Sledgehammer (1983)

THE BLIND RAGE PODCAST digs deep into SLEDGEHAMMER (1983), a shot-on-video slasher soaked in static, sweat, and soft-focus confusion. A weekend getaway turns sour when a mute, masked brute starts phasing in and out of poorly lit rooms, weapon in hand, and murder on what might loosely be called his mind. Ted Prior leads the charge, storming through scenes like a bodybuilder in search of a plot. He’s perpetually shirtless, inexplicably furious, and framed in slow-motion so often you start to wonder if time has stopped entirely. The sound cuts in and out. The walls wobble. The camera loses focus. It’s less a movie and more a haunted tape that refuses to behave—and we loved every oily frame of it.