History Film / Destroyer1988

Susan Malone (Deborah Foreman) is a stunt woman who, along with her boyfriend writer David Harris (Clayton Rohner), is currently working on a GirlsBehindBars-themed ExploitationFilm being directed by Robert Edwards (Creator/AnthonyPerkins) and shot at a now-abandoned prison, which shut down following a riot that saw many guards and prisoners die. The riot occurred on the night of the execution of SerialKiller Ivan Moser.

* ImplacableMan: Ivan possesses a HealingFactor and SuperToughness, so nothing thrown at him keep him down for long. Being electrocuted, hit by a car, and stabbed are only minor annoyances. [[spoiler:It takes being lit on fire, falling down a pit, and finally blown up by a propane explosion to kill him. Even then, Susan isn't sure that was ''actually'' enough to kill him and locks his corpse in there for good measure.]]

''Destroyer'' is a 1988 horror film directed by Robert Kirk.

''Destroyer'' is a [[HorrorFilms Horror Film]] by Robert Kirk.

Susan Malone (Deborah Foreman) is a stunt woman who, along with her boyfriend writer David Harris (Clayton Rohner) is currently working for a prison ExploitationFilm being shot at a now-abandoned prison, which shut down following a riot that saw many guards and prisoners die. The riot occurred on the night of the execution of the SerialKiller Ivan Moser.

What no one seems to know, however, is that Ivan (Lyle Alzado) isn't as dead as everyone previously thought.

** It's implied the warden abused Ivan, sticking him in the sewer as solitary confinement. Given Ivan is a psychopathic monster who tortured, raped, and murdered 24 people, including children and brags about it, he deserved it.

* CatapultNightmare: Susan wakes up with a gasp and shooting upward at the beginning of the movie in her and David's bed [[spoiler:, and again at the end, shooting up and gasping while visiting David in his hospital room]].

* ImplacableMan: Ivan possesses a HealingFactor and SuperToughness, so nothing thrown at him keeps him down for long. Being electrocuted, hit by a car, and stabbed are only minor annoyances. [[spoiler:It takes being lit on fire, falling down a pit, and finally blown up by a propane explosion to kill him. Even then, Susan isn't sure that was ''actually'' enough to kill him and locks his corpse in there for good measure.]]

* BigBad: Ivan Roser, a psychopathic, undead SerialKiller, is the film's main antagonist.

* HealingFactor: Ivan can rapidly regenerate. Getting stabbed in the leg with a pair of scissors is a minor distraction, and getting fried with an electric chair's power supply only knocks him out for a few minutes.
* ImplacableMan: Ivan possesses a HealingFactor and SuperToughness, so nothing thrown at him keeps him down for long. Being electrocuted, hit by a car, and stabbed are only a minor annoyance. [[spoiler:It takes being lit on fire, falling down a pit, and finally blown up by a propane explosion to kill him. Even then, Susan isn't sure that was ''actually'' enough to kill him and locks his corpse in there for good measure.]]

* CatapultNightmare: Susan wakes up with a gasp and shooting upward at the beginning of the movie in her and David's bed[[spoiler:, and again at the end, shooting up and gasping while visiting David in his hospital room]].

* SerialRapist: Ivan Moser was convicted of 23 counts of rape and murder.
* ShowWithinAShow: Sometimes in the film, [=TV=]s will show broadcasts of a ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' {{Expy}} called "Wheels & Deals".

* ImplacableMan: Ivan possesses a HealingFactor and SuperToughness, so nothing thrown at him keeps him down for long. Being electrocuted, hit by a car, and stabbed are only a minor annoyance. [[spoiler:It takes being lit on fire, falling down a pit, and finally blown up by a propane explosion to kill him.]]

* EnforcedMethodActing: InUniverse Example. When Sharon is strapped into the electric chair for an execution scene, the director decides to turn it on to get a more legitimat performance out of her. Naturally, she's very angry about it.