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Plot

This quirky psychological thriller involves a quintet of weird kids who stumble into the luxurious winter retreat of a wealthy patriarch (Gene Evans) and his arrogant guests. Little do the effete vacationers realize that the children are escapees from an asylum for the criminally insane -- a fact they realize only after their doom has been sealed. The only known film from director Sean MacGregor (released theatrically as People Toys), this is a seldom-seen but thoroughly satisfying horror sleeper with a sardonic sense of morality, taking great delight in knocking off Evans' circle of decadent snobs in graphic and innovative ways (one guest is joined in the bath by piranhas; another is pummeled with chains in a creepy still-photo montage). Known also to some drive-in venues as The Horrible House on the Hill, no doubt as part of a double-bill with Wes Craven's Last House on the Left.
MPAA Rating:
R
Genre(s):
Horror,Thriller
Run Time:
87min.
Theatrical Release Date:
07/04/2004
DVD Release Date:
11/21/2006
Director(s):
Sean McGregor
Starring:
Leif Garrett , Sorrell Booke , Gene Evans , Shelley Morrison , Dawn Lyn
Themes:
Crime Sprees
Tone:
Lurid,Ominous,Tense
Keywords:
asylum [mental hospital],bus,child,community,killing-spree,madness,mental-illness,mental-patient (escaped),mountains,patriarch,psychopath,retreat [sanctuary],vacation