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| runtime = 90 minutes
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'''''Hide and Go Shriek''''' (also known as '''''Close Your Eyes and Pray''''')<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095299/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas</ref> is a 1988 American [[horror film|horror]] film. It was directed by [[Skip Schoolnik]], who had already served as an editor on several films, including ''[[Halloween II (1981 film)|Halloween II]]''. Screenplay by Michael Kelly. The film was given a limited theatrical release with an R rating; an alternate video version, containing only a little more violence, was released unrated.
'''''Hide and Go Shriek''''' (released in edited form on home video as '''''Close Your Eyes and Pray''''' in the United Kingdom)<ref name=BBFC>{{cite web|url= https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/close-your-eyes-and-pray-0|title=''Close Your Eyes and Pray'' (18)|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=February 9, 1988|access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref> is a 1988 American [[slasher film]] directed by [[Skip Schoolnik]] in his directorial debut, and starring Bunky Jones, Annette Sinclair, Brittain Frye, Donna Baltron, George Thomas, and [[Sean Kanan]] in his film debut. The story details a group of teenagers who celebrate their graduation by staying the night inside a furniture store, where they are stalked and murdered by a [[cross-dressing]] killer during a game of [[Hide-and-seek|hide and go seek]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
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Four couples - Judy and David, John and Bonnie, Randy and Kim, and Shawn and Melissa - have just graduated from high school and are preparing to sneak into a furniture store owned by John's father, Phil. The teenagers begin to drink beer and party as John gives them a tour of the entire store. Kim suggests playing hide-and-go-seek. During the second round, Melissa and Shawn are killed by an unknown murderer.


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At midnight, the remaining six regroup to eat dinner, all concerned about Shawn and Melissa's whereabouts. The group searches everywhere, but are unable to find them. The couples go to bed. As John and Bonnie are having sex, a man dressed in Shawn's clothes enters the room and incites John to chase after him. They start a fight, but the killer impales a mannequin's arm through John's stomach, killing him.
The movie begins with a well-dressed man applying women's make-up in an old and dingy apartment. The man picks up a prostitute on the street, and while having sex with her in an alley, he stabs her to death.


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One by one, the others wake up. The group calls the police, but find the phone line cut and all exits chained shut. They begin to panic and try to get the attention of a vagabond, then a passing cop car, but to no avail. They discover the dead bodies of their friends and arm themselves with weapons, ready to fight back. Outside, a shopkeeper notices them in the store and calls the cops to report an intrusion.
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Four couples - Judy and David, John and Bonnie, Randy and Kim, and Shawn and Melissa - have just graduated from high school and are preparing to sneak into a furniture store owned by John's father, Phil. Arriving before the store closes, the teenagers hide as Phil closes up. Unbeknownst to them, Fred - an employee there - is an ex-convict living in the basement of the store.


The group encounters Fred, an ex-convict employee hiding out in the building. Believing him to be the killer, they knock him unconscious and tie him up. The group gets in the elevator but Kim does not make it in time and is decapitated by the moving elevator car.
The teenagers begin to drink beer and party as John gives them a tour of the entire store. He advises them not to move anything and to keep the lights switched off, so as not to get caught. Kim suggests playing hide-and-go-seek. The group agrees, but force Kim to be it. John and Bonnie use the game to have sex, unaware of a shadowy figure watching them. Kim eventually finds the two and declares them it. During the second round, Melissa and Shawn decide to have sex. She leaves to change into a negligee given to her by Kim. In the bathroom, an attacker forces her head into the sink, drowning her. After some time, Shawn grows impatient and goes to find Melissa. A figure dressed in the negligee runs past him in the dark. Shawn follows and runs into the killer, who lifts him off the ground and impales him on a trident-like decoration.


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When the killer attacks the group, Fred appears and tackles the killer, who is revealed to be Zack, Fred's gay lover from prison. Zack tells Fred that he killed the teenagers as he thought they were coming between him and Fred. Fred rejects Zack, who attacks Fred with a knife. Judy lunges forward to slash Zack with a razor. Zack leaps back and stumbles over Kim's severed head before falling down the empty elevator shaft. After that, the police and Phil arrive. As Phil asks Fred what had happened, Fred succumbs to his wounds and dies.
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At midnight, the remaining six regroup to eat dinner, all concerned about Shawn and Melissa's whereabouts. The group searches everywhere, but are unable to find them. They get annoyed when they find multiple mannequins and furniture disarranged, thinking that the pair is playing a joke. The couples go to bed, frustrated with the mess.


