Grotesque (1987)
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(134 ratings)
Somewhere amid the filmmakers' attempts to disorient the viewers of this film with the old movie-within-a-movie trick, it would seem they also got themselves completely lost in the process. The story opens with a false start, depicting an elderly woman being stalked by a faceless maniac… More Somewhere amid the filmmakers' attempts to disorient the viewers of this film with the old movie-within-a-movie trick, it would seem they also got themselves completely lost in the process. The story opens with a false start, depicting an elderly woman being stalked by a faceless maniac (actually a scene from a retired special-effects artist's demo reel). The "real" story begins as the man's daughter (horror's head-spinning sweetheart Linda Blair) is waylaid by a band of hooligans en route to her dad's mountain cabin. This incurs the wrath of Blair's mutant brother, who lives in a hidden compartment within the cabin. As if that weren't enough, even more monsters from Blair's gnarled family tree show up for a lightning bonus round -- including Tab Hunter as a homicidal plastic surgeon. All is revealed (sort of) as yet another movie-within-a-movie, clear evidence of a writer in way over his head. Cable TV prints actually contained an additional twist ending, apparently for no reason whatsoever. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joe Tornatore
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Horror
R,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1987 Wide
- Studio
- Media Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Linda Blair
as Lisa Kruger
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Tab Hunter
as Rod
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Donna Wilkes
as Kathy
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Brad Wilson
as Scratch
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Nels Van Patten
as Gibbs
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Guy Stockwell
as Orville Kruger
- Sharon Hughes
- Michelle Bensoussan
- Charles Dierkop
- Chuck Morrell
- Lincoln Tate
- Luara Patten
- Robert Z'Dar
- Billy Frank
- Bunk Z
- John F. Goff
- Mikel Angel
- Stacy Alden
- Mike Lane
