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| Shannon Presby | ... | Loren McWilliams | |
| Lori Loughlin | ... | Abby McWilliams | |
| James Spader | ... | Eddie Dutra | |
| John Philbin | ... | Gideon | |
| David H. MacDonald | ... | Moonie | |
| Vince Grant | ... | JoeBob (as Vincent Grant) | |
| Theron Montgomery | ... | Gordo | |
| Eddie Jones | ... | Charlie McWilliams | |
| Lucy Martin | ... | Fay McWilliams | |
| Eric Stoltz | ... | Mark | |
| Paige Lyn Price | ... | Karen | |
| Court Miller | ... | Sheriff | |
| Tom Atkins | ... | 'Mac' MacWilliams | |
| Jean De Baer | ... | Mary Beth MacWilliams | |
| Robertson Carricart | ... | Deputy | |
| Brad Sullivan | ... | Colonel Jenkins | |
| Chad Wiggins-Grady | ... | Chad Bob (as Chad Wiggins) | |
| John Archie | ... | Math Teacher | |
| Alex Panas | ... | Paint Store Proprietor | |
| Toni Crabtree | ... | Newscaster | |
| Fred Buch | ... | Guidance Counselor | |
| Ilse Earl | ... | Guidance Counselor | |
| Billy Barzee | ... | Redneck | |
| Greg Gilbert | ... | Redneck | |
| John D. LeMay | ... | Redneck (as John LeMay) | |
| Noel Rego | ... | Friend | |
| Donnie Kehr | ... | Friend | |
| Timothy Owen Waldrip | ... | Friend (as Tim Waldrip) | |
| Margaret Welsh | ... | Friend | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kenneth Ian Davis | ... | Chris (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Sean S. Cunningham | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Stephen Gyllenhaal | (story) and | |
| Brian Taggert | (story) | |
| Stephen Gyllenhaal | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Sean S. Cunningham | .... | producer | |
| Barbara De Fina | .... | associate producer | |
| Andrew Fogelson | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Michel Rubini | |||
| Lalo Schifrin | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Steven Poster | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Rita Roland | |||
Casting by | |||
| Pennie DuPont | |||
| Julie Hughes | |||
| Barry Moss | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Robb Wilson King | |||
| Peter Landsdown Smith | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Peter Landsdown Smith | (as Pete Smith) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Tom Coll | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Molly Maginnis | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Elizabeth Lambert | .... | makeup artist | |
| Donisia McGowan | .... | hair stylist | |
Production Management | |||
| Barbara De Fina | .... | unit production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Harry V. Bring | .... | second assistant director (as Harry Bring) | |
| Brian E. Frankish | .... | first assistant director (as Brian Frankish) | |
Art Department | |||
| Jose Duarte | .... | painter | |
| Charles Guanci | .... | property master | |
| Roger Ragland | .... | set dresser | |
Sound Department | |||
| Rick Alexander | .... | sound re-recording mixer (as Richard Alexander) | |
| Walter Goss | .... | supervising re-recording mixer | |
| Michael C. Gutierrez | .... | adr editor | |
| William S. Johnson | .... | boom operator (as William Johnson) | |
| Ron Scelza | .... | boom operator | |
| Clancy T. Troutman | .... | sound designer | |
| James Troutman | .... | sound effects (as Jim Troutman) | |
| Howard Warren | .... | sound mixer | |
Special Effects by | |||
| J.B. Jones | .... | special effects | |
Stunts | |||
| Jay Amor | .... | stunts | |
| Courtney Brown | .... | stunts | |
| Mike Kirton | .... | stunts | |
| Artie Malesci | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Artie Malesci | .... | stunts | |
| Marc Mercury | .... | stunts | |
| Jeff Moldovan | .... | stunts | |
| Betty Raymond | .... | stunts | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| William D. Barber | .... | second camera operator | |
| Robert Destolfe | .... | still photographer | |
| Robert Heine | .... | second assistant camera | |
| Greg Kasper | .... | key grip | |
| George Kohut | .... | camera operator | |
| Peter Kuttner | .... | first assistant camera | |
| David M. Lang | .... | second camera operator | |
| Bill Seckel | .... | gaffer | |
| William Tobin | .... | second camera operator | |
| John Winner | .... | second camera operator | |
Casting Department | |||
| Peter Golden | .... | casting associate | |
| Dee Miller | .... | extras casting | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Diana Bernay | .... | wardrober | |
| Lynette Bernay | .... | wardrober | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Guy Barresi | .... | assistant editor | |
| David Gelfand | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Andy MacDonald | .... | music re-recording mixer | |
Other crew | |||
| Steve Braun | .... | production assistant | |
| Jack Cowden | .... | script supervisor | |
| Elaine Dysinger | .... | production assistant | |
| Peter Farber | .... | production assistant | |
| Dennis Feldman | .... | production executive | |
| Penny Goodsell | .... | production assistant | |
| Jeffrey J. Kiehlbauch | .... | production assistant | |
| Deborah Lee | .... | production office coordinator | |
| Harvey Shapiro | .... | location manager | |
| Amy Strong-Gallen | .... | location auditor | |
| Nikki Fritz | .... | body double (uncredited) | |
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THE NEW KIDS is top-of-the-line moviemaking with a gleefully sleazy gloss.
Cunningham, director of the first FRIDAY THE 13TH and the godawful DEEP STAR SIX, really does himself proud in this Southern-set rape/revenge thriller.
Two kids, whose parents have died, start a new life at their uncle and aunt's luridly low rent carnival.
Lori Laughlin, who plays one of the kids, becomes the target of sociopathic Dutra (James Spader in his best perf ever) and his gang of disgusting miscreants because she's so damn delicious looking. Essentially, the boys want her booty and will break any law to get it.
The film succeeds so well because it embraces its exploitation elements (sex, drugs, violence, teen lust, guns, vicious dogs) with such relish and delivers on its promise unpretentiously but stylishly. It is extremely well directed and acted and moves at a peppy clip.
You really do care about the characters and the film's Lalo Schifrin score nails the drama like a whore to a floorboard,
The carnival setting is a doozy and a triumph of production design; and the film's final scene has a black, perverse feel to it that had me nodding with approval.
A classic, and I'm not going to follow that with "of it's genre" because I'm tired of reviewers singling out films like this as less noteworthy because they're nasty.
Nope, a classic piece of cinema in anybody's book and titled STRIKING BACK in some markets.