Synopsis
Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
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Director & Writers
Joseph Zito
Director
Neal Barbera
Writer
Glenn Leopold
Writer
Cast
Vicky Dawson
Pam MacDonald
Christopher Goutman
Mark London
Lawrence Tierney
Maj. Chatham
Farley Granger
Sheriff George Fraser
Cindy Weintraub
Lisa
Lisa Dunsheath
Sherry
David Sederholm
Carl
Bill Nunnery
Hotel Clerk
Thom Bray
Ben
Diane Rode
Sally
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