When the lights go out, the terror begins.
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
Cast
Jack Palance
Frank Hawkes
Donald Pleasence
Leo Bain
Martin Landau
Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff
Dwight Schultz
Dan Potter
Erland van Lidth
Ronald "Fatty" Elster
Deborah Hedwall
Nell Potter
Lee Taylor-Allan
Toni Potter
Phillip Clark
Tom Smith / Skaggs
Elizabeth Ward
Lyla Potter
Brent Jennings
Ray Curtis
Gordon Watkins
Detective Burnett
Carol Levy
Bunky
Keith Reddin
Billy
Annie Korzen
Marissa Hall
Lin Shaye
Receptionist at Haven
Dorothy Dorian James
Mom
John Weissman
Bicycle Messenger
Jana Schneider
Spaced-out Girl at Club
Robert Pastner
Customer in Diner
Larry Pine
Harry Merton
Frederick Coffin
Jim Gable
Mallory Millet-Jones
Anchorwoman
Laura Esterman
Woman Voyager
Michael Earl Reid
Cursing Voyager
Paula Raflo
Voyager
Steve Dash
Dr. Barkin
Michael Medeiros
Club Manager
E.D. Phillips
Jailer
Norman Beim
Cop at Haven
Ken Burns
Cop at House
Ralph Corrado Jr.
Looter
Snooky
Singer
Tish
Singer
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- Release Date 11/12/1982
- Language English
- Director Jack Sholder
- Editor Arline Garson
- Cinematographer Joseph Mangine
- Producer Robert Shaye
- Companies Masada Productions, New Line Cinema
- Budget $1,000,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Nov 12, 1982 | Theatrical | R |
| DK | Jun 10, 1983 | Theatrical | — |
| Australia | Jul 21, 1983 | Theatrical | M |
| Italy | Oct 1, 1983 | Theatrical | VM14 |
| NO | Nov 4, 1983 | Theatrical | 18 |
| Germany | Jan 6, 1984 | Theatrical | 18 |
| Netherlands | Oct 18, 1984 | Theatrical | — |
| Mexico | Oct 1, 1985 | Theatrical | — |
| Japan | Jul 2, 1988 | Theatrical | — |
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