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American Gothic

  • Director: John Hough
  • Genre: Horror
  • Movie Type: Slasher Film
  • Themes: Serial Killers
  • Main Cast: Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo, Sarah Torgov, Michael J. Pollard, Fiona Hutchinson
  • Release Year: 1987
  • Country: CA
  • Run Time: 89 minutes

Plot

This eccentric, amusingly sick Canadian production involves a group of annoying yuppies who charter a plane for a camping getaway, only to find themselves making an emergency landing on an isolated, forest-covered island. They are taken in by the only inhabitants, the rabidly-religious "Ma & Pa" (Yvonne De Carlo and Rod Steiger), who seem trapped in a Norman Rockwellian time-warp and are invited to stay the night. This proves to be every bit as unpleasant as it seems -- especially after the hapless campers are introduced to the psychotic, middle-aged "children" (Michael J. Pollard and Janet Wright) -- who appear to be pushing 50. Before long, it's crazed crackers 1, campers 0 and counting, as the warped, scripture-spouting yokels take sharp objects in hand... until one of the campers (Sarah Torgov) reveals her own homicidal potential and goes completely berserk. Despite delightfully weird performances from a top-drawer cast, this campy romp is slightly spoiled by a poorly-scripted climax that suggests a sudden loss of creative inspiration. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide

Cast

William Hootkins - Teddy; Caroline Barclay - Terri; Janet Wright - Fanny; Mark Lindsay Chapman - Rob; Mark Ericksen - Jeff; Terry Kelly - Psychiatrist; Stephen Shelley - Paul; Will Wright

Credit

John O'Connor - Associate Producer, Lindsay Walker - Casting, Christopher Harrop - Co-producer, John Quested - Co-producer, Keith Denny - Costume Designer, Ty Haller - First Assistant Director, John Hough - Director, John Victor Smith - Editor, Michael Manley - Executive Producer, Terry Lens - Line Producer, Alan Parker - Composer (Music Score), Gordon Kay - Makeup, David Hiscox - Production Designer, Harvey Harrison - Cinematographer, Terry Lens - Producer, Joe Gould - Set Designer, Allen Benjamin - Special Effects, Dorothy Fehr - Stunts, John Wardlow - Stunts, John Hough - Screenwriter, Bert Wetanson - Screenwriter, Michael Viner - Screenwriter, Terry Lens - Screenwriter

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American Gothic
Directed by John Hough
Produced by Christopher Harrop
John Quested
Written by Burt Wetanson
Michael Vines
Starring Rod Steiger
Yvonne DeCarlo
Sarah Torgov
Janet Wright
Michael J. Pollard
William Hootkins
Music by Alan Parker
Cinematography Harvey Harrison
Editing by John Victor-Smith
Distributed by Vidmark Entertainment
Release date(s) May 1988 (USA)
Running time 89 min.
Country U.K. / Canada
Language English
Budget Unknown
Gross revenue Unknown

American Gothic is a 1988 horror film written by Burt Wetanson and Michael Vines and directed by John Hough. It stars Rod Steiger, Yvonne DeCarlo and Michael J. Pollard.

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Plot

After they’re forced to land their plane on a seemingly abandoned island, a group of 20-somethings discover a small home owned by elderly, puritanical Bible thumpers Ma and Pa. They soon discover that Ma and Pa have three middle-aged children (Fannie, Woody and Teddy) who behave like adolescents. One by one, each of the friends does something that the family deems bad, so they’re slaughtered, leaving Cynthia, who was recently released from a mental hospital, as the final girl.

Tagline: The family that slays together stays together.

The film's UK video release title was "Hide and Shriek".

The poster and all other related media art were based on Grant Wood's famous painting by the same name

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