{{Short description|1986 American slasher film directed and starring Dominick Brascia}} {{for|a type of laugh|Evil laughter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name= Evil Laugh | image= Evil Laugh (1986) poster.jpg | caption = Release poster | director= Dominick Brascia, Jr.{{sfn|Stine|2015|p=115}} | producer = {{plainlist|* Steven Baio * Dominick Brascia, Jr.{{sfn|Stine|2015|p=115}}}} | screenplay = {{plainlist|* Steven Baio * Dominick Brascia, Jr.{{sfn|Stine|2015|p=115}}}} | starring = {{plainlist|*Steven Baio * Kim McKamy * Tony Griffin * Jody Gibson * Johnny Venocur * Dominick Brascia}} | music = David Shapiro{{sfn|Stine|2015|p=115}} | cinematography = Stephen Sealy{{sfn|Stine|2015|p=115}} | editing = Brion McIntosh<br>Michael Scott | studio = Wildfire Productions{{sfn|Stine|2015|p=115}} | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1986}} | runtime = 87 minutes{{sfn|Stine|2015|p=115}} | country = United States{{sfn|Stine|2015|p=115}} | language = }} '''''Evil Laugh''''' is a 1986 American slasher film<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v16254|publisher=AllMovie|title=Evil Laugh|access-date=1 August 2019|first=Sandra|last=Brennan}}</ref> directed and starring Steven Baio, Kim McKamy, Tony Griffin, Jody Gibson with Johnny Venocur and Dominick Brascia, Jr. The film is about a group of medical students attacked by a masked killer while repairing a building over the weekend.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brascia |first1=Dominick |title=Evil Laugh (1986) review |url=https://thatwasabitmental.com/2015/01/01/evil-laugh-1986-review/ |website=The Revenge of That Was a Bit Mental |date=January 2015 |access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref>
==Plot== A decade ago, an orphanage has been rebuilt after being burned down following accusations of child molestation and abuse from the building's custodian. A group of medical students is brought in by pediatrician-turned-doctor to rebuild the building as a foster home, while a psychotic masked assailant stalks them.
==Cast== * Kim McKamy as Connie * Steven Baio as Johnny Barlony * Tony Griffin as Sammy Baxton III * Jerold Pearson as Barney White * Myles O'Brien as Mark Armstrong * Jody Gibson as Tina * Howard Weiss as Mr. Burns * Karyn O'Bryan as Betty * Susan Grant as Sadie * Gary Hays as Jerry * Hal Shafer as Chief Cash * Johnny Venocur as Freddy * Tom Shell as Delivery Boy * Dominick Brascia as Evil Laugher
==Reception== In his overview of horror films from the 1980s, Scott Aaron Stine described the film as "effortless tripe" and that "There is nothing, I repeat, nothing worthwhile or even remotely worthwhile or even remotely memorable about this waste of celluloid."{{sfn|Stine|2015|p=115}}
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===Sources=== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book|title=The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s|last=Stine|first=Scott Aaron|year=2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1132-7}} {{refend}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0095120}}
Category:1986 comedy horror films Category:1986 films Category:1986 American films Category:1980s serial killer films Category:1980s slasher films Category:American comedy horror films Category:American exploitation films Category:American serial killer films Category:American slasher films Category:Films about mass murder Category:Films about students Category:Films set in abandoned buildings and structures Category:Films set in orphanages
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