The Dorm That Dripped Blood
When the kidding stops… the killing starts!
1982 | 88m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow |
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| Writer: | Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow, Stacey Giachino |
| Staring: |
| A crazed killer stalks college students who gave up their vacation to clean a deserted dormitory. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 02, 1982 |
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| Director: | Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow |
| Writer: | Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow, Stacey Giachino |
| Genres: | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | dormitory, murder, slasher, video nasty, power drill |
| Production Companies | Jeff Obrow Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $90,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Laurie Lapinski | Joanne Murray |
| Stephen Sachs | Craig |
| David Snow | Brian |
| Pamela Holland | Patti |
| Dennis Ely | Bobby Lee Tremble |
| Woody Roll | John Hemmit |
| Daphne Zuniga | Debbie |
| Jake Jones | Bill Edgar |
| Robert Fredrickson | Tim |
| Chris Morrill | Jack |
| Chandre | Alice |
| Billy Criswell | Rick |
| Richard Cowgill | Debbie's Father |
| Kay Beth | Doris, Debbie's Mother |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Stephen Carpenter | Screenplay, Director of Photography, Director, Editor |
| Jeffrey Obrow | Screenplay, Director, Editor |
| Stacey Giachino | Screenplay |
| Wesley Lou David | Casting |
| Charlotte Grant | Art Direction |
| Christopher Young | Original Music Composer |
| Matthew W. Mungle | Makeup Effects |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Obrow | Producer |
| Stacey Giachino | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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**_‘B’ slasher is well made, but one-dimensional and generally dull_** Several college students in SoCal prepare a dorm for renovation, but their efforts are hampered by a mysterious killer. “The Dorm that Dripped Blood” (1982) is a second-tier slasher that only cost $90,000 (which would be ... about $360,000 today), but it’s surprisingly proficient. The score, for instance, is effective and doesn’t sound dated like a lot of ‘B’ slashers from the 80s. (Clichéd? Yes. Dated? No). With the milieu being limited to the apartment complex (like, say, “Rosemary’s Baby”), the dramatics have to be entertaining, yet I found the characters relatively boring and the females subpar, although Laurie Lapinski is a decent protagonist. See this only if you need to see every 80’s slasher. The movie runs 1 hour, 24 minutes, and was shot in Westwood, California, which is just west of Beverly Hills in the Los Angeles area. GRADE: C-/C (4.5/10)