Starring: Don Scardino, Caitlin O'Heaney, Elizabeth Kemp, Tom Rolfing, Lewis Arlt Directed By: Armand Mastroianni Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Warner Home Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 05, 2004 Running Time: 94 minutes Theatrical Release Date: September 12, 1980
Description: A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends are killed one by one, a cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt him down before it is too late. Meanwhile, the bride has to figure out if it is all in her imagination or not, aided by her ex-boyfriend.
DVD Features: Audio Commentary:Commentary by Director Armand Mastroianni and Screenwriter Scott Parker Theatrical Trailer
Amazon.com: In the late '70s, the "slasher" film was more popular than ever, gaining momentum with immensely successful low budget hits like Friday the 13th. Studios jumped on the band wagon, rushing quickie imitations into theaters hoping to parlay the hoopla into box-office glory. Not surprisingly, many fervent film critics tried to deflate theatergoers' interest in the "splatter" phenomenon, denouncing it as a trend of violent exploitation, but the public was simply too bloodthirsty to care. He Knows You're Alone was released sandwiched between a jillion similar non-notables but is perhaps most distinguished by its uncanny parallels to Halloween and the film debut of superstar Tom Hanks in a bit role. The plot involves a killer preying upon young brides-to-be, a psychosis brought on by an earlier trauma involving wedding dresses, not catching the bouquet, or some other nonsense. Caitlin O'Heaney likeably plays heroine Amy Jensen who senses she's being stalked, or is she just imagining things due to pre-wedding nerves? Her apprehension intensifies as her friends start dying off one by one. Unfortunately director Armand Mastroianni (cousin of Marcello), diffuses much of the suspense by identifying the killer early on, and you may swear halfway through that you've seen this somewhere before. Nonetheless, there are some decent scares including a semi-classic shock involving an aquarium that's sure to give you the chills. Recommended viewing for horror lovers, and ardent Tom Hanks fans. --Matt Wold
Boring, Uneventful and bloodless film He Knows You're Alone is PROBABLY one of the worst horror films I have ever seen. I only recently saw it for the first time and I can't believe I actually wound up sitting through the whole thing. I can honestly saw that I have NEVER been as bored while watching a "slasher" flick as I was while viewing this.
I have to say that the WORST aspect of this film would be the killer. I am not SPOILING anything in saying that the killer has no mask or hidden identity in this movie. We see his face right off the bat as he kills his first bride-to-be. The fact that the killer's face is fully in view during his slashings is a total bore. I actually kept thinking they cast the actor for his slightly Michael Myer's-ish facial features and wide eyes. He actually kind of looked like an uncle of mine, which made me laugh. He was totally NOT scary.
The "killings" are REALLY REALLY REALLY bad. There is no gore and hardly any blood at all. Gore-hounds would HATE this movie for that fact alone.
The main heroine is a Susan Sarandon look-a-like who annoyed me throughout the whole movie. For a film made in the 80's I was surprised at how un-liberated her character was. She is getting married to a guy she barely likes as if she has no choice, and even mentions how she is going to have to deal with the fact that her fiance told her he doesn't want her to work once they are married. As if she has no right to do what she pleases. That irritated me. Also, what was up with her STRANGE relationship with her ex-boyfriend/mortician. Her behavior was excruciatingly odd to me. What engaged woman would flirt and consider starting up a relationship with an ex 2 weeks before her wedding??? WEIRD.
Bottom line: The characters were REALLY bad.
The film also blatantly copies Halloween in tons of spots. I couldn't believe some of the scenes! I was like, "That is almost the SAME shot down to a tee!" at certain points. I do NOT like copy-cats!!! ahhhh!!
Anyways, I just had to write a review to say how bad I thought this film was. I normally LOVE 80's horror, but this movie killed me with boredom.
