When the peaceful Morris family move to a small town and buy the town grocery store, they run afoul of the Cullen family. The Cullen's have been bullying the town's folk for years, and now they are harassing the Morris family every chance they get. Matt meanwhile meets and starts seeing a lot of Becky who also likes him. Unfortunately her last name is Cullen, and when the rest of the family finds out about their relationship, they decide to get even, and their harassment is elevated to vicious assault.
Visual Effects
Practical gore effects that still make you wince.
Acting
Olivia D'Abo's doomed innocence in a snake pit.
Director
Paul Lynch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Paul Lynch also helmed the original Prom Night (1980), making this his second Canadian horror-thriller about teenagers in mortal peril.
Part of a forgotten 1986 wave of 'rural revenge' films including Eye of the Tiger and Quiet Cool, reacting to Reagan-era anxiety about declining small-town America.
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