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Director:
Chris Bearde
Writers:
Chris Bearde (writer)
Bill Hudson (writer)
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Release Date:
July 1983 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Horror more
Tagline:
Are you insane enough to watch this? more
Plot:
A burned out writer retreats to a northwest town called Hellview to write the great American novel. Unfortunately for him... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A funny and forgotten horror spoof of the early 80's. more (27 total)

Cast

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Bill Hudson ... Frederic Lansing / Casper
Mark Hudson ... Dr. Paul Batton
Brett Hudson ... Fritz

Cindy Pickett ... Kate

Richard Kiel ... Captain Howdy
Julie Newmar ... Venetia
Robert Donner ... Ralph
Murray Hamilton ... Mayor
Clint Walker ... Sheriff
Franklyn Ajaye ... Leroy
Charlie Callas ... Dracula
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Amanda H. Bearde ... Teenage Girl
Pamela Bowman ... New York Model #2
Robert Alan Browne ... New York Press Man
Sue Casey ... Bookstore Society Lady #2
Gene Castle ... Lead Zombie Dancer
Kathy Cherry ... Sexy Girl
Dick Chudnow ... Looney
Pat Colbert ... Hooker #1
Natalie Core ... Bookstore Society Lady #1

Bud Cort ... Dr. John
John Diehl ... Taxi Driver
Mary Ellen Flaherty ... Bookstore Society Lady #4

John Larroquette ... Bob X. Cursion
Helena Mäkelä ... Nurse
Gary Owens ... TV Announcer (voice)
Indy Shriner ... Hooker #2
Maurice Sneed ... Looney

JoAnn Willette ... Bookstore Society Lady #3
Keenan Wynn ... Fisherman
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Norway:15 | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[In a lifeboat]
Dr. Paul Batton: Now what do we do?
Fritz: We can always dive for the Andrea Doria. I know it's around here somewhere.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs Chariots of Fire (1981) more

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A funny and forgotten horror spoof of the early 80's., 9 July 2009
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Author: Aaron1375 from Alabama

This spoof was not super great, it certainly was not as good as "Airplane" or "Top Secret", but it did something those two spoofs did by having its own plot. Rather than being a patchwork of scenes like the current crop of spoofs like the terrible "Meet the Spartans", "Epic Movie", and "Disaster Movie". Not to say this movie does not take a few scenes out of other films, but so did "Airplane" and "Top Secret". The "Exorcist" scene being the most obvious here. For the most part the jokes work, though watching the movie now it may seem really old and a tad dated to be sure. Still, it did have a rather original plot of the haunted lighthouse and the zombies that wore turtlenecks and said "what difference does it make?" all the time and the paranoid sheriff that believed the cause for all the mayhem was sharks. The cast is rather good, though the guy who played Exidor on "Mork and Mindy" was indeed a bit over the top at times. The scene involving the Indiana Jones wannabes and Dracula was a bit much too. Still, for the most part the jokes worked and like I said it had its own plot and was not simply a patchwork of scenes from other films. Granted the "Exorcist" scene did kind of take the cake as being the most funny in the film.

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