American Gothic

1987

Action / Horror

19
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 50% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 50% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 5209 5.2K

island rape necrophilia slasher family washington state

Plot summary

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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645.81 MB
1280*700
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
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1.35 GB
1904*1040
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by udar55 7 / 10

Worth it for the oddball performances

A group of twentysomethings are stranded on an island off the coast of Washington and find refuge with an odd couple named Ma and Pa (Yvonne De Carlo and Rod Steiger). Things get odd quickly as the family introduces a trio of infantile adult offspring (Janet Wright, Michael J. Pollard and William Hootkins) that like to play and kill. With a cover riffing on the famous Grant Wood painting, you can pretty much expect this one to be tongue-in-cheek. And while the story isn't anything beyond cliché, it is worth seeing for the performances of Steiger and his demented family. I mean, how can you not appreciate a film that casts Michael J. Pollard and William Hootkins as retarded brothers? Or features Steiger whipping Hootkins with a switch; not because he killed a girl but because he killed her and then had sex with her. Wright is the stand out as the creepy Fanny, who is in her forties but thinks she is Shirley Temple and dresses accordingly. Gross. Director John Hough gets good use out of the forest (British Columbia) location. Like I said, worth seeing for all of the actors as the villains.
Reviewed by deborahrighetti 7 / 10

Nice and Creepy

Rod Steiger and Yvonne De Carlo appear to be having a good time as the patriarch and matriarch of a creepy backwoods family who continue to believe their grown children are still in the single digits. Their idea of family bonding is killing anyone who trespasses on their island. Good, campy fun.
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