Night Warning [Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)] - Newspaper Ad

San Francisco Examiner - January 2, 1983

The Sunday Examiner/Chronicle Datebook had this ad hyping the January 7, 1983 release, or re-release, of Butcher Baker, Nightmare Maker under the title Night Warning.

Although no theaters or drive-ins are listed in this teaser ad, I did see Night Warning on Saturday, January 8, I believe, at the Alameda Southshore, where it was on a double-bill with the equally memorable The Beast Within. That was one raucous and lively night at the movies. The crowd, and it was a crowd, went wild throughout both movies.

I do remember being taking aback by Bo Svenson's bigoted 'Detective Carlson' character. He was so over-the-top with his homophobia I remember leaning over to a friend and whispering in his ear, "This has to be an act, he's protesting too much." Which was pretty progressive thinking for a 14 year-old kid in 1983, I think.