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Les jeux de la mort

Titre original : Fatal Games
  • 1983
  • 1h 28min
NOTE IMDb
4,7/10
1,7 k
MA NOTE
Les jeux de la mort (1983)
Slasher d’horreurHorreurSport

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAthletes at a sports academy are getting systematically killed by a mysterious javelin thrower.Athletes at a sports academy are getting systematically killed by a mysterious javelin thrower.Athletes at a sports academy are getting systematically killed by a mysterious javelin thrower.

  • Réalisation
    • Michael Elliot
  • Scénario
    • Rafael Buñuel
    • Michael Elliot
    • Christopher Mankiewicz
  • Casting principal
    • Sally Kirkland
    • Lynn Banashek
    • Sean Masterson
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • NOTE IMDb
    4,7/10
    1,7 k
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Michael Elliot
    • Scénario
      • Rafael Buñuel
      • Michael Elliot
      • Christopher Mankiewicz
    • Casting principal
      • Sally Kirkland
      • Lynn Banashek
      • Sean Masterson
    • 35avis d'utilisateurs
    • 35avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
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    Sally Kirkland
    Sally Kirkland
    • Diane Paine
    Lynn Banashek
    • Annie Rivers
    Sean Masterson
    Sean Masterson
    • Phil Dandridge
    Michael O'Leary
    Michael O'Leary
    • Frank Agee
    Teal Roberts
    Teal Roberts
    • Lynn Fox
    Melissa Prophet
    Melissa Prophet
    • Nancy Wilson
    Spice Williams-Crosby
    Spice Williams-Crosby
    • Coach Drew
    • (as Marcelyn Ann Williams)
    Angela Bennett
    Angela Bennett
    • Sue Allen Baines
    Nicholas Love
    Nicholas Love
    • Joe Ward
    Lauretta Murphy
    • Shelley
    Michael Elliot
    • Dr. Jordine
    Christopher Mankiewicz
    • Coach Webber
    Ed Call
    • Mr. Burger
    • (as Edward Call)
    Mel Klein
    • Annie's Father
    Alan Waite
    • Waiter
    Miguel Elac
    • Singer
    Jim Peppers
    • Policeman #1
    William G. Sipos
    • Policeman #2
    • Réalisation
      • Michael Elliot
    • Scénario
      • Rafael Buñuel
      • Michael Elliot
      • Christopher Mankiewicz
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    6Bezenby

    More sports based terror

    With the British media ramming the London Olympics down our throats in every conceivable way possible, I thought I'd escape the onslaught by watching Fatal Games, an eighties slasher flick where a hooded killer is impaling Olympic wannabes with a javelin.

    There's an immediate whiff of vintage cheddar about this film as we see the athletes doing their routines to an eighties theme tune that goes "Winning isn't everything, winning is the only thing" and I don't know about you, but I take great comfort from a slasher film when it includes a nice tune or two. We're introduced to our seven athletes/victims and assorted red herrings/possible killer.

    Fatal Games isn't full of imaginative kills. When we get done with all the crap banter and relationships and what not, the killer dispatches his victim with a javelin, and proceeds to do so throughout the film. He also hides the bodies, so there's plenty of head scratching 'where's such and such?' and stalking around the school. However, there's plenty of imagination injected into the stalking itself, as the killer's shadow is projected onto walls, or the killer is lit from the back, which livens things up a bit.

    The main 'livening things up' aspect of Fatal Games is the copious nudity shown through the first half of the film. Communal showers, shared saunas, massages, the whole lot is thrown out there to make sure you've got nothing to worry about. It keeps things going while the cast gets whittled down. Apart from that, it is your standard slasher stuff, with someone finding the bodies stashed away somewhere, to the final stalking of the remaining female around the school, etc etc.

    For an athletics-based slasher film, it's okay. Very similar to Graduation Day (which is better), but nowhere near the level of lunacy that is Pieces (which also had a swimming pool murder and a locker room murder).
    BLC88

    This game wreaks!

    "Fatal Games" is standard slasher fluff only with a lower-than-usual production value. It's about a killer wielding a javelin who begins picking off the athletes at the Falcon Academy of Athletics one by one.

    Unfortunately, the low budget shines through on most occasions. The supposed "Academy" is obviously just some high school, and the acting is truly terrible. Slasher movies aren't known to have good scripts and excellent acting, but contrary to popular belief most of them were actually very well made with healthy budgets. "Fatal Games" obviously was not, which is probably the reason it never got a theatrical release. Of course the only exception is Sally Kirkland, an underrated actress who was nominated for an Oscar in 1987 but here has little to do.

    Another thing that sets "Fatal Games" apart from the other slashers in terms of quality is the sleaziness. The film has little gore, but TONS of nudity. I think almost every female cast member strips down to the bare at one point. (Though somewhat hilariously, in a desperate attempt not to show ANY male nudity, the guys wear jock straps while taking their showers!)

