Movie
American Gothic
Overview
When six friends fly off on a weekend getaway and are suddenly plagued by engine trouble, they're forced to land on a remote island. Looking for shelter, they're grateful to encounter Ma and Pa and their children - an eccentric family living in the island's backwoods. But what begins as simple hospitality turns into a terrifying race for survival as the friends start disappearing one by one ... and turning up dead.
Details
- Release date
- 1987-08-17
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Horror
- Status
- Released
- Production
- manor Ground, Pinetalk
- Country
- Canada, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Rod Steiger as Pa
- Yvonne De Carlo as Ma
- Michael J. Pollard as Woody
- Fiona Hutchison as Lynn
- Stephen Shellen as Paul
- Janet Wright as Fanny
- Sarah Torgov as Cynthia
- Mark Lindsay Chapman as Rob
- Caroline Barclay as Terri
- William Hootkins as Teddy
- Mark Erickson as Jeff
Crew
- John Hough - Director
- Michael Vines - Screenplay
- Burt Wetanson - Screenplay
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