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Movie Info
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Director -
Tom Savini -
Producer -
John A. Russo -
Distributor -
LK-TEL , Columbia Pictures , 21st Century Film Corporation [us] , RCA/Columbia -
Production Co -
21st Century Film Corp. , Columbia Pictures Corporation -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Horror -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 1, 1990, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Apr 1, 2009 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$5.4M -
Runtime -
1h 29m -
Sound Mix -
Surround , Stereo , Ultra-Stereo -
Aspect Ratio -
Flat (1.85:1)