Evilspeak (1981) - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - January 28, 1982

Evilspeak might have been the first horror film I saw on the big screen in 1982. It played at the Southshore Twin in Alameda on a double-bill with the inane and insane killer hand flick Demonoid. What an energetic one-two punch of supernatural shenanigans and slaughter those turned two out to be.

What made that particular Saturday even better was that John Carpenter's second (and first professional) feature film, Assault on Precinct 13, was aired, complete and uncut, on Channel 44 that night. I made an audio cassette recording of that broadcast and listened to it over and over for months. Until the tapes started wearing out.

Last year a ginormous feral pig, who I named Wilbur, was captured on our trail camera and the moment I saw him (and he is most assuredly a him) Evilspeak came to mind. Because of course it would. The ending of this movie is just hog wild.