A series of killings begins on a college campus in Westerville, Ohio, during an overnight scavenger hunt for female students; the person responsible is wearing the school’s bear mascot costume. Hal Holbrook appears as the head of security. “Girls Nite Out” (1982) follows a similar pattern to “Final Exam” and "Happy Birthday to Me," both released the year before, which were among the initial slasher films set on co…

I struggled to stay engaged for the initial stretch, around the first three-quarters of an hour, because I wasn't invested in getting to know the characters or how they connected with each other; some were difficult to tell apart. Even when the movie finally got to the later part and featured a few decent violent scenes, I still lost focus at times. It feels like just another unremarkable and uninspired horror film r…