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The American Scream

  • 1988
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
394
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The American Scream (1988)
ParodyComedyHorror

Family vacationing in the mountains is terrorized by local wackos.Family vacationing in the mountains is terrorized by local wackos.Family vacationing in the mountains is terrorized by local wackos.

  • Director
    • Mitchell Linden
  • Writers
    • Mitchell Linden
    • Phil Hopper
  • Stars
    • Pons Maar
    • Jennifer Darling
    • Matt Borlenghi
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    394
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mitchell Linden
    • Writers
      • Mitchell Linden
      • Phil Hopper
    • Stars
      • Pons Maar
      • Jennifer Darling
      • Matt Borlenghi
    • 9User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Pons Maar
    Pons Maar
    • Ben Benziger
    Jennifer Darling
    Jennifer Darling
    • Barbara Benziger
    Matt Borlenghi
    Matt Borlenghi
    • Brent Benziger
    Riley Weston
    Riley Weston
    • Bridgett Benziger
    • (as a different name)
    Kevin Kaye
    • Larry
    Jeanne Sapienza
    • Roxanne
    James Cooper
    • Sam
    George 'Buck' Flower
    George 'Buck' Flower
    • Ed Simpson
    • (as Buck Flower)
    Bob Buchholz
    • Will
    • (as Bob Bucholz)
    Constance Pfeifer
    • Millie
    • (as Constance Pfeiffer)
    Blackie Dammett
    Blackie Dammett
    • Pastor
    Warren Cann
    • Jake
    Bill Johnson
    Bill Johnson
    • Roy
    Jack Jozefson
    • Burt Gleason
    Ron Lavery
    • Thin Man
    Linda Honeyman
    • Large Woman
    Joy Hubbard
    • Cynthia
    Joe Charbanic
    Joe Charbanic
    • The Postman
    • Director
      • Mitchell Linden
    • Writers
      • Mitchell Linden
      • Phil Hopper
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews9

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    10vollfan

    Secretly Genius

    It seems several reviews for this movie just call it weird. Well...IT IS WEIRD! If you are a fan of David Lynch and the Twin Peaks series, you will love this movie. No one asks how they are supposed and hilariously I feel our 5 main cast have a different perspective and reaction to each even in the film. Every character feels completely lived in and somehow also completely fake. From the statue dog and street clowns this will be one of the funniest and liminal movies you've ever seen, if you're cool that is. Its sad this movie never became more popular. I think it's a secret Christmas vacation sequel. Horror vacation!
    dementedforever

    confusing

    i had a hard time following this movie. i rented it b/c i really like pons maar. parts of it were really funny, the baby exploding, for instance, and the cannibal couple eating the baby, but mostly it was just muddled and weird.
    5zombieoutbreak-74199

    Weird movie

    It's a decent film but it's definitely a weird one. The story is strange and doesn't make much sense. If you like movies that are random and obscure then this is one of them.
    4chanvat

    The Slowest 85 Min Film I Have Ever Seen.....

    This film is so so slow. However, I will say this, the last 10 mins of it ALMOST makes the film redeem itself. I mean how can you beat a kill sequence intermeshed with a crappy version of the bluegrass song "The Orange Blossom Special". Thats right, you cant beat that folks. So for the first 75 mins, I give it a 0/10, for the last 10 mins, I give it a 10/10, with an average score of 5/10.
    6thescabboy

    Jaw-droppingly GREAT.

    Yes, this movie is bad. Badly directed, acted and produced, but it is bad like Troll 2 bad. A movie that should be on the top 25 worst movies of all time, but in some odd way is is a great movie.

    The movie lacks a plot, except the fact that Wilson Creek is a town that families bring their kids to when they no longer want them. The town folk kill them off, and then the parents leave. The movie really doesn't revolve around this concept except that the town people are trying to kill the 4 main teens.

    The movie has some really bad, but funny moments, and some really funny moments. The blood and gore aren't existent, and there's really nobody dying aside from an infant, a teen girl, and some of the elder townspeople. Pons Maar (Ben Benziger) added a lot of comedy with his natural ability to be goofy. His character teamed up with Jennifer Darling (Barbara Benziger) make a great and entertaining duo.

    The teens played by Matt Borlenghi (Brent), Kevin Kay (Larry), Bridgett (Riley weston) and Roseanne (Jeanne Sapienza) add their own little bit of interest to the mix. Their acting is bad, but for some odd reason it I excused it. The scenes with these actors were so abnormally bad, and some of the camera shots were completely unnecessary, that it added a loot of nostalgic humor to the movie.

    The ending of the movie made no sense at all, well it made sense, but it wan't a plausible ending at all. It's like nothing at all happened. One bright spot, however, was the character played by George "Buck" Flower, who always nails his roles. By far one of the best character actors of all time.

    I would recommend this movie for lovers of cheesy 80's horror. Some day hopefully it will be released on DVD with extras. In my opinion, it's a forgotten gem- much like Don't Go In The Woods... Alone, Evil laugh, The Forest, and Woodchipper Massacre, which all recently got a DVD SE release.

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    • Release date
      • 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Pierpoint, Callifornia, USA(Exterior)
    • Production company
      • Levine/Linden Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 25m(85 min)
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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