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Director:

Charles B. Pierce

Writers:

Charles B. Pierce (writer) and
Garry Rusoff (writer) ...
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Release Date:

18 April 1979 (USA) more

Tagline:

It was a small Louisiana town where people live and love and die and no one ever thought of locking their doors... except in the Monroe house.

Plot:

A young couple just being married rents a house in a village in Louisiana. But they are not welcome... more | add synopsis

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Nostalgic film that truly scares more (9 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Vic Morrow ... Jake Rudd
Michael Parks ... Ben Watkins
Jessica Harper ... Ruth Watkins
Sue Ane Langdon ... Olie Gibson
Dennis Fimple ... Mr. Bumford
Bill Thurman ... Preacher Higgins
Jimmy Clem ... Mr. Buckner
Harry Thomasson ... Mr. Wheeler
Twyla Taylor ... Mrs. Bumford
Mary Branch ... Mrs. Mullins
John R. Meyer ... Mr. Mullins (as John Meyer)
John Milam ... Mr. Rhinehart
Roxanne Harter ... Mrs. Rhinehart
Foster Litton ... Sheriff
Owen Guthrie ... G-Man
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Additional Details

Runtime:

Spain:92 min | USA:92 min | West Germany:89 min (video)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (prologue) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Norway:16 (original rating) | UK:18 | USA:PG | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Louisiana, USA more


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Edited into 42nd Street Forever, Volume 2: The Deuce (2006) (V) more


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Nostalgic film that truly scares, 6 October 2004
Author: lflores90 from Austin, TX

I remember seeing this movie back when we first got HBO in the early eighties as a kid. The movie had a PG rating, no gore, no masked men wielding a knife, and no big production qualities and yet still managed to scare the heck out of me. There was something about the brooding atmosphere and dark haunting score that did it for me. I also remember the film had some narration in it which made it even more creepy because it gave the film a more sinister fear of the unknown quality.

Like other psychological horror film classics such as Rosemary's Baby, The Others, and the Blair Witch Project(I'm sure some will disagree with me on that one)those films allowed the viewer to create the scariest horror of all, the horror that resides in our own heads.

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