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American Gothic (1987)

Film · 1987 · 90 min · R · Horror

The family that slays together stays together.

When six friends fly off on a weekend getaway and are suddenly plagued by engine trouble, they're forced to land on a remote island. Looking for shelter, they're grateful to encounter Ma and Pa and their children - an eccentric family living in the island's backwoods. But what begins as simple hospitality turns into a terrifying race for survival as the friends start disappearing one by one ... and turning up dead.

Directed by John Hough

Starring Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo, Michael J. Pollard, Fiona Hutchison, Stephen Shellen, Janet Wright, Sarah Torgov, Mark Lindsay Chapman

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In cinemas3 June 1988
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First release anywhere17 August 1987

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