Boardinghouse (film)

Boardinghouse is a 1982 American supernatural slasher film directed, written by, and starring musician John Wintergate. Its plot follows a group of aspiring actresses and models who begin to die mysteriously in a Los Angeles boarding house, which was once the site of a series of bizarre deaths. It carries the distinction of being the first horror film to be shot-on-video.

Boardinghouse
Directed byJohn Wintergate
Written byJohn Wintergate
Produced byPeter Baahlu
Starring
John Wintergate
  • Kalassu
  • Alexandra Day
Cinematography
Jan Lucas
  • Obee Ray
Edited by
  • Jim Balcom
  • Johnny Kay
Production
company
Blustarr
Distributed byCoast Films
Release date
  • October 21, 1983 (1983-10-21)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$10,000

The film was released on DVD by Code Red in 2008. In 2015, Slasher//Video issued a two-disc edition of the film on DVD, featuring both the 98-minute theatrical cut, and an unofficial extended 157-minute version deemed the "director's cut." The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) released the film on Blu-ray in 2021 featuring three cuts of the film: The 88-minute theatrical cut; the 98-minute home video cut, and an alternate cut released in 1984 under the title Psycho Killer.

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