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May 1988 (USA)
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The family that slays together stays together.
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On a lonely island in the Pacific Northwest, a group of travelers find themselves targeted by a crazed, homicidal family. full summary | add synopsis
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A Good and Original Horror Movie
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Rod Steiger | ... | Pa |
 | Yvonne De Carlo | ... | Ma |
 | Sarah Torgov | ... | Cynthia |
| Janet Wright | ... | Fanny |
 | Michael J. Pollard | ... | Woody |
 | William Hootkins | ... | Teddy |
| Mark Ericksen | ... | Jeff |
 | Caroline Barclay | ... | Terri |
 | Mark Lindsay Chapman | ... | Rob |
| Fiona Hutchison | ... | Lynn |
 | Stephen Shellen | ... | Paul |
| Terry Kelly | ... | Psychiatrist |
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Hide and Shriek
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USA:90 min | Canada:85 min (Ontario) | Argentina:89 min
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The poster art, and all related media were based on the famous painting by Grant Wood.
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Featured in "Svengoolie: American Gothic" (1998)
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Cynthia (Sarah Torgov) leaves a mental institution, where she stayed after losing her baby in a bath accident. Her husband decides to join a group of friends and fly from Seattle to a camping in a small hydroplane. The craft has a problem and it lands in a lonely island in the middle of nowhere. There, they are hosted by Ma (Yvonne de Carlo) and Pa (Rod Steiger), a very religious couple, who lives like they were in the beginning of the Twentieth Century. When the group meets the two sons and the daughter of Ma and Pa, they realize that they are in the middle of very demented persons, who start hunting them. This movie was a great surprise. Although having a low rating in IMDB, it is indeed a good and original horror movie. The scary story has many funny situations, and the direction and performance of the cast are very good. The contrast in the behavior of such a nice Ma and Pa when the secret of that weird family is disclosed, is really frightening. Highly recommended for fans of horror movie. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): `Os Anfitriões' (`The Hosts')