American Gothic (1987)
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.
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Rod SteigerPa
Yvonne De CarloMa
Michael J. PollardWoodyFiona HutchisonLynn
Stephen ShellenPaul
Janet WrightFannySarah TorgovCynthia
Mark Lindsay ChapmanRob
Caroline BarclayTerri
William HootkinsTeddy
Mark EricksonJeffKeywords
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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.
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American Gothic has a runtime of 90 minutes.
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