Dark Paradise

Originaltitel: American Gothic

1987
18
1 Std. 30 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,8/10

4780

IHRE BEWERTUNG

trailer wiedergeben2:38

1 Video

99+ Fotos

Slasher Horror Horror

Auf einer einsamen Insel im pazifischen Nordwesten wird eine Gruppe Reisender zur Zielscheibe einer verrückten, mörderischen Familie.Auf einer einsamen Insel im pazifischen Nordwesten wird eine Gruppe Reisender zur Zielscheibe einer verrückten, mörderischen Familie.Auf einer einsamen Insel im pazifischen Nordwesten wird eine Gruppe Reisender zur Zielscheibe einer verrückten, mörderischen Familie.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,8/10

4780

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 1 wins total

Wissenswertes
Originally, Stephen Shellen (Paul) was intended to be the lead. A week into principal photography, Shellan got into a bar brawl and returned to work with his face mangled so badly that makeup wouldn't cover it. Working quickly to prevent the production from shutting down, director John Hough revised the entire script and made Sarah Torgov (Cynthia) the leading character. Hough was credited as a co-writer in the British print.

Patzer
When Teddy and Woody douse Paul's body with gasoline, you can see him blink as this is happening.

Zitate
Ma: Don't you want to join the clean plate club?

Crazy Credits
SPOILER: Steve Oatway Stood-in for Rod Steiger and the other men plus Body Doubled Steve Shellen when he was too injured to work and is seen from the back sometimes and lying face-up in a rowboat after the character "Paul" was killed.

Alternative Versionen
Although the cinema version was uncut the 1987 UK Virgin video release (as "Hide And Shriek") was cut by 58 secs by the BBFC. The cuts were fully waived for the 2005 Stax DVD and the film released under its original title.

Verbindungen
Featured in Svengoolie: American Gothic (1998)

Soundtracks
Happy Birthday to You
(uncredited)
Written by Mildred J. Hill and Patty S. Hill

Benutzerrezensionen102

Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

6/10

Not as bad as I thought it would be.

The theme of religious fanatics who live in complete isolation and consider any contact with the outside world "contamination" has been done to death in the horror genre, but here they give it another go. Apparently they decided that wasn't enough, so they also threw in the "adults-behaving-as-kids" theme, which also has been done before (check out the REALLY twisted 1973 film "The Baby"). The result is a campy, silly, demented and thoroughly unpleasant horror film, but the production is fairly polished, the direction is competent and Rod Steiger gives a deliciously embarrassing performance as "Pa" (what the hell was he thinking when he decided to sign on for such a movie?) (**)