Sure, disco died — or so they say, but it never went away and we all know and love this — during Disco Demolition Night on Thursday, July 12, in Chicago. That said — Halloween came out in and disco-based films were still coming out as late as Here are the few that are agreed upon disco slashers.
Can you think of any other ones? Prom Night : Perhaps the most well-known of all the few disco slashers, Prom Night came out in , just at the time that there was that strange disco backlash. The soundtrack was released — originally — only in Japan and the music made its way into other Zaza-scored movies like Ghostkeeper and Curtains. You can get it from Synapse Fims. Bloody Moon : Leave it to Jess Franco to embrace not only the slasher, but disco. Throbbing beats play over a poolside disco party, killers with ruined faces, incest, bladesaw butchery, kids getting hit by cars and roller disco.
Discopath : While made more than 25 years after the other examples on this list, this is all about a New York fast food cook who goes into a trance killing statue — murderdrone? After a series of killings, he runs to Montreal and begins wearing special clothing that cuts out sound and makes him almost deaf. But when a surprise disco party at the school where he works as an audio-visual tech goes down, the rage comes back.
House on the Edge of the Park : Before their night of psychosexual madness, Alex and Ricky were planning on going to the disco. Riz Ortolani is seriously astounding, the only music man I can think of that would pair cannibals impaling someone from ass to mouth with a gorgeous sad song.
You can get this from Severin. Eyes of Laura Mars : Alright, this might be more disco giallo than disco slasher, but go with us for this. Actually, this is totally a disco slasher because beyond the music, disco is all about fashion.
