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American Gothic

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Ma (Yvonne De Carlo), Pa (Rod Steiger) and their backwoods brood show stranded teens some hospitality, then kill them.
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Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 2/5 Oct 9, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 3, 2005 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Even as exploitation schlock this is pretty bad. Rated: 2/5 Jan 21, 2004 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com Steiger, Pollard AND De Carlo? Yeah, okay, let's rent something else. Rated: 2/5 Jul 26, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member The trailer scared the shite out of me as a wee lad, and although it has a creepiness factor to it, it is meant more as schlock and never takes itself too seriously. Long out of print, the 2017 Shout Factory release was a nice surprise. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/28/20 Full Review steve d The killers make it work even if the rest of it is ridiculous. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member They don't make them like this anymore. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member A group of young people run afoul of some backwoods old timers when they're stranded on their Island. It's a tried and true formula, but this one has some interesting twists along the way. It's not as conventionally scary as most horror flicks, but it's fairly twisted and creepy. It also helps that there's a lot of likable actors. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/20/18 Full Review Audience Member Kooky and delightfully off-colour. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Cult classic! One of my favourite movies. You need to watch it in the context of it being hilarious schlock though, or you won't appreciate it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Ma (Yvonne De Carlo), Pa (Rod Steiger) and their backwoods brood show stranded teens some hospitality, then kill them.
Director
John Hough
Producer
Christopher Harrop, John Quested
Screenwriter
Burt Wetanson
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 26, 2004
Runtime
1h 29m
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