A REASON FOR WEDDING JITTERS . A serial killer is preying on young -bride -to Be's . Caitlin O. Heaney ( Amy Jenson) is the main character who senses she's being stalked . This movie was many of the many 80,s slasher flicks that featured movie legend Tom Hanks in his first role. I feel this movie had it's moments especially with the aquarium scene that would make you be afraid to be alone in your house or at least a little more aware of your surroundings when your alone . You kind of get the feeling that there was a little bit of " Halloween influences" throughout and overall, was a pretty effective slasher at the time .
sad but true I saw this movie back on cable in the 80's when it came out, infact it was Halloween. My babysitter got so freaked out while watching this movie that she grabbed a big kitchen knife to hold onto. I remember being a little freaked out to. So when I saw that it was comming to DVD I was excited. The thing I remembered the most was the fish tank scene. I had told my girlfriend about the movie and even though she doesn't like this kind of movie she watched it anyway. She wasn't scared or creeped out in any way infact we were both extremely bored with it (the only good thing about it was the fish tank scene). This movie was better in my youth simply because I didn't know any better, that and the fact that my babysitter was so freaked out. But now that I'm older I can say without a doubt this movie just sucks, just like another movie I thought was good back then "Blue Sunshine". This is one of those times when the memory was much better than the reality.
The movie that scared the heck out of me when I was young..... I just rented this movie today because its one of the horror movies of my youth that scared the heck out of me as a teen adult. I have never forgotten some of the scenes in this movie and still get spooked when I envision the various scenarios. This is probably a good example of why a young impressionable person shouldn't watch these types of movies. I am about to watch this movie again after not having seen it for 25 years so I'm curious to see if it still freaks me out like it did then. I'm a big fan of the older style horror movie, lots of suspense, minimal gore so let's see if this movie is as scary as I remembered back then. Stay tuned.......
Ok, I'm back, I finished watching the movie. I can't believe this movie scared me when I was younger. This is a great example of a movie you remember as a child as being "sooooo good" and then when you watch it you realize how we grow up and how time can change things. I had to stop the movie half way through because I needed a break. Movie had a great premise but is your quintessential "b" rated movie; bad music and bad acting. I must say though the second half contained 2 scenes that actually had me almost on the edge of my seat. I can't help but think that if this movie had a bigger budget and some slight story alterations, it could have been a good movie. Except for a couple of characters in the movie, you don't really get to know any of the victims before they become victims. This movie clearly jumped on the bandwagon of the "horror" parade of movies started by Brian de Palma's Halloween. I can see distinct similarities in concept i.e. the same house was used as one of the murder scenes and the whole "someone's following me" concept is in both movies. However, the similarities are conceptual only as Halloween is one of the greatest movies of all time and clearly had a bigger budget.
All that being said, this isn't a "bad" movie, I mean it's your typical B rated old movie from 1980 but if you know this going in, it's not horrible, just cheesy.
Blood Wedding would have been a better title! This was a fair horror film, not the best of the genre but certainly not the worst. If you are a fan of the early 80's slasher films like me, I would recommend having this one in your collection. The opening sequence takes place in a movie theatre, and I thought this was a really great set up. Scream 2 would later duplicate this. Another nice setting was used later on in the film at an amusement park which I liked. The killer is creepy looking, but I wish they hadn't shown who it was right away, mask or no mask. I figure they were trying to seperate the film from Halloween but they did not succeed in doing so very well. Still, the chase at the end was good as it takes place in an old, creepy morgue. Our heroine, Amy Jensen is very likeable and as already mentioned you get to see Tom Hanks in a bit role. The score for the film is not bad. I wish the cover art had been a wedding cake with a bloody knife in it and perhaps the plastic little bride that sits on the top could have been falling off. There is not much bloodshed which is fine with me. Although I know some horror fans like gore. With subtle changes, this could have been better. However, it is still fun to watch just to see how all these 80's horror films came to be so cliche. If you are looking for something new from that era, check out The Prowler or Just Before Dawn.
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