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The theatre of death
The film takes place in a theater late at night as a troupe of actors are
rehearsing a musical about a mass murderer known as the Night Owl. The show's
leading lady, Alicia (Cupisti), sprains her ankle and she and the wardrobe
mistress, Betty (Schwerk), sneak out of the rehearsal to go to a doctor. But the
closest medical facility is a mental hospital. The psychiatrist on duty is only
happy to help, but the wardrobe mistress notices a restrained patient on a bed
lying in a room behind bars. The doctor tells them that it is Irving Wallace, a
former actor who went berserk and killed over a dozen people. Unbeknownst to any
of them, Wallace has killed one of the attendants with a syringe and sneaked out of the asylum, hiding in the
back of Betty's car.
Once they arrive back at the theater the over-bearing director (Brandon)
fires Alicia for leaving during rehearsal. She packs her things and gets ready
to leave, but makes a terrifying discovery in the parking lot...Betty's murdered
corpse (struck with a pickaxe).
After the police have taken the body away and stationed two patrol officers
in the parking lot to keep an eye on the premises, the director has one of his
actresses hide the theater's key so no one can leave, as he has decided to alter
the play's script. Instead of being an anonymous killer, he renames the show's
antagonist Irving Wallace, and he wants everyone to stay the night and begin
immediate rehearsals with the new material. But things become even more
nightmarish when the real Wallace (seemingly incensed over this mocking
portrayal of him) disembowels the actress who hid the key, and the remaining
members of the cast and crew realize that there is no way to escape the (now
armed with a knife, axe and chainsaw) psychopath's clutches.
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