There’s a killer doing the rounds in Boston, clad in black leather and donning a black motorcycle helmet who uses a curved machete to behead people.

Terror Eyes aka Night School was made by Lorimar Productions who also brought us The Waltons and, erm, Cruising.

There’s lots of similarities with giallo films within Terror Eyes as the killer is so stylised (I love a killer who spends time looking just right) as well as the fact that the cops are on the case and that the identity of the murderer isn’t revealed until the last act of the movie. The big reveal isn’t that shocking but there are a couple of twists after this which are pretty cool (one scary, one comedic).

Watch out for (as if you could avoid it), the performance by Rachel Ward who gives a marvellously detached turn here, as if she’s completely separate from every other cast member on the production.

Terror Eyes is pretty brutal in it’s kills and the generation of suspense is also pretty good. There are also some interesting characters including the cross-dresser who is, naturally, a suspect (this sequence reminds me of a similar scene in The Boston Strangler) and the predatory lesbian professor whose concern for the welfare of her female students is just a ruse to bed them.

Terror Eyes is a solid thriller/slasher/giallo movie. It’s good but not great. Nothing more, nothing less.

Alfred Sole who originally directed Alice, Sweet, Alice passed on this project. Brad Fiedel who would go onto write the iconic music for The Terminator composed the musical score for Terror Eyes.

3 out of 5 stars