A made-for-TV effort from horror director Tobe Hooper (
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
), this supernatural thriller is ostensibly based on the novella of the same name by Cornell Woolrich -- but the title is pretty much where the similarity ends. The plot involves a possessed Aztec ceremonial cloak (once used to line a sacred burial chamber) which poisons the soul of anyone who wears it. An improbable string of events sees the cloak turned into a little slip of a dress -- donned by several different women, but worn to evil perfection by Madchen Amick (
Twin Peaks
's Shelly).
I'm Dangerous Tonight
features colorful supporting performances from Anthony Perkins and R. Lee Ermey.