The Night Brings Charlie

The Night Brings Charlie

VHS released by Quest Entertainment
Directed by Tom Logan
Produced by Wally Parks
Paul Stubenrauch
Written by Bruce Carson
Starring David Carr
Kerry Knight
Joe Fishback
Aimee Tenalia
Chuck Whiting
Monica Simmons
Music by David C. Williams
Cinematography Glenn Kral
Edited by Mike Palma
Thomas Jarvis
Production
company
Quest Studios[1]
Distributed by Quest Entertainment
Release dates
  • 1990 (1990) (United States)
Running time
 77 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Night Brings Charlie is a 1990 horror film directed by Tom Logan, and written by Bruce Carson.

Plot

In the small town of Pakoe, Shannon Davis is beheaded by a man whose face is concealed by a burlap sack and swimming goggles. Investigating this homicide and a previous one are new sheriff Carl Carson, and mortician Walt Parker. As the bodycount rises and the killer begins taunting the police, suspicion falls on Charlie Puckett, a gardener who wears a mask similar to the serial killer's due to being disfigured by a chainsaw.

Charlie is brought in for questioning, but refuses to talk, so Carson brings in Walt, who served with Charlie in the Vietnam War. Walt gets a confession out of Charlie, but Carson has doubts about Charlie's guilt, so he sets a trap in his office, which flushes out the real killer, Walt. Carson explains that he had looked into Walt's history, and discovered that he had dismembered a teenage civilian in Vietnam, though the charges were dropped. When Carson mentions that he had Charlie released from custody, Walt panics, and claims that Charlie is just like him; Charlie helped him kill the Vietnamese girl, and was the one who murdered all of the Pakoe victims after Shannon Davis.

Carson leaves to look for Charlie, and Walt is allowed to call home by the officer left to guard him. Walt's daughter Tanya tells him that Jenny, his stepdaughter, has left to explore the abandoned barn where Charlie is living. Fearing for Jenny's safety, Walt escapes custody and heads to the barn. Charlies arrives at the barn (after killing several people, and wounding Carson) and corners Jenny, who is saved by Tanya. As the sisters flee Charlie, they accidentally shoot their father with Carson's gun, though as a last act Walt saves his daughters by setting Charlie on fire.

The next day, Carson and his men scour the lake Charlie ran into, but the search is called off by the district attorney, who prematurely closes the case, content with stating that Walt was responsible for all of the murders. As the sheriff laments that it is not over, Charlie is shown picking up a female hitchhiker on the outskirts of town.

Cast

Reception

A 2/5 was awarded to the film by Justin Kerswell of Hysteria Lives!, who wrote, "Sadly, despite some good cheesy touches it's overall a trifle dull (a cardinal sin for any slasher flick, I'm sure you'll agree). Not a really bad film by any means but, despite its rareness, ultimately it's not one that you really need to hunt down."[2]

References

  1. ↑ Staff (13 January 1991). "Broke filmmaker leaves Universal". The Associated Press. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Kerswell, Justin (18 June 2007). "The Night Brings Charlie". hysteria-lives.co.uk. Hysteria Lives!. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

External links

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