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An anthology of five tales of terror, each originally produced for video. The titles are "Something's Fishy," "Coffee Break," "Who's There," "Jonah's Dream," and "Think Twice." | Add synopsis »
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cheesy, but a lot of fun
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Cast
(in credits order) | Vincent Price | ... | The Mailman |
 | Todd Fulton | ... | Matthew Wilson |
| Jerry Grisham | ... | Fisherman |
| Michael Patton-Hall | ... | Delivery Driver |
 | John Mitchum | ... | Mr. Olson |
| Roelle Mitchell | ... | Young Woman |
| Arleta Johnson | ... | Person in Cafe |
| Jim Sundown | ... | Person in Cafe |
| Julie Ann Daly | ... | Person in Cafe |
| Bob Pittinger | ... | Person in Cafe |
| Wesley Winderholt | ... | Person in Cafe |
| Audrey Heyser | ... | Person in Cafe |
| Albert H. Phillips | ... | Person in Cafe |
| Joanne Harris | ... | Person in Cafe |
| Gil Daggett | ... | Person in Cafe / Passing Jogger |
| Larry Phillips | ... | Person in Cafe |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jeff Boudov | ... | Scientist |
 | Rocky Capella | ... | Mugger |
| Robert Elson | ... | Young Jonah |
| Leah LeBaron Frey | ... | Person in Cafe |
| Neal Hahn | ... | Wino |
| Sean Hannon | ... | Large Creature (as Shawn Hannon) |
 | Mike Martinez | ... | Driver |
| Matthew Mattingly | ... | Small Creature |
| David Newham | ... | Policeman |
| Shirley O'Key | ... | Mary Tucker |
| Bob Peeler | ... | Man in Car |
| Inez Pollizi | ... | Person in Cafe |
| Gil Reade | ... | Bum |
| Bill Sibley | ... | Storekeeper |
| Mark Steensland | ... | Large Creature |
| Zackery Stillings | ... | Boy Hearing Creature |
| Ken Thorley | ... | Jogger |
| Emily Bay | ... | Child at Store (uncredited) |
| Sarah Bay | ... | Child at Store (uncredited) |
| Robin Blair | ... | Person in Cafe (uncredited) |
| Vera Briggs | ... | Person in Cafe (uncredited) |
| Lee Cranfield | ... | Young Man (uncredited) |
| Susan Dickson | ... | Passing Jogger (uncredited) |
| Wendell Frazier | ... | Man on Porch (uncredited) |
| Char Ireland | ... | Person in Store (uncredited) |
| Sarah Ireland | ... | Child at Store (uncredited) |
| Terry Ireland | ... | Person in Cafe (uncredited) |
| Delbert Johnson | ... | Person in Cafe (uncredited) |
| P.K. Kearns | ... | Person in Cafe (uncredited) |
| Mick Martin | ... | Person in Cafe (uncredited) |
| Caleb Mattingly | ... | Small Creature (uncredited) |
| Cory Miller | ... | Child at Store (uncredited) |
| Crawford Miller | ... | Man on Porch (uncredited) |
| Jean Miller | ... | Person in Store (uncredited) |
| Scott Miller | ... | Child at Store (uncredited) |
| Leilani Patterson | ... | Person in Store (uncredited) |
| Michelle Sady | ... | Child in Park (uncredited) |
| Scott Sady | ... | Child in Park (uncredited) |
| Steve Sady | ... | Child in Park (uncredited) |
| Virgil Shinn | ... | Man on Porch (uncredited) |
| Gary Stubbs | ... | Person in Cafe (uncredited) |
| Eldon Thornsberry | ... | Person in Cafe (uncredited) |
| Kathleen Thornsberry | ... | Person in Cafe (uncredited) |
| Warren Waldrop | ... | Person in Cafe (uncredited) |
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| David Steensland | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| David Steensland | ||
Produced by | |||
| Angela Sanders | .... | producer | |
| David Steensland | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Todd Popple | |||
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| Gary Tomsic | |||
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| Laura Kneppel | .... | makeup artist | |
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| Bill Boes | .... | construction of statues | |
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| Rocky Capella | .... | stunt coordinator | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Sci-Fi Channel, The (1986) (USA) (TV)
- Prism Entertainment Corporation (1996) (USA) (VHS)
- American National Enterprises
- Prism Entertainment VHS package design
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Several of the tales were used as shorts, shown before and after normal programming, on the Sci-Fi Channel in the 1980s.See more »
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I have a soft spot in my heart for Escapes, mostly because it was filmed around my hometown of Sacramento and also because it's a horror anthology (and what horror film buff doesn't love a good ol' cheesy anthology once in a while). I first saw it around the time it came to video and watching it reminds me of the countless happy hours I spent in mom and pop video stores (so sad they're all gone now!) where a curious movie lover could find the most obscure and wondrous garbage imaginable on those dusty video shelves. Especially horror movies.
Escapes is a wraparound tale (with intro and outro by Price) involving a young guy who gets a video tape in the mail, which happens to be exact same Escapes tape the viewer is watching (how meta!). Each of the stories is basically Twilight zone/Tales from the Darkside type stuff. There's one about a fisherman who gets the surprise of his life. Another about an obnoxious young deliveryman who ignores the advice of a local while trying to find his way home. And another about a jogger who is menaced by creatures that may have escaped from a scientific laboratory. I think there's one or two more but I can't remember.
Anyway, these are really good. But they have special meaning to me because when i watch the video it reminds me of where I grew up. Good times.