‘The family that slays together stays together’
American Gothic is a 1987 Canadian-British horror film written by Burt Wetanson and Michael Vines and directed by John Hough (Twins of Evil, The Legend of Hell House, Incubus). The movie stars Rod Steiger (The Amityville Horror), Yvonne DeCarlo (The Munsters) and Michael J. Pollard. It has also been released as Hide and Shriek and Dark Paradise
Plot:
A group of prosperous young people plan a camping trip in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, but they are forced to make an emergency landing on an isolated island.
They end up staying at a house run by the old-fashioned Ma (Yvonne De Carlo) and Pa (Rod Steiger), an elderly couple who seem to have stepped out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Little do the group know that Ma and Pa are also the heads of a vicious serial killing family…
The poster and all other related media art were based on Grant Wood’s famous painting by the same name. The British VHS cover art was supplied by Graham Humphreys.
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Trailer:
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Cast and characters:
Sarah Torgov … Cynthia
Terence Kelly … Psychiatrist (as Terry Kelly)
Mark Erickson … Jeff (as Mark Ericksen)
Caroline Barclay … Terri
Mark Lindsay Chapman … Rob
Fiona Hutchison … Lynn
Stephen Shellen … Paul
Rod Steiger … Pa
Yvonne De Carlo … Ma
Janet Wright … Fanny
Michael J. Pollard … Woody
William Hootkins … Teddy
Steve Oatway … Dead Paul
