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Release Date:
5 February 1993 (USA)
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If someone you loved mysteriously vanished how far out of your mind would you go to find them? more
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The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations
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(5 articles)
Battle of the Bands
(From IFC. 10 August 2009, 8:39 AM, PDT)
Horror Addictionary: There Oughta Be A Word...
(From FEARnet. 14 July 2009, 10:33 AM, PDT)
(From IFC. 10 August 2009, 8:39 AM, PDT)
Horror Addictionary: There Oughta Be A Word...
(From FEARnet. 14 July 2009, 10:33 AM, PDT)
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Hmmm...2 versions. Which should I watch?
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jeff Bridges | ... | Barney Cousins | |
| Kiefer Sutherland | ... | Jeff Harriman | |
| Nancy Travis | ... | Rita Baker | |
| Sandra Bullock | ... | Diane Shaver | |
| Park Overall | ... | Lynn | |
| Maggie Linderman | ... | Denise Cousins | |
| Lisa Eichhorn | ... | Helene Cousins | |
| George Hearn | ... | Arthur Bernard | |
| Lynn Hamilton | ... | Miss Carmichael | |
| Garrett Bennett | ... | Cop at Gas Station (as Gareth Bennett) | |
| George Catalano | ... | Highway Cop | |
| Frank Girardeau | ... | Cop at Apartment | |
| Stephen Bridgewater | ... | TV Host (as Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) | |
| Susan Barnes | ... | Colleague | |
| Rich Hawkins | ... | Stan |
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Rated R for terror and violence, and for language.
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109 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Australia:M |
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
Netherlands:16 |
Italy:VM14 |
Argentina:16 |
Chile:14 |
France:-12 |
Germany:16 |
Norway:15 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Singapore:PG
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The cabin by the lake scenes were filmed at Camp Omache, a Boy Scout summer camp near Monroe, WA.
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Continuity: When Rita opens the coffin with Jeff inside, Jeff is covered in dirt. Yet moments later, when he climbs out to attack Barney, his face and clothes are clean.
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WIPE OUT
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As everyone who has reviewed this film here has mentioned, there are two versions of this movie, one Dutch, one American, both directed by the same fellow. Which should you see first? Which should you avoid, if any? Decide for yourself... I saw the Dutch version in 1994, and it absolutely blew my socks off. I was horrified, didn't want to keep watching it, but I was pulled in and couldn't stop until the brilliant, ultra-chilling, uncompromising finale. This was my first foreign film, and so I was completely unprepared for such a non-Hollywood experience. I will remember this movie for the rest of my life. Later on, I caught the American version in the theatres, watched it, a few thrills here and there, yadda, yadda. Jeff Bridges was pretty creepy, but quite frankly, I would have completely forgotten about it by now if it weren't for the original. It's not horrible, it just pales in comparison to a masterpiece.