American Gothic

Aug 17, 1987

1h 30m

★ 5.9

The family that slays together stays together.

Overview

When six friends fly off on a weekend getaway and are suddenly plagued by engine trouble, they're forced to land on a remote island. Looking for shelter, they're grateful to encounter Ma and Pa and their children - an eccentric family living in the island's backwoods. But what begins as simple hospitality turns into a terrifying race for survival as the friends start disappearing one by one ... and turning up dead.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

manor Ground

Pinetalk

American Gothic Trailers

Cast

Rod Steiger

Yvonne De Carlo

Woody

Michael J. Pollard

Lynn

Fiona Hutchison

Paul

Stephen Shellen

Fanny

Janet Wright

Cynthia

Sarah Torgov

Rob

Mark Lindsay Chapman

Terri

Caroline Barclay

Teddy

William Hootkins

Jeff

Mark Erickson

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