Chillers (1987)

Five passengers in a bus depot are waiting for a bus that is overdue. To pass the time, they start telling each other horror stories.

Director:

Daniel Boyd

Writer:

Daniel Boyd

Stars:

Jesse Emery, Marjorie Fitzsimmons, Laurie Pennington

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jesse Emery	...	Mason
Marjorie Fitzsimmons	...	Lindsey
Laurie Pennington	...	Sharon
Jim Wolfe	...	Ron
David Wohl	...	Conrow
Gary Brown	...	Scoutmaster Bob
Jesse Johnson	...	Billy Waters
Thom Delventhal	...	Tom
Bradford Boll	...	Nelson Crowder
Kimberly Harbour	...	Gloria / Ixpe
Michael Meredith	...	Hunter (as Michael Martin)
Will Tuckwiller	...	Jimmy
David R. Hamm	...	Scott
John Marshall	...	Station Attendant
Mike Frasher	...	Ron's Brother

Storyline

While waiting for their bus, five passengers have just had horrible nightmares and decide to tell them to each other to help killing time. A swimmer, who has lessons in a swimming pool with a dead swimmer, tells the first one. A young boy, who goes camping with two friends and a crazy man as a leader, is the next. Then, a lonely woman, who has an infatuation with the anchor of a late night show, and finds that he is indeed a vampire. A young man, who finds he has the gift of bringing dead people back to life, brings a cold blood criminal back to life. Last, a skeptic professor of anthropology tells to his students about an evil Spanish creature from the Middle Ages called "Ixpe", and a young woman embodies it. When the bus arrives, they have a huge surprise.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | nightmare | aztec indian | shower | murder | 

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Taglines:

Evil Travels in Many Forms ... Even By Bus!

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Troma

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Dreszcze

Filming Locations:

Kanawha State Forest, Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$250,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Troma Entertainment

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

As a U.S. Fulbright Scholar, Writer/director Daniel Boyd taught the first filmmaking and screenwriting classes at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, during the '98-'99 academic year in East Africa.

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Connections

Referenced in Raising the Stakes (2005)

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Soundtracks

Chillers
Written by Lynch and Michael Lipton
Performed by Big Money

User Reviews

Not too shabby

Intended to be slightly cheesy this film is fun. Locals will be more amused than others but it does have some laughs and scares. Especially effective is Brad Boll's performance as a crazed undead redneck. Definitely worth a rental.