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Death Valley (1982)

Death Valley poster
Directed by
Dick Richards
Genre
horror film, slasher film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
R
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 52 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy, his mother, and her new boyfriend go on a road trip through Death Valley National Park. They do not realize that a serial killer is hunting them.

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What happens

Death Valley is a 1982 American slasher film directed by Dick Richards, written by Richard Rothstein, and starring Paul Le Mat, Catherine Hicks, Stephen McHattie, Wilford Brimley, Peter Billingsley, and Edward Herrmann. Its plot focuses on a young boy who accompanies his mother and her new boyfriend on a road trip through the Death Valley National Park, where they are unwittingly targeted by a serial killer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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