Nightmare at Shadow Woods (1987)
Directed by John Grissmer
Genres - Mystery, Family & Personal Relationships |
Sub-Genres - Slasher Film |
Release Date - Mar 29, 1987 (USA - Limited), Jun 1, 1987 (USA - Unknown), Jun 1, 1987 (USA) |
Run Time - 82 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides
The highlight of this sometimes humorous horror film is the performance of Louise Lasser. Maddy (Lasser) is the mother of ten-year-old twins Todd and Terry (Mark Soper). Terry sneaks out of the car at a drive-in movie and slashes the throat of an innocent victim. The evil twin blames it on his innocent brother Todd, who is sent off to a mental institution. Ten years later, Maddy is about to get married again and plans to make the announcement of Thanksgiving Day. She receives a phone call saying that Todd has escaped, and the thrilled Terry begins to make secret plans to begin another killing spree.
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captive, captor, drive-in, dysfunctional, escape, killing, mental-institution, multiple-murder, murder, rampage, revenge, twins