Sledgehammer (film)
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| Directed by | David A. Prior |
| Written by | David A. Prior |
| Produced by | Nicolas T. Kimaz |
| Starring | Ted Prior Tim Aguilar Linda McGill Sandy Brooke John Eastman Janine Scheer Stephen Wright |
| Cinematography | Salim Kimaz |
| Edited by | Ralph Cutter |
| Music by | Ted Prior Marc Adams Philip G. Slate |
Production company | I & I Productions |
| Distributed by | World Video Pictures, Inc. |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40,000 |
Sledgehammer is a 1983 independent slasher film written and directed by David A. Prior. The film tells the story of a young boy who murdered his mother and her lover with a sledgehammer. Ten years after the murder and the child's mysterious disappearance, a group of teens stay in the house for a weekend when they are terrorized by the ghost of the little boy.
Sledgehammer was one of the earliest horror films to be shot-on-video, though not the first, a distinction claimed by Boardinghouse which was released one year earlier. However, while Boardinghouse received a limited theatrical release, Sledgehammer was originally released direct-to-video. It has retained a cult following, and was re-released on DVD in 2011 by Intervision, a sub-label of cult film distributor Severin Films.