Just this weekend, my brother in law Jeff alerted me to a horror movie that I never heard of that was filmed in dear old Atlantic Beach in the 1980s: "The Mutilator." (It was originally called "Fall Break.")
This movie has the makings of a classic 1980s horror movie. Here's an IMDB.com plot summary ...
A group of teenagers decide to take a vacation at the beach house of one of their fathers. The kid whose father owns the house just happened to accidentally kill his mother when he was a child. When they get to the house, the father has mysteriously disappeared. Hmmm...
... and here's the movie poster!
This movie was very much an Atlantic Beach creation. According to IMDB, the cast and crew stayed at a nearby motel, "which was owned by writer/director Buddy Cooper's family. Buddy now owns the motel. Much of the film's crew still work there" In fact, the Cooper family has a long history of town involvement. To wit, the current mayor of AB is A.B. "Trace" Cooper III.
My buddy Banks Talley recalls this movie being included in a "Bad Horror Movie Night" during his NCSU days. "Think 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' meets 'Halloween.'"
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