"The kids learned three things about southern hospitality, blood, sweat and terror."

1985

1h 30m

6.4(113 votes)

Drama

Crime

Horror

Overview

A brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Lori Loughlin

Abby MacWilliams

Jean De Baer

Mary Beth MacWilliams

James Spader

Eddie Dutra

Paige Price

Karen Goodsell

John Philbin

Gideon Walters

Vince Grant

JoeBob

Margaret Welsh

Friend

Brian Wimmer

Student

Eddie Jones

Charlie MacWilliams

Eric Stoltz

Mark Warfield

Creative team

Directed by: Sean S. Cunningham
Written by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Brian Taggert
Produced by: Sean S. Cunningham
Andrew Fogelson

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