Janet Wright, Michael J. Pollard, Rod Steiger
On a lonely island in the Pacific Northwest, a group of travelers find themselves targeted by a crazed, homicidal family.
Stats: 73 reviews
Not very gory and kind of boring but Its a fun movie to watch for the setting and the funny characters and the fact that it takes place in the northwest. I expected more.
This was one of those lost-in-the-shuffle late '80s horror flicks that cluttered the rental shelves at the end of that decade, and casual browsers would be easily forgiven for passing "American Gothic" over as just another corny slasher toplined by some slumming stars. Those who ...( read more)
Esta es una de mis favoritas de terror. Ame la pelicula no sólo por las escenas y el aspecto superficial, sino porque es muy creible lo que pasa en este film, hay muchas familias que son demasiado enfermas y locas que quien sabe si esto pueda ser verdad. El reparto estuvo fabulos...( read more)
This is one of those flicks that I saw in high school, so the rating is probably inflated for the nostalgia factor. The acting is painfully cheesey, but it's enjoyable. You get your 6 20-somethings stranded on an island with a weird backwoods family with 3 adult children weirdos....( read more)
An eerie tale of a group of unforunate youths trapped in an island with a family of psychopaths.
I liked this movie so much simply because it's a story that could actually happen! It makes me wonder how many creepy families there are out there.
Very creepy, a bit gory (but not too much) and overall highly entertaining!
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