have some Kung Fu fights and no nudity which was unusual in a horror movie in this era.

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    • Release date
      • September 23, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Green Communications (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lycanthrope
    • Filming locations
      • Hanford, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Cohlan / Temple Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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