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The surviving teenagers are checked over by paramedics before leaving the store and getting into an ambulance. In the final scene, Zack turns out to be driving the ambulance.
As John and Bonnie are having sex, a man dressed in Shawn's clothes enters the room. He whistles and makes some impolite gestures to them. He runs away as a furious John chases after him. Upon reaching the second floor, John sees a man in a blonde wig applying make-up. They start a fight, but the killer finally impales a mannequin's arm through John’s stomach, killing him. Bonnie becomes anxious waiting and hides under the bed as she sees a figure entering and then leaving the room.

Meanwhile, Judy decides to lose her virginity to David. As Randy and Kim sleep, Kim wakes up and goes to the bathroom. After being attacked by the killer, she attempts to escape in the store elevator, but the killer catches up with her and jumps into the elevator with her. Kim's scream wakes up Randy. He tries to find her but bumps into a distraught Bonnie, who tells him that John has gone missing.

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Randy and Bonnie wake up Judy and David. They take the elevator down to the ground floor and don't know that Kim has been bound and gagged right on the top. They see a figure dressed in Kim's clothes but realize that's an imposter. The group calls the police, but find the phone line cut and all exits chained shut. They begin to panic and try to get the attention of a vagabond, then a passing cop car, but to no avail. Judy attempts to turn the lights on to draw attention, but the power is suddenly cut, sending the emergency lights on. Bonnie notices a door and believes it to be a way out, only to discover the dead bodies of their friends inside. The teenagers arm themselves with weapons, ready to fight back. Outside, a shopkeeper notices them in the store and calls the cops to report an intrusion.

Fred appears, and the survivors knock him unconscious and tie him up, believing him to be the killer. The group gets in the elevator but hears Kim beaten on the top. Kim manages to free her arms and legs before leaning down from the top to call for help. The killer holds her head out of the elevator. Judy fails to stop the elevator, and Kim is eventually decapitated.

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The survivors retreat to a bedroom. The killer attacks the group and slashes Randy across the chest. As he tries to attack again, Fred appears and tackles the killer, who is revealed to be Zack, Fred's gay lover from prison. Zack tells Fred that he killed the teenagers as he thought they were coming between him and Fred. Fred is repulsed and rejects Zack, offending him. Zack attacks Fred and stabs him in the neck with a knife. Judy lunges forward to slash Zack with a razor. Zack leaps back and stumbles over Kim's severed head before falling down the empty elevator shaft. After that, the police and Phil arrive. As Phil asks Fred what had happened, Fred succumbs to his wounds and dies.

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The surviving teenagers are checked over by paramedics before leaving the store and getting into an ambulance. However, the group doesn’t know that Zack somehow survives the fall and kills the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). In the final scene, Zack turns out to be driving the ambulance. He looks directly at the camera as an evil smile spreads across his lips.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* Bunky Jones as Bonnie Williams
* Bunky Jones as Bonnie Williams
* Brittain Frye as Randy Flint
* Brittain Frye as Randy Flint
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* Robin Turk as the prostitute in the opening scene
* Robin Turk as the prostitute in the opening scene
* Joe White as the man behind the newsstand
* Joe White as the man behind the newsstand
{{div col end}}


==Production==
==Release==
The film was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 1, 1988, by New Star Entertainment, which had its violence trimmed in order to receive an [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system#MPAA film ratings|R]] rating.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}
''Hide and Go Shriek'' was filmed in an abandoned warehouse in downtown L.A. in the early summer of 1987. Filming took about three weeks, and post production took about the same. The film was ready for a brief theatrical release in the fall of that same year. Annette Sinclair, who plays Kim Downs in the film, was asked to do the makeup on the plaster cast of her head used for the decapitation scene so that it would best match her own makeup. The writer of the movie, Michael Kelly, makes a brief cameo in the film as the wino outside the store towards the end of the movie. Screaming Mad George did all the special effects in the movie, some of which had to be cut for the theatrical release due to its graphic nature. The film's budget is unknown, but is thought to be below $300,000, according to an interview with Skip Schoolnik relating to the movie on a [[website]].


