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About
After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.
Theatrical
May 29, 1981
Box Office
$216K
Budget
$3.0M
Return
0.1x
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Jeff Millar
Producers
Robert Fentress, Richard R. St. Johns, Ronald Shusett
Music
Studio
Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance
Cast
Full credits →J
James Farentino
Sheriff Dan Gillis
M
Melody Anderson
Janet Gillis
J
Jack Albertson
William G. Dobbs
D
Dennis Redfield
Ron
N
Nancy Locke
Linda
L
Lisa Blount
Girl on the Beach / Nurse Lisa
R
Robert Englund
Harry
B
Bill Quinn
Ernie
M
Michael Currie
Herman
C
Christopher Allport
George Le Moyne / Freddie
J
Joseph G. Medalis
Doctor
M
Macon McCalman
Ben
E
Estelle Omens
Betty
B
Barry Corbin
Phil
E
Ed Bakey
Fisherman
G
Glenn Morshower
Jimmy
M
Michael Pataki
Sam
D
Dottie Catching
Lady Car Passenger
A
Anthony Cecere
Townsperson (uncredited)
B
Bill Couch Jr.
Townsperson (uncredited)
