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4.7/10   283 votes
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Release Date:
7 May 1982 (USA) more
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Plot:
A divorced mother, her young son and her new boyfriend set out on a road trip through Death Valley and run afoul of a local serial killer. | add synopsis
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I was looking for a slasher movie, not a boring movie more (15 total)

Cast

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Paul Le Mat ... Mike

Catherine Hicks ... Sally

Stephen McHattie ... Hal
Wilford Brimley ... The Sheriff (as A. Wilford Brimley)

Peter Billingsley ... Billy

Edward Herrmann ... Paul Stanton
Jack O'Leary ... Earl

Mary Steelsmith ... The Babysitter
Gina Christian ... RV Girl
Kirk L. Kiskella ... RV Boy
Frank J. Cimorelli ... RV Boy
Arnold C. Waterman ... On Looker
Fred W.S. Newton ... Outlaw
J.P.S. Brown ... Western Sheriff
Roy Gunsberg ... Tour Guide (as Roy S. Gunsberg)
Merritt Holloway ... Motel Clerk
Glenn McCreedy ... Stu

Earl W. Smith ... Crony
Allan Wood ... Crony
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stone Bower (as Stoney Bower)
Ron Nix
Paul Pinnt (as Paul E. Pinnt)
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Directed by
Dick Richards 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Richard Rothstein  writer

Produced by
Stanley Beck .... co-producer
Elliott Kastner .... producer
Stanley Mark .... associate producer
Richard Rothstein .... co-producer
Ariel Levy .... line producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Dana Kaproff 
 
Cinematography by
Stephen H. Burum 
 
Film Editing by
Joel Cox  (as Joel E. Cox)
 
Art Direction by
Allan H. Jones 
 
Set Decoration by
Leonard A. Mazzola 
 
Makeup Department
Elaina P. Schulman .... hair department head
Elaina P. Schulman .... key hair stylist
 
Production Management
Ariel Levy .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frank Beetson .... first assistant director (as Frank C. Beetson)
William Braden .... second assistant director
C. Tad Devlin .... second assistant director (as Tad Devlin)
Clark L. Paylow .... first assistant director (as Clark Paylow)
 
Art Department
Lee Lazarow .... set dresser
 
Sound Department
Doug Grindstaff .... supervising sound editor (as Douglas Grindstaff)
Donald O. Mitchell .... sound re-recording mixer
Bill Nicholson .... sound effects editor
James E. Webb .... sound mixer (as James E. Webb Jr.)
 
Special Effects by
Roy L. Downey .... special effects
Ray Padilla .... special effects technician
 
Stunts
Whitey Hughes .... stunt coordinator
Ron Nix .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Elliot Davis .... camera operator
John Fleckenstein .... Steadicam operator (as John W. Fleckenstein)
Joe R. Marquette Jr. .... camera operator (as Joseph R. Marquette Jr.)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Patrick Cummings .... wardrobe
 
Editorial Department
Barrett Taylor .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Rick Kline .... music recordist
John Mick .... music editor
 
Other crew
Sandra J. Bieles .... production coordinator
Wayne Fitzgerald .... titles
 

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Runtime:
87 min
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Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:16 (theatrical rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | USA:R
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1 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
I was looking for a slasher movie, not a boring movie, 21 October 2006
3/10
Author: Nick Damian from Toronto, Ontario

It's boring.

It's slow.

Where are the nasty and brutal murders? Where is the tension that is supposed to scare us? This is like watching Sesame Street without the funny characters of Ernie and Bert or Grover.

It's really lame.

Maybe it was the writing...maybe the direction...maybe the acting, maybe the editing, maybe the cinematography, maybe the special effects, maybe the makeup.

Maybe all of the above brought this to something barely able to keep your eyes focused on.

I wanted to get scared...not bored.

This didn't scare me...it didn't even interest me...I had more fun watching the time on the microwave instead of watching this film.

Don't bother to buy it..and if you see it on television by some freak chance, there is no need to tuck the kids asleep.

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