Synopsis
When six friends fly off on a weekend getaway and are suddenly plagued by engine trouble, they're forced to land on a remote island. Looking for shelter, they're grateful to encounter Ma and Pa and their children - an eccentric family living in the island's backwoods. But what begins as simple hospitality turns into a terrifying race for survival as the friends start disappearing one by one ... and turning up dead.
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Director & Writers
John Hough
Director
Michael Vines
Screenplay
Burt Wetanson
Screenplay
Cast
Rod Steiger
Pa
Yvonne De Carlo
Ma
Michael J. Pollard
Woody
Fiona Hutchison
Lynn
Stephen Shellen
Paul
Janet Wright
Fanny
Sarah Torgov
Cynthia
Mark Lindsay Chapman
Rob
Caroline Barclay
Terri
William Hootkins
Teddy
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