==Home media==
===Home media===
''Hide and Go Shriek'' was initially released on VHS and Laserdisc format. In the United States, the film was released unrated on video. A DVD edition was scheduled for release in the United Kingdom from Sandbox Entertainment on January 18, 2007, however, this edition remains unreleased.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hide-Shriek-DVD-Skip-Schoolnik/dp/B009LQ2AEI/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1444294377&sr=1-1&keywords=hide+and+go+shriek| title=Hide And Go Shriek [DVD]| publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]]| date=| accessdate=October 8, 2015}}</ref> An now out-of-print release was made available in the UK on DVD in a 'Platinum Collection' and additionally featured ''[[Dolly Dearest]]'', ''Inner Sanctum 2'' and ''Dark Breed''.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Platinum-Horror-Collection-Dearest-Sanctum/dp/B001EQXI4E/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1444294377&sr=1-2&keywords=hide+and+go+shriek| title=Platinum Horror Collection: Hide And Go Shriek, Dolly Dearest, Inner Sanctum 2, Dark Breed| publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]]| date=| accessdate=October 8, 2015}}</ref> The film was released in Australia via [[Beyond Home Entertainment]] on September 12, 2007<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/prod.asp?PND=147405| title=Hide And Go Shriek on DVD| publisher=dvdorchard.com.au| date=| accessdate=October 8, 2015}}</ref> and is currently the only official DVD release of the film worldwide.
''Hide and Go Shriek'' was released unrated on [[VHS]] by New Star Video and [[New World Video]] respectively in 1989, as well as on [[LaserDisc]] by [[Image Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vhscollector.com/movie/hide-and-go-shriek|title=Hide and Go Shriek|website=VHSCollector|access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vhscollector.com/movie/hide-and-go-shriek-0|title=Hide and Go Shriek|website=VHSCollector|access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/01211/ID6082NS/Hide-amp;-Go-Shriek|title=Hide & Go Shriek|website=Laserdisc Database|access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, it was marketed as ''Close Your Eyes and Pray'' for its home video release, which was shorn of fifty seconds.<ref name=BBFC/>


The film was initially released on [[DVD]] in the United Kingdom by Bellevue Entertainment A/S on July 22, 2004, under its original title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/hide-and-go-shriek|title=''Hide and Go Shriek'' (18)|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=July 22, 2004|access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref> Scanbox Entertainment issued another DVD in [[DVD region code#Region codes and countries|Region 2]], and was included in a 'Platinum Collection' with ''[[Dolly Dearest]]'', ''Inner Sanctum 2'', and ''Dark Breed''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hide-Shriek-DVD-Skip-Schoolnik/dp/B009LQ2AEI/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1444294377&sr=1-1&keywords=hide+and+go+shriek|title=Hide And Go Shriek [DVD]|publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]]|date=|access-date=October 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Platinum-Horror-Collection-Dearest-Sanctum/dp/B001EQXI4E/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1444294377&sr=1-2&keywords=hide+and+go+shriek|title=Platinum Horror Collection: Hide And Go Shriek, Dolly Dearest, Inner Sanctum 2, Dark Breed|publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]]|date=|access-date=October 8, 2015}}</ref> ''Hide and Go Shriek'' was released by [[Code Red DVD|Code Red]] on [[Blu-ray]] for the first time on December 3, 2016,{{efn|Blu-ray.com noted the release to be December 3, 2016.}} with a remastered 2K scan from the original internegative, and was followed by a DVD release by [[Kino Lorber]] on May 30, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Hide-Go-Shriek-Jeff-Levine/dp/B06WGNHT8R/ref=tmm_blu_title_2?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1551658878&sr=1-1|title=Hide and Go Shriek [Blu-ray]|website=[[Amazon.com]]|access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Hide-Go-Shriek-Bunky-Jones/dp/B06XRRF46N/ref=tmm_dvd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1551658878&sr=1-1|title=Hide and Go Shriek [DVD]|website=Amazon |date=30 May 2017 |access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref> The same year, 88 Films released the film on dual Blu-ray and DVD format in the United Kingdom on July 10, which was subsequently reissued on Blu-ray on February 11, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hide-Shriek-Dual-Format-Blu-ray/dp/B06Y3KRW8F/ref=tmm_blu_title_1?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1444294377&sr=1-1|title=Hide and Go Shriek [Dual Format]|date=10 July 2017 |publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]]|access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hide-Shriek-Blu-ray-Bunky-Jones/dp/B07MX21XF3/ref=tmm_blu_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1444294377&sr=1-1|title=Hide and Go Shriek [Blu-Ray]|date=11 February 2019 |publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]]|access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref>
In December 2016, Code Red released Hide and Go Shriek on blu-ray with a new 2k scan.

==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0095299}}
* {{IMDb title|0095299}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|hide_and_go_shriek}}


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Hide and Go Shriek
Directed bySkip Schoolnik
Written byMichael Kelly
Produced byDimitri Villard
StarringBunky Jones
Brittain Frye
George Thomas
Donna Baltron
CinematographyEugene Shlugleit
Edited byTim Alexander
Mark Manos
Amy Tompkins
Adam Wolfe
Music byJohn Ross
Distributed byNew Star Entertainment
Release date
  • November 1, 1988 (1988-11-01)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hide and Go Shriek (released in edited form on home video as Close Your Eyes and Pray in the United Kingdom)[1] is a 1988 American slasher film directed by Skip Schoolnik in his directorial debut, and starring Bunky Jones, Annette Sinclair, Brittain Frye, Donna Baltron, George Thomas, and Sean Kanan in his film debut. The story details a group of teenagers who celebrate their graduation by staying the night inside a furniture store, where they are stalked and murdered by a cross-dressing killer during a game of hide and go seek.

