Happy Hell Night | 
| Director: Brian Owens
Actors: Larry Robinson (xiv), Lisa Nichols, Sam Rockwell, Irfan Mensur, Charles Cragin
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Category: DVD
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 89251
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: ANBD12788D
UPC: 013131278897
EAN: 0013131278897
ASIN: B0001ZX0FQ
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
Release Date: August 3, 2004
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Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 08/03/2004 Run time: 87 minutes Rating: R
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 Don't listen to the others. March 17, 2009
Frederick Lee Sparks Jr. (MILLPORT,ALABAMA)
The year was about 2004 my mom and i were at the mall i told her to buy hell night which stars linda blair so i go out to the car and wait about 30 minutes later she returns with happy hell night and the best of nwa florida wrestling like what the hell is this i had the mind to slap her, but anyway im glad she slipped up and brought it. Happy hell night is a pretty good film for true horror fans of the 80's and early 90's the killer is cool, the mood is right, you get a feel for the characters. You know what im not a good reviewer just buy the movie it's not bad im actually happy to own it. I wouldn't waste my time typing this if i didn't feel it was worth watching. Don't listen to the other critics, they're probally not true horror fans because if they were they would enjoy this film.
 Horror fanatic February 2, 2009
Jeremy Hausman (St.Louis, MO)
Hello,
I don't agree with critics. I first saw this movie when I was a kid at about 14 or 15.Them guys sneeking in the bottom of that assylum and unleashing that preist was terrifying for me. That Priest was so scary to me then and now. Yes it was another slasher movie, but the priest going around with that pickax was so terrfying. Great movie, glad I finally found the DVD on it. I was so scared after watching this movie, I had nitemares for a couple of weeks.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Left me far from Happy as Hell on this Night October 4, 2008
D. Wilson (NY by way of Cali)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Now I'm no expert on the subject(never quite made it to college myself), but what the (happy)Hell is so damn cool about fraternities? And even if there are reasons that make them worthwhile... how far would you be willing to go to get into one? More basic initiations can consist of forced alcohol consumption, induced vomiting, sleep deprivation, road trips, public humiliation, paddling and other forms of bodily harm(which for some of my Amazon friends may just be another Saturday night LOL!), and the increasingly popular "eat-digested-corn-out-of-your-own-excrement" test. Happy Hell Night tells the tale of an initiation that far and away exceeds the list above-- using Satanic rituals to raise a demon into the body of a recently deceased priest-- uh fella's, I think I'll just join the Chess Club instead thanks! No surprises here, as things go horribly wrong for the pledges involved and they are mutillated and partially devoured by the demon; the police show up and lock the abomination away... flash forward twenty-five years in the future and to another batch of eager men willing to do whatever it takes to become the newest members of Phi Delta Kappa. This years initiation seems simple enough, break into the local mental institiution and take a picture of the man/myth that committed the murders all those years ago. Again things go wrong, and the demon is set free once more. Happy Hell Night is a frustrating viewing experience, it sports some excellent moments(the first 5 minutes are absolute horror gold!) but can never really capitalize on them because of odd shifts in direction and feel throughout the film(not to mention the absurd... a demon locked away by the police-- yeah right!). It features a truly creepy antagonist in the scrawny, pale, bald priest with completely black eyes, BUT then the director decides to make him talk after every kill(a'la Freddy Krueger) and all tension is intantly dropped. The film also attempts to balance a serious religious/supernatural tilt with that of a campy blood and boobs slasher-- again, failure. The acting and gore are solid though, and the film does have it's moments; although the finale is complete garbage(and even steals a scene from Halloween shot-for-shot) with all reasoning thrown out the window. Basically, if you love slasher films and are scraping the bottom of the barrel for fresh options... this is more then worth a watch. For all others, Happy Hell Night may leave you feeling like you yourself have been the target of a college initiation hazing gone wrong. Tread carefully(2.5 stars).
Scary as Hell January 3, 2008
Dayna Newman (Tampa)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have to disagree with the masses on this one.
Happy Hell Night is basically your usual Slasher fare
but what sets it apart from other slashers is the killer priest "this is not a spoiler" who freaked me out and scared me SO bad I was petrified for weeks..
and I don't scare easily at all~!!
There are some very good kills in this movie.. although the story gets bogged down a bit I still watch this on a cold dark night with all the lights off and every time I watch it, the first time I see the Killer Priest in the insane asylum in his dungeon like cell pretending to be catatonic with the roach crawling on him and later when he speaks "even though some of his lines are cheesy" .OMG his voice is as scary as he is himself,I get CREEPED OUT..
Plus it has some HOT men in it for us ladies..and for the men , pretty naked chicks..
Turn off the lights and watch it ..I DARE YOU
 LIFELESS RETREAD November 1, 2005
Michael Butts (Martinsburg, WV USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
HAPPY HELL NIGHT takes you places you've been before and there's nothing really remarkable about this 1992 release. A top billed Darren McGavin has little do in the movie and that's a shame since McGavin starred in the superior NIGHT STALKER series. Sam Rockwell also has a small role as the younger McGavin who opened up a portal of hell when he was a college student and released a deadly spirit priest. The director tried some Freddy Krueger joke gimmicks but they fall flatter than the proverbial pancake. The movie's plot jumps around so much it never makes coherent sense, leaving HAPPY HELL NIGHT just another entry in the countless teen slasher flicks and not that imaginative of one.
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