Whenever I find a 1980s slasher movie that I had never heard of, it's a sure bet that it is going to be garbage, and this was. This is as straight forward a slasher as you can get: a group of friends are at a creepy old house, and a masked killer picks them off one by one. Nothing new. The acting is pretty bad. The camera work, and dialog aren't great. There is way too much forced humor. If you like shirtless dudes, you're in for a treat, because this movie has lots of that. An odd part about Evil Laugh is how self aware it is, which is really strange for the era it was made. There are obvious references to Friday the 13th, and Halloween. However, what's really weird is a death that is identical to one in The Last House on the Left, no, not the 1972 version... the remake from 2009. Are you telling me Evil Laugh was influential? Another example is the character Barney - who is a proto Randy Meeks, from Scream; seriously, he basically plays out the "rules" scene from the original Scream. Anyway! The movie is a giant cliche, which wouldn't be so bad, if it took itself seriously. I absolutely hate humor in horror movies. Now, to be fair, the film does have some good moments. Trouble is, there are too many slasher movies that are much better, and this was 1986! Not exactly breaking new ground in the genre. Most of the kills are off screen. We only get three boobs - not counting all the hairy man boob. The ending was preposterous - tried to meta too close to the sun. May be the worst '80s slasher I have seen. If you like cheesy horror movies, you might dig it.
Review by BronsonBlockedParent2024-02-06T01:49:47Z
Whenever I find a 1980s slasher movie that I had never heard of, it's a sure bet that it is going to be garbage, and this was.
This is as straight forward a slasher as you can get: a group of friends are at a creepy old house, and a masked killer picks them off one by one. Nothing new.
The acting is pretty bad. The camera work, and dialog aren't great. There is way too much forced humor. If you like shirtless dudes, you're in for a treat, because this movie has lots of that.
An odd part about Evil Laugh is how self aware it is, which is really strange for the era it was made. There are obvious references to Friday the 13th, and Halloween. However, what's really weird is a death that is identical to one in The Last House on the Left, no, not the 1972 version... the remake from 2009. Are you telling me Evil Laugh was influential? Another example is the character Barney - who is a proto Randy Meeks, from Scream; seriously, he basically plays out the "rules" scene from the original Scream.
Anyway! The movie is a giant cliche, which wouldn't be so bad, if it took itself seriously. I absolutely hate humor in horror movies.
Now, to be fair, the film does have some good moments. Trouble is, there are too many slasher movies that are much better, and this was 1986! Not exactly breaking new ground in the genre. Most of the kills are off screen. We only get three boobs - not counting all the hairy man boob. The ending was preposterous - tried to meta too close to the sun.
May be the worst '80s slasher I have seen. If you like cheesy horror movies, you might dig it.