Les jeux de la mort

Original title: Fatal Games

1984
1h 28m

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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.Athletes at a sports academy are getting systematically killed by a mysterious javelin thrower.

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4.7/10

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Trivia
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.

Goofs
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.

Alternate versions
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.

Connections
Featured in The Cinema Snob: Fatal Games (2014)

Soundtracks
Take It All the Way
Written by Shuki Levy and Deborah Shelton

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4/10

Disposable - though not disgraceful - slasher movie

Yet another slasher movie from the 80's. This one is set in a sports academy and has the novelty of the killer using a somewhat unorthodox weapon - a javelin. But that novelty wears off after a while. There is not much suspense, no real clues to the "mystery" part, and the ending - especially the motivation of the killer - is absurd. There is also a rather laughable scene where the killer enters a pool in full scuba gear, javelin in hand, and his/her soon-to-be-victim fails to notice anything and keeps on swimming! On the plus side, there is ample nudity, a few well-done gore effects, the two main girls are cute, and most of the character interactions sound genuine. Enough good points to get this movie 4 stars out of 10.