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| A. Michael Baldwin | ... | Mike (as Michael Baldwin) | |
| Bill Thornbury | ... | Jody | |
| Reggie Bannister | ... | Reggie | |
| Kathy Lester | ... | Lady in Lavender | |
| Terrie Kalbus | ... | Fortuneteller's Granddaughter | |
| Kenneth V. Jones | ... | Caretaker (as Ken Jones) | |
| Susan Harper | ... | Girlfriend | |
| Lynn Eastman-Rossi | ... | Sally (as Lynn Eastman) | |
| David Arntzen | ... | Toby | |
| Ralph Richmond | ... | Bartender | |
| Bill Cone | ... | Tommy | |
| Laura Mann | ... | Double Lavender | |
| Mary Ellen Shaw | ... | Fortuneteller | |
| Myrtle Scotton | ... | Maid | |
| Angus Scrimm | ... | The Tall Man | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Dac Coscarelli | ... | Funeral Guest (uncredited) | |
| Kate Coscarelli | ... | Funeral Guest (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Don Coscarelli | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Don Coscarelli | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Dac Coscarelli | .... | producer (as D.A. Coscarelli) | |
| Paul Pepperman | .... | co-producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Fred Myrow | |||
| Malcolm Seagrave | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Don Coscarelli | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Don Coscarelli | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Kate Coscarelli | (as S. Tyer) | ||
Art Direction by | |||
| David Gavin Brown | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Kate Coscarelli | .... | makeup artist (as Shirley Mae) | |
Production Management | |||
| Robert Del Valle | .... | unit manager | |
Art Department | |||
| Mark Annerl | .... | architecture | |
| Doug Cragoe | .... | set construction | |
| Willard Green | .... | constructor: Silver Sphere | |
| Stephen A. Miller | .... | set construction | |
| Marc Schwartz | .... | set construction supervisor | |
| Kurt Tiegs | .... | set construction | |
Sound Department | |||
| Gene Corso | .... | sound effects creator | |
| Michael Gross | .... | sound recordist | |
| Robert J. Litt | .... | sound re-recording mixer (as Bob Litt) | |
| Lorane Mitchell | .... | sound effects creator | |
| Colin Spencer | .... | boom operator | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Paul Pepperman | .... | special effects creator | |
Stunts | |||
| George W. Singer Jr. | .... | stuntman | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Mori Biener | .... | grip | |
| Steve Chandler | .... | best boy (as Steven Chandler) | |
| Daryn Okada | .... | grip | |
| Roberto A. Quezada | .... | gaffer (as Roberto Quezada) | |
| Roberto A. Quezada | .... | visual consultant (as Roberto Quezada) | |
| Marc Schwartz | .... | first assistant camera | |
| George W. Singer Jr. | .... | key grip | |
| Jacalyn Welan | .... | second assistant camera | |
| John Zumpano | .... | grip | |
| Robert K. Feldmann | .... | grip (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Kate Coscarelli | .... | wardrobe (as Shirl Quinlan) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| James Becker | .... | editorial assistant | |
| Bruce G. Chudacoff | .... | editorial assistant | |
| Roberto A. Quezada | .... | assistant editor (as Roberto Quezada) | |
| Dena Roth | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Paul Ratajczak | .... | music recording | |
Other crew | |||
| Wendy Kaplan | .... | script supervisor | |
| Adele Lustig | .... | production coordinator | |
| Dena Roth | .... | script supervisor | |
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Written, directed, photographed, produced and edited by Don Coscarelli, this doesn't make much sense but it's still a great bit of fun to watch with the lights turned out. This kid named Mike convinces his older brother Jody that there is something weird going on at the local cemetery. So he and Jody break into the old mausoleum and find out that it's actually some kind of factory where people are killer by a flying metal ball, crushed down to a height of about 3'2", dressed up like little monks and packaged up into round metal garbage cans and shipped off for use as slave labour in some other dimension. A dimension ruled and resided over by the mortician (known throughout the entire ordeal as just simply "The Tall Man") working at this cemetery. Then The Tall Man kills another friend of theirs, and they decide to put and end to him, or at least try to.
This movie has many different layered meanings, over the years some people have said that it's a reference to corporate America coming in (in the form of The Tall Man) and killing off everyone (by turning everything into a 'business') and some have said that this movie is also about a kid's loss of innocence and fears about everyone around him leaving (or in this case dying) Whatever the hell this movie is about it's still great fun followed by a couple of really disappointing (and belated) sequels.