The New Kids (1985)
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47% of users liked it
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Abby (Lori Loughlin) and her brother, Loren (Shannon Presby), seem to have it all: good looks, lots of friends, and a great relationship with their loving mom and their heroic, discipline-minded military dad. When their folks are killed in a car crash, however, the siblings must move to small-town… More Abby (Lori Loughlin) and her brother, Loren (Shannon Presby), seem to have it all: good looks, lots of friends, and a great relationship with their loving mom and their heroic, discipline-minded military dad. When their folks are killed in a car crash, however, the siblings must move to small-town Florida to live with their sweet but cash-impaired Uncle Charlie (Ed Jones) and Aunt Fay (Lucy Martin), who own a gas station and a struggling, bargain-bin amusement park. For Abby and Loren, life in the Sunshine State proves to be a mixture of hard work, new faces, and harassment at the hands of drug-dealing, skirt-chasing local scion Dutra (James Spader) and his gang of trailer-park psychopaths. Dutra places a bet with the wiry, reptilian Gideon (John Philbin) about which of the young villains will be able to bed Abby first, leading to a series of increasingly vile sexual come-ons. Abby, however, has other romantic ideas involving a kindly boy named Mark (Eric Stoltz). Between bouts of defending his sister's honor, Loren finds a similarly wholesome romance with pretty, blond Karen (Paige Lyn Price). With the help of these new friends, Loren and Abby make some headway in the local social hierarchy, but their skirmishes with Dutra and his minions escalate, climaxing with attempted rape, kidnapping, and bumper-car violence on the night of a high-school dance. Director Sean S. Cunningham also directed the original Friday the 13th. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sean S. Cunningham
- Written By
- Stephen Gyllenhaal
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1985 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 4, 2005
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
The protagonists are paper-thin caricatures; the villains are ridiculously, stupidly, evil; the plot is dirt-dry and predictable; and the hairstyles are just plain nutty.
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Cast
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Shannon Presby
as Loren
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Lori Loughlin
as Abby
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James Spader
as Dutra
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John Philbin
as Gideon
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David H. MacDonald
as Moonie
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Vince Grant
as Joe Bob
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Theron Montgomery
as Gordo
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Eddie Jones
as Charlie
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Lucy Martin
as Aunt Fay
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Eric Stoltz
as Mark
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Paige Lyn Price
as Karen
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Court Miller
as Sheriff
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Tom Atkins
as "Mac" MacWilliams
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Fred Buch
as Guidance Counselor
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Toni Crabtree
as Newscaster
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Jean De Baer
as Mary Beth MacWilliams
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Ilse Earl
as Guidance Counselor
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Donnie Kehr
as Friend
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John D. LeMay
as Redneck
- Barry Moss
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Brad Sullivan
as Colonel Jenkins
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Margaret Welsh
as Friend
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Alexander Panas
as Paint Store Proprietor
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John Archie
as Math Teacher
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Billy Barzee
as Redneck
- Kenny Davis
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Gregory Gilbert
as Redneck
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Noel Rego
as Friend
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Tim Waldrip
as Friend
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Chad Wiggins
as Chad Bob
- Julie Hughes
- Vincent Grant
