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May 1988 (USA)
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The family that slays together stays together.
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On a lonely island in the Pacific Northwest, a group of travelers find themselves targeted by a crazed, homicidal family. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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Not as bad as I thought it would be.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Rod Steiger | ... | Pa | |
| Yvonne De Carlo | ... | Ma | |
| Sarah Torgov | ... | Cynthia | |
| Janet Wright | ... | Fanny | |
| Michael J. Pollard | ... | Woody | |
| William Hootkins | ... | Teddy | |
| Mark Ericksen | ... | Jeff | |
| Caroline Barclay | ... | Terri | |
| Mark Lindsay Chapman | ... | Rob | |
| Fiona Hutchison | ... | Lynn | |
| Stephen Shellen | ... | Paul | |
| Terry Kelly | ... | Psychiatrist |
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Hide and Shriek
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USA:90 min | Canada:85 min (Ontario) | Argentina:89 min
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The poster art, and all related media were based on the famous painting by Grant Wood.
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Revealing mistakes: When Teddy and Woody douse Paul's body with gasoline, you can see him blink as this is happening.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Touch of Satan (#10.8)" (1998)
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The theme of religious fanatics who live in complete isolation and consider any contact with the outside world "contamination" has been done to death in the horror genre, but here they give it another go. Apparently they decided that wasn't enough, so they also threw in the "adults-behaving-as-kids" theme, which also has been done before (check out the REALLY twisted 1973 film "The Baby"). The result is a campy, silly, demented and thoroughly unpleasant horror film, but the production is fairly polished, the direction is competent and Rod Steiger gives a deliciously embarrassing performance as "Pa" (what the hell was he thinking when he decided to sign on for such a movie?) (**)