A teenager who accidentally committed matricide finds himself being hunted together with his girlfriend and mates by his now crazed father.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Matt Mitler | ... | Ed Jr. | |
| Ruth Martinez | ... | Pam | |
| Bill Hitchcock | ... | Ralph | |
| Connie Rogers | ... | Sue | |
| Frances Raines | ... | Linda | |
| Morey Lampley | ... | Mike | |
| Jack Chatham | ... | Big Ed | |
| Ben Moore | ... | Cop | |
| Trace Cooper | ... | Younger Ed Jr. | |
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Pamela Weddle Cooper | ... | Mother |
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Jimmy Guthrie | ... | Bartender |
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George Sutton | ... | Gentleman At Bar |
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Steve Davis | ... | Student In Bar |
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Tom Outlaw | ... | Student In Bar |
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Pat Jordon | ... | Student In Bar |
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A group of teenagers decide to take a vacation at the beach house of one of their fathers. The kid whose father owns the house just happened to accidentally kill his mother when he was a child. When they get to the house, the father has mysteriously disappeared. Hmmm... Written by Josh Pasnak <chainsaw@intouch.bc.ca>
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teenager | characters murdered one by one | police | condo | killed with a gaff hook |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
27 September 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Fall Break See more »Filming Locations:
Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, USAEdit
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$450,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Written by Michael Minard and Arthur Resnick
Performed by Peter Yellen and The Breakers (Sanchie Bobrow, Buddy Cooper, Marty Fogel, Anthony Franklin, John Hill, Matthew Hill, Gregg Hollister, Gary Solomon, Abe Speller, Neil B. Whitford (as Neil Whitford))
Associate Producer: Gary Solomon
Music programmer: Rick Stevenson
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When Sue convinces Ralph to go search for other pair by unbuttoning her shirt, next shot which is sped up is not synchronized because the one before ends with her hands on the shirt, while in the next she is in different pose. See more »Crazy Credits
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In the 1990s an Austrian version was available. This version presented the movie in very good quality, full uncut and German dubbed See more »Soundtracks
Fall BreakTheme
Written by Michael Minard and Arthur Resnick
Performed by Peter Yellen and The Breakers (Sanchie Bobrow, Buddy Cooper, Marty Fogel, Anthony Franklin, John Hill, Matthew Hill, Gregg Hollister, Gary Solomon, Abe Speller, Neil B. Whitford (as Neil Whitford))
Associate Producer: Gary Solomon
Music programmer: Rick Stevenson
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...because nobody else wants to sit with it.
This movie was BAD, and I don't mean it in the 'Man, that chick that beat you up and stole your Pez dispenser was BAD' kinda way. I mean it in the 'Man, that's BAD, a chick beat you up and stole your Pez dispenser!' kinda way.
I tried to remember that 'The Mutilator' (originally called 'Fall Break') was made in '84 or '85 while I was watching it, but that didn't ease the pain much. Terrible acting, stupid lines, and death scenes that can't compete with the average Bazooka Joe comics.
And what the hell was going on with Bill Hitchcock's character? Even twenty years ago Laurel and Hardy imitations were out of date, whose idea was it to throw that in? Especially pay attention to his actions after he knocks the books out of the cheerleader's arms when he's coming out of Hallock Hall. That was way more PAINFUL than any of the deaths I saw. Sorta reminds me of how I acted in high school...
Just exactly how frightened can I be of a killer who spends quite a bit of his time asleep in a closet, clutching his battle axe like it was a teddy bear? In fact, had he been beating people to death with a teddy bear,I could have gotten in to that.
But I knew this movie was bad before I bought it because sadly, I saw it in the theater when it originally came out. So why did I buy it?Mainly because it was made in the city I live in. And the kid, Trace Cooper, who plays the little boy that shot his mom was in my seventh grade class. I remember him passing out autographed pics from the movie, although I didn't get one.
Perhaps I'm still bitter.