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59% Critic Match
American Gothic
“The family that slays together stays together.”
5.9 / 10• 1987• 1h 30m•R• English
Horror
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Rod Steiger
Pa
Lead
Yvonne De Carlo
Ma
Michael J. Pollard
Woody
Fiona Hutchison
Lynn
Stephen Shellen
Paul
Janet Wright
Fanny
Sarah Torgov
Cynthia
Mark Lindsay Chapman
Rob
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Hough's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. American Gothic is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