    That said and done, "Fatal Games" is actually minor fun if you catch it in the right mood. It's certainly better than junk like "Graduation Day" (which this film is often compared to since both slasher films have sports themes) There are plenty of cheesy moments -- most of the highlights occurring during the last twenty minutes when the killer is revealed. Obviously I wouldn't dream of giving it away but I will say that he/she has one of the dumbest, most unbelievable motives EVER!!!

    Oh, and there's also a cool theme song! :)
    7BA_Harrison

    Cheezy '80s slasher fun.

    At the Falcon Academy of Athletics, a crazed killer is using a well-aimed javelin to bump off the school's most promising young sportsmen and women.

    Given the wide range of sporting apparatus readily available to the lunatic in Fatal Games, it's a shame that the victims only ever meet their fate skewered on the sharpened point of a javelin: although it makes for a reasonably gruesome demise, the novelty soon wears off.

    Thankfully, the repetitive nature of the film's kills is easily offset by the excess of female nudity, which is shoe-horned into proceedings at every available opportunity: a character gets topless for her boyfriend, girls are regularly seen showering in the changing rooms, 'final girl' Annie (Lynn Banashek) enjoys a naked massage (but not as much as the masseur!), and, in the film's most gratuitous scene, a totally nude victim is chased all over the school by the maniac after being interrupted taking a sauna. All that nekkidness certainly helps to make matters a lot more enjoyable.

    Throw in an unscrupulous doctor plying the athletes with steroids and hormones, a coach having a lesbian affair with her student, a cool, lo-fi synth score and a lousy 'Eye of the Tiger'-style theme song (Take It To The Limit), plus a delightfully bonkers motive for the killer, and what you have is a reasonably entertaining piece of '80s slasher silliness. I may be in the minority, but I found it a lot more fun than Graduation Day, that other '80s slasher featuring high-school athletes.

    6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.
    7Tikkin

    Brainless fun

    Fatal Games is a pretty standard slasher that held my attention throughout and didn't get boring. It's nothing spectacular or unique, but it's quite fun and also gives a nice insight into the life of an athlete. There are plenty of slasher clichés present such as plenty of T&A. There is a moment at the beginning that made me laugh out loud: the athletes are all joking around and throwing food. They throw a sausage at a girl and it lands on top of her skirt. The deaths are OK, but nothing particularly gory. There is one death that looks surprisingly realistic. You are also kept guessing as to who the killer is throughout - I didn't guess and I'm usually good at figuring these things out. When the killer is revealed we get a nice little twist, but I won't spoil it for you.

    Watch this if you're a fan of slashers - it's not the best, but it's worth a look. Also recommended if you like this is a similarly themed slasher film called Aerobicide.
    5Wuchakk

    Olympic wannabes slain by a javelin

    Athletes at an American farming school for the Olympics go missing, which leaves the staff and other students puzzled.

    "Fatal Games" (1984) is one of the many slashers that came out in the wake of the success of "Halloween" and "Friday the 13th." The formula and tropes are simply transferred to a different milieu; in this case, an athletics school.

    I like the genre and this one includes all the ingredients necessary for a quality slasher, but drops the ball with boring characters/dramatics, too much filler, and an annoyingly dated score (the scores of "Halloween" and "Friday the 13th" are fresh by comparison). Then there's the constant switches to the front of the school, which is supposed to be in Massachusetts, but it's glaringly Los Angeles.

    Nevertheless, there's enough good here if you're in the mood for an 80's slasher and don't mind prosaic filmmaking. For instance, the revelation of the javelin-wielding killer is creative and well-done. It wouldn't work today, however, due to eye-rolling political correctness.

    The movie runs 1 hour, 24 minutes, and was shot in the Los Angeles area at Redondo Beach (for the interiors done in Aviation High School, which is now demolished) and, for the exteriors, University High School in West Los Angeles.

    GRADE: C+

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    • Anecdotes
      The film is often cited as being very similar to Graduation Day (1981), due to a killer in a track suit killing teenage athletes with athletic equipment (most notably a javelin), nearly identical opening credit montages of athletic events, and the killer crossing out victims in a group photo. It is also similar in that actress Linnea Quigley appears in both films as a replacement for an actress who refused to appear nude on screen.
    • Gaffes
      A student is stabbed underwater. It's doubtful it would be possible to throw a javelin with that strength and speed underwater to kill somebody with efficiency as shown in the movie.
    • Versions alternatives
      There is an english-language version (with dutch subtitles) released in the Netherlands under the title Olympic Nightmare which is totally uncut and runs 83mins, instead of the usual 81mins.
    • Connexions
      Featured in The Cinema Snob: Fatal Games (2014)
    • Bandes originales
      Take It All the Way
      Written by Shuki Levy and Deborah Shelton

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    • Date de sortie
      • 1983 (États-Unis)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Fatal Games
    • Lieux de tournage
      • University High School - 11800 Texas Avenue, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis(Falcon Academy Of Athletics / exterior)
    • Société de production
      • Impact Films
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    • Durée
      • 1h 28min(88 min)
    • Couleur
      • Color
    • Mixage
      • Mono
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.85 : 1

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