New Year's Evil1980

Horror Vault's take

On the biggest night of the year, a live punk-fueled New Year's Eve TV broadcast becomes the backdrop for a killer's twisted game — a self-proclaimed maniac calling himself 'Evil' promises to claim a victim with every stroke of midnight, time zone by time zone. The show's glamorous host finds herself caught between keeping the cameras rolling and confronting a very real threat creeping closer with each passing hour. Equal parts stalker thriller and campy slasher, the film milks its gimmicky premise for tension across a single breathless night. It's a relic of early-80s exploitation filmmaking that leans hard into atmosphere and absurdity in equal measure.

Content: Violence Against Women, Murder Sequences, Mild Sexual Content