Tourists and visitors to the sleepy coastal town of Potters Bluff, Maine, are being brutally murdered by the locals. What’s more perturbing is that they are then coming back to life – with the aid of the local mortician (Jack Albertson) – not as zombies but as normal friendly folk, acting as though nothing happened.
The Local Sheriff (James Farentino) investigates and discovers the secrets of the quiet coastal town in this creepy gore-filled horror film with a sense of humour and an intriguing twist ending.
The superb graphic effects were by Stan Winston.
This was Jack Albertson’s final theatrical film (although he filmed another made-for-television movie the same year he died). In poor health and suffering from cancer all through filming, Albertson passed away a few months after this movie’s release.
Despite being passed uncut for cinema, this was one of the 72 films banned in the UK in the 1980s as part of the “Video Nasties” list by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Sheriff Dan Gillis
James Farentino Janet Gillis
Melody Anderson William G. Dobbs
Jack Albertson Ron
Dennis Redfield Linda
Nancy Locke Nurse Lisa/Girl on the Beach
Lisa Blount Harry
Robert Englund Ernie
Bill Quinn Herman
Michael Currie George Le Moyne/Freddie
Christopher Allport Doctor
Joseph G. Medalis Ben
Macon McCalman Hitchhiker
Lisa Marie Betty
Estelle Omens Phil
Barry Corbin Jimmy
Glenn Morshower Mr Haskell
Robert Boler Sam
Michael Pataki Jamie
Mark Courtney
Michael Courtney Joyce
Judy Ashton
Director Gary Sherman
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