American Gothic (1987)
- Directed by
- John Hough
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- United Kingdom, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 122 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of travelers get stranded on an island and are terrorized by a family of killers.
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What happens
American Gothic is a 1988 slasher film directed by John Hough and starring Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo, Sarah Torgov, Janet Wright, and Michael J. Pollard. The film follows a group of travelers who become stranded on an island in the Puget Sound where they find themselves in the clutches of a demented family of murderers. The film's poster is a pastiche of the Grant Wood painting of the same name. A co-production between Canada and the United Kingdom, American Gothic was filmed on Bowen Island, British Columbia. In the United Kingdom, the film was released directly to video by Virgin Video under the alternative title Hide and Shriek on 12 February 1988. It was distributed theatrically in the United States by Vidmark Entertainment beginning 20 May 1988, and premiered on home video in September 1988. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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White of the Eye (1987)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.