Fatal Games
Fatal Games (originally known as The Killing Touch and also known as Olympic Nightmare) is a 1984 American slasher film written and directed by Michael Elliott and starring Sally Kirkland, Lynn Banashek, Sean Masterson, Michael O'Leary, Teal Roberts, and Spice Williams-Crosby. The film follows a mad slasher, wielding a javelin, killing off members of a high school gymnastics team. "Fatal Games" was released in 1984 and received negative reviews. The film shares many of its plot points with an earlier slasher film, "Graduation Day" (1981). Plot. A seven member gymnastics team at the Falcon Academy of Athletics  is up for the "Nationals". But before they can reach the competition, someone dressed in a black tracksuit and wielding a javelin begins killing the members. They must discover the killer's identity before the entire team ends up slaughtered. Soundtrack. The song "Take it All the Way" was composed for the film by Shuki Levy. The song was written by Levy and his then-wife, "Dallas" writer Deborah Shelton. Release. The film was released in America in 1984 by Impact Films, and was subsequently released on VHS by Media Home Entertainment as both "Fatal Games" and, an alternate title , "Olympic Nightmare". As of February 2022, the film has not received a DVD or Blu-ray release. Reception. "Fatal Games" was critiqued by Internet critic Brad Jones in February 2014 to coincide with the 2014 Winter Olympics. British review site Hysteria Lives! wrote a mixed review, stating that ""Fatal Games" is a real cheap production- but still not as cheap as the video extravaganzas of later years. For much of its running time it has the production values, editing and acting of bad porno- complete with a farting synth score, while praising the kills and climax, saying they was "fun  in a strictly campy way. BleedingSkull.com wrote a mixed review, criticizing the film's bland direction and music, but praising its opening theme song.