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Overview

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5.0/10   743 votes
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Director:
Paul Golding
Writer (WGA):
Paul Golding (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
4 March 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi | Thriller | Horror more
Tagline:
It traps you in your own house... then pulls the plug. more
Plot:
An intelligent pulse of electricity is moving from house to house. It terrorizes the occupants by taking control of the appliances... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Good old fashioned creeps more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Cliff De Young ... Bill Rockland

Roxanne Hart ... Ellen Rockland

Joseph Lawrence ... David Rockland (as Joey Lawrence)

Matthew Lawrence ... Stevie
Charles Tyner ... Old Man Holger
Dennis Redfield ... Pete

Robert Romanus ... Paul
Myron Healey ... Howard (as Myron D. Healy)
Michael Rider ... Foreman

Jean Sincere ... Ruby
Terry Beaver ... Policeman
Greg Norberg ... Policeman

Tim Russ ... Policeman
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Rocklands address in 1947 Kenwood, that is one year after Kenwood Electronics started. more
Quotes:
David Rockland: We had a microwave and everything, but mom just never used it. She was scared of it, she says it could make you sterile. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Dead Man's Dream (2002) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Good old fashioned creeps, 20 March 2006
8/10
Author: spost8260 from San Pablo, CA

I agree that some of the lines in this film are 'cheesy', but its been a long time since I've seen a film that actually gave me a good case of the creeps and this filled the bill. I'm sick of the blood, gore, sex and foul language. SOmetimes its okay, but gets painfully boring after awhile. I want to be able to be spooked or creeped out; to be able to walk away looking over my shoulder or wondering "what if" and this film was the last film ever made that gave me this feeling. Not many films do, because it seems blood and filth is what horror is supposed to be about. Well I like good old spooky stories, too and this film has what it takes to give you a good case of the creeps. If you like blood, gore and sex, then you probably wont like this film. But if you want to spend the next two weeks walking on the paranoid side, check it out!

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