''The Zero Boys'' is an American

slasher film A slasher film is a genre of horror films involving a killer stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools like knife, chainsaw, scalpel, etc. Although the term "slasher" may occasionally be used informally as a ...

, written and directed by

Nico Mastorakis Nico Mastorakis ( el, Νίκος Μαστοράκης; born 28 April 1941 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek filmmaker and radio producer. He is probably best known for his 1973 live interview of 17 arrested Greek students, which happened without their ...

and starring Daniel Hirsch,

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, Nicole Rio, and Tom Shell.

Plot

Steve (Daniel Hirsch), Larry (Tom Shell), and Rip (Jared Moses) are part of a paintball team known as "The Zero Boys". After winning a paintball tournament, they decide to celebrate. When the trio and their girlfriends take a leisure trip into the mountains, they stumble upon the most gruesome massacre in history. Blood-chilling screams lead the group to a deserted cabin, where they gradually discover the horrors of the killings and the evil causing it. Now the Zero Boys, armed with real weapons of their own, must do what comes best - destroy the enemy.

Cast

* Daniel Hirsch as Steve Kerski *

as Jamie * Nicole Rio as Sue * Tom Shell as Larry * Jared Moses as Rip *

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as Trish *

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as Killer * Gary Jochimsen as Killer #2 * John Michaels as Casey * Elise Turner as Victim * T.K. Webb as Killer #3 * Jason Ricketts as Soldier #1 * Stephen Kay as Soldier #2 * Neil Weiss as Soldier #3 * Harry Donenfeld as Snake Man * Dennis Ott as Soldier #4 * Patrick Hirsch as Soldier #5 *

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as Secretary * Angelia High as Spectator #1 * Jessica Tress as Spectator #2 * Christina Cardan as Spectator #3 * Steven Shaw as Coach * Marc Meisels as Soldier #5

Home media

The film was released on

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by Simitar Video in 2000. It was subsequently re-released by

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in 2003 and by

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on Blu-ray/DVD on April 26, 2016.

References

External links

* 1986 horror films 1986 films 1980s slasher films American slasher films 1980s English-language films Films scored by Stanley Myers Films scored by Hans Zimmer Films directed by Nico Mastorakis 1980s American films English-language horror films {{1980s-horror-film-stub