Imagine your worst fear a reality.
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
- Body horror
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Classical in form, plot-driven, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Dee WallaceKaren White
- Patrick MacneeDr. George Waggner
- Dennis DuganChris
- Christopher StoneR. William 'Bill' Neill
- Belinda BalaskiTerry Fisher
- Kevin McCarthyFred Francis
- John CarradineErle Kenton
- Slim PickensSam Newfield
- Elisabeth BrooksMarsha Quist
- Robert PicardoEddie Quist
Crew
- Joe DanteDirector
- John SaylesScreenplay
- Terence H. WinklessScreenplay
- Gary BrandnerNovel
- John HoraDirector of Photography
- Pino DonaggioOriginal Music Composer
- Mark GoldblattEditor
- Joe DanteEditor
- Jack ConradProducer
- Michael FinnellProducer
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