to be his next victim. During this time, Smith invades Dr. Gale's home, ties her up, and terrorizes her for hours, ranting about his childhood, grabbing her breast and shouting "Shut up or I'll tear your tit off!" McCabe goes to Dr. Gale's home just in time to rescue her. At the end of a protracted struggle, McCabe shoots Smith many times, including several times in the back. Kirk stumbles towards a pool and expires as he plunges in. The film ends with a shot of Smith's bullet-ridden floating body as McCabe snarls: "Adios, creep!" Cast James Westmoreland as Lt. Chris McCabe Ben Frank as Sgt. Hatcher Flo Lawrence as Dr. Lindsay Gale (credited as "Flo Gerrish") Nicholas Worth as Kirk Smith Denise Galik as Lisa Stan Haze as Adkins Gary Allen as John Feldon Michael D. Castle as Lab Man Pamela Jean Bryant as Sue Ellen Production The film was shot in and around Los Angeles, California. Censorship When first released on DVD by Rhino Entertainment in 2001, an edited for television print was used, which had been subject to heavy edits—over 9 minutes were edited from the film. The uncensored, theatrical release version was released by BCI Eclipse on DVD in October 2006. Soundtrack The score was composed by Byron Allred. Release Crown International Pictures released the film on February 29, 1980. By the end of that year the film had accrued US$ 1,750,000 in distributors' domestic (U.S. and Canada) rentals, making it the year's 105th biggest earner. The VHS was released in the United States on 28 February 1982 by Media Home Entertainment. The DVD was released in 2002 by Rhino Home Video and re-released by BCI Eclipse on 10 October 2006. The film was restored and released on DVD and Blu-ray by Vinegar Syndrome in January 2017. Reception Vincent Canby in The New York Times felt the film was "a nasty, dimly executed exploitation movie about a psychopathic fellow who roams around Los Angeles strangling women with stockings and then mutilating their bodies. The performances are terrible, as are the writing and the direction…" Paul Taylor in Time Out magazine called it "a routinely mindless sickie". Years after its initial release, the film's mainstream critical reputation continues to be abysmal. Michael Weldon, in The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film, noted, "if you like really sick films, see this one...The ads made it look like another baby-sitter-in-distress movie,