THE KILLING HOUR (1982) aka THE CLAIRVOYANT - "A "Friday the 13th The Series Spectacular" Salute to ARMAND MASTRIOANNI
ScreamQueenz Classics · Patrick K. Walsh
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If you don't want the movie spoiled, watch THE KILLING HOUR on Tubi before listening!
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This episode was originally published on Patreon on November 3, 2025.
On this fourth Friday the 13th the Series Spectacular episode, we're focusing on ARMAND MASTRIOANNI who directed "Better Off Dead" and "Mesmer's Bauble" as well as eight episodes of the show we've yet to cover.
While he's most famous for discovering Tom Hanks in the 1980 wedding night slasher HE KNOWS YOU'RE ALONE, we've chosen a film for which he's infamous - the 1982 Video Nasty THE KILLING HOUR aka THE CLAIRVOYANT.
While a serial killer known as "The Handcuff Killer" is terrorizing New York City, an art student discovers she's been psychically drawing the images of the murders as they occur.
Will her visions stop the killer in his tracks? Or will they get her killed?
Your hosts Patrick, Maya and Trae will be on hand to dispense insight and snark as they take shine a spotlight on Amand Mastrioanni and THE KILLING HOUR.
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THE KILLING HOUR aka THE CLAIRVOYANT was directed by Armand Mastrioanni, written by Armand Mastrioanni, Antone Pagan and B. Jonathan Ringkamp and stars Perry King, Norman Parker and Elizabeth Kemp.
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