Plot

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Four couples - Judy and David, John and Bonnie, Randy and Kim, and Shawn and Melissa - have just graduated from high school and are preparing to sneak into a furniture store owned by John's father, Phil. The teenagers begin to drink beer and party as John gives them a tour of the entire store. Kim suggests playing hide-and-go-seek. During the second round, Melissa and Shawn are killed by an unknown murderer.

At midnight, the remaining six regroup to eat dinner, all concerned about Shawn and Melissa's whereabouts. The group searches everywhere, but are unable to find them. The couples go to bed. As John and Bonnie are having sex, a man dressed in Shawn's clothes enters the room and incites John to chase after him. They start a fight, but the killer impales a mannequin's arm through John's stomach, killing him.

One by one, the others wake up. The group calls the police, but find the phone line cut and all exits chained shut. They begin to panic and try to get the attention of a vagabond, then a passing cop car, but to no avail. They discover the dead bodies of their friends and arm themselves with weapons, ready to fight back. Outside, a shopkeeper notices them in the store and calls the cops to report an intrusion.

The group encounters Fred, an ex-convict employee hiding out in the building. Believing him to be the killer, they knock him unconscious and tie him up. The group gets in the elevator but Kim does not make it in time and is decapitated by the moving elevator car.

When the killer attacks the group, Fred appears and tackles the killer, who is revealed to be Zack, Fred's gay lover from prison. Zack tells Fred that he killed the teenagers as he thought they were coming between him and Fred. Fred rejects Zack, who attacks Fred with a knife. Judy lunges forward to slash Zack with a razor. Zack leaps back and stumbles over Kim's severed head before falling down the empty elevator shaft. After that, the police and Phil arrive. As Phil asks Fred what had happened, Fred succumbs to his wounds and dies.

The surviving teenagers are checked over by paramedics before leaving the store and getting into an ambulance. In the final scene, Zack turns out to be driving the ambulance.

Cast

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  • Bunky Jones as Bonnie Williams
  • Brittain Frye as Randy Flint
  • Annette Sinclair as Kim Downs
  • George Thomas as David Hanson
  • Donna Baltron as Judy Ramerize
  • Scott Fults as Shawn Phillips
  • Ria Pavia as Melissa Morgan
  • Sean Kanan as John Robbins
  • Scott Kubay as Zack
  • Jeff Levine as Fred
  • Michael Kelly as the alley Wino
  • Ron Colby as Phil Robbins
  • Donald Mark Spencer as Vince
  • James Serrano and Lyons as the cops in the police car
  • Robin Turk as the prostitute in the opening scene
  • Joe White as the man behind the newsstand

Release

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The film was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 1, 1988, by New Star Entertainment, which had its violence trimmed in order to receive an R rating.[citation needed]

Home media

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Hide and Go Shriek was released unrated on VHS by New Star Video and New World Video respectively in 1989, as well as on LaserDisc by Image Entertainment.[2][3][4] In the United Kingdom, it was marketed as Close Your Eyes and Pray for its home video release, which was shorn of fifty seconds.[1]

The film was initially released on DVD in the United Kingdom by Bellevue Entertainment A/S on July 22, 2004, under its original title.[5] Scanbox Entertainment issued another DVD in Region 2, and was included in a 'Platinum Collection' with Dolly Dearest, Inner Sanctum 2, and Dark Breed.[6][7] Hide and Go Shriek was released by Code Red on Blu-ray for the first time on December 3, 2016,[a] with a remastered 2K scan from the original internegative, and was followed by a DVD release by Kino Lorber on May 30, 2017.[8][9] The same year, 88 Films released the film on dual Blu-ray and DVD format in the United Kingdom on July 10, which was subsequently reissued on Blu-ray on February 11, 2019.[10][11]

Notes

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  1. ^ Blu-ray.com noted the release to be December 3, 2016.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Close Your Eyes and Pray (18)". British Board of Film Classification. February 9, 1988. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Hide and Go Shriek". VHSCollector. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Hide and Go Shriek". VHSCollector. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "Hide & Go Shriek". Laserdisc Database. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "Hide and Go Shriek (18)". British Board of Film Classification. July 22, 2004. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  6. ^ "Hide And Go Shriek [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  7. ^ "Platinum Horror Collection: Hide And Go Shriek, Dolly Dearest, Inner Sanctum 2, Dark Breed". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  8. ^ "Hide and Go Shriek [Blu-ray]". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  9. ^ "Hide and Go Shriek [DVD]". Amazon. 30 May 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  10. ^ "Hide and Go Shriek [Dual Format]". Amazon.co.uk. 10 July 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  11. ^ "Hide and Go Shriek [Blu-Ray]". Amazon.co.uk. 11 February 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
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