Grotesque (1988)

Director:

Joe Tornatore

Writers:

Mikel Angel (writer)
Joe Tornatore (characters)

Release Date:

9 September 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

There is a fate worse than death.

Plot:

A gang of crazed punkers breaks into a family's vacation home in the mountains and slaughters the entire family...

Plot Keywords:

Punk | Freak | Wolfman | Frankenstein | Revenge

Cast

Linda Blair	...	Lisa
Donna Wilkes	...	Kathy
Tab Hunter	...	Rod
Brad Wilson	...	Scratch
Michelle Bensoussan	...	Shelly
Sharon Hughes	...	Donna
Nels Van Patten	...	Gibbs
Billy Frank	...	Ear Box
Robert Z'Dar	...	Eric
Stacey Alden
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mikel Angel
Bunki Z	...	Belle
Charles Dierkop
John F. Goff		(as John Goff)
Mike Lane	...	Frank N. Stien
Chuck Morrell	...	Mr. Fulton
Luana Patten	...	Gothic old lady in opening film-within-a-film segment
Jeff Richard	...	Wolf Mann
Guy Stockwell	...	Orville Kruger
Lincoln Tate
Donald Tornatore	...	Ghoul (as Don Tornatore)
Joe Tornatore
Robert Zoller	...	Sherif

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:18 | Finland:(Banned) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Company:

United Filmmakers Group

Trivia:

Linda Blair once stated in an interview with Fangoria magazine that the original title of the film wasn't as exploitive, and as associate producer, she could have sued to fight the change, but it would have ended up costing her more money than she got out of the whole project.

Better than given credit.

I like the film. I thought it was pretty entertaining. Pretty much any film with fake punks as antagonists is fairly fun. Think Class of 1984 with more make up. There isn't very much gore but the revenge element in the film is the clincher. There is a secret chamber in the house holding a terrible family secret. That element of the film was an obvious swipe from Bad Ronald. This is a better B grade film from the late 80's. I always thought this was a project where Linda Blair must've been desperate for work. Later I learned she was executive producer or something of that sort. I hope this makes it to DVD in the correct aspect ratio one day soon.