Sledgehammer (1983)

Director
David A. Prior

Main cast
Linda McGill; Ted Prior; John Eastman; Stephen Wright; Janine Scheer

Genres
Horror, Thriller

Description
A young boy murders his mother and her lover with a hammer. Ten years later, a wave of teenage murders plagues the same area.


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