Paranoia (1981)

Paranoia: Directed by Tom DeSimone. With Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton, Kevin Brophy. Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion, where they are stalked by the monstrous survivor of a family massacre years earlier.

“Linda Blair stars as one of four college pledges who must spend the night in the creepy old mansion(reputed to be haunted, with a murderous history) in order to join the sorority and fraternity. Seniors plan to pull pranks on them for fun, but discover to their dismay that u0026quot;reputedu0026quot; turns out to mean u0026quot;factualu0026quot;…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSurprisingly effective thriller may not be original, but has good performances and direction, which create characters you come to care about, and a genuinely spooky atmosphere, especially when it moves underground. Scary and (reasonably) smart, this one stands out from the usual u0026quot;slashersu0026quot; of the period, and results are above average, with a memorable ending.”