He Knows You're Alone (1980)

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And we're off!

Starting with Hank's first appearance in a film, we have He Knows You're Alone. It's a 1980 slasher flick about a serial killer who murders soon-to-be brides (and the people around them). Being a home baker, naturally I had to make a little 80's inspired wedding cake to go with the movie. If you've never seen 80's wedding cake trends, do yourself a favor and google image search that shit. My mini cake is complete with strawberry blood splatter. Because duh.

A fresh faced Tom Hanks (24) makes his appearance looking weirdly like a curly-haired Woody. Hanks plays Elliott, a character that our lead (Amy) meets after her friend flirts with him while jogging in the woods. As you do. The original script has Elliott on the chopping block along with several of the other people surrounding Amy, but apparently he was so charismatic that they changed their minds. They saw the magic of Hanks right away, didn't they?

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Like any classic slasher movie, it follows some of the usual rules - Promiscuous young woman? Murdered. Boob shot in a shower? Murdered. Innocent bystander who has very little connection to the lead character? Murdered and leaves a clue. Hot shot cop whose fiance was killed on their wedding day and has been trying to find the killer for years and eventually tracks him down in Amy's town? Murdered. It was terrible, slow moving, horribly shot, and a lot of fun to watch!