After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother's estranged sister arrives and begins to infiltrate her and her father's lives.
10-14-1988
1h 41m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Pen Densham
Writers:
Tom Ropelewski, Stephen Volk
Production:
Trilogy Entertainment Group, TriStar Pictures
Budget:
$6,000,000
Key Crew
Stunts:
Pat Romano
Stunts:
Alison Reid
Second Unit Director:
Steve M. Davison
Stunt Coordinator:
Steve M. Davison
Executive Producer:
Richard Barton Lewis
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
CA; US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Meredith Salenger
Meredith Dawn Salenger (born March 14, 1970) is an American actress. Her credits include the 1985 film The Journey of Natty Gann, as the title character, and the 1989 teen comedy Dream a Little Dream.
Joanna Pacula (born January 2, 1957) is a Polish actress. Pacula joined Warsaw Dramatic Theatre where she acted until 1981. She started her career playing in productions of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Othello and As You Like It. She also found work in a handful of films, including Krzysztof Zanussi's Barwy ochronne/Camouflage (1977). In 1981, Pacula was caught in Paris when communist authorities in Poland declared martial law. In 1982 she eventually emigrated to the U.S. where she has specialized in playing European temptresses since her feature debut opposite William Hurt in Gorky Park (1983). She played the part of the exotic beauty in numerous American TV series and movies, including the Holocaust drama Escape From Sobibor (CBS, 1987), The Kiss (1988), E.A.R.T.H. Force (CBS, 1990), and the TV series, The Colony (ABC, 1996). She was featured in Marked for Death (1990) as an expert on Jamaican voodoo and gangs; in the Italian erotic thriller Husbands And Lovers (1992) as a free spirited adultress (which featured a rather controversial bare-bottom spanking scene, a first in a mainstream film); Tombstone (1993) as Doc Holliday's lover, Kate (also known as Big Nose Kate and Mary Catherine Haroney, born November 7, 1850); in The Haunted Sea (1997); and in the movie Virus (1999), playing a Russian scientist. She currently resides in Southern California.
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Mimi Kuzyk (born 1952) is a Canadian actress. She played Detective Patsy Mayo on Hill Street Blues from 1984 to 1986. She danced with the Rusalka Ukrainian dance group in Winnipeg and briefly studied jazz dance at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. She has also appeared on: Murder, She Wrote, Quantum Leap, Doogie Howser, M.D., The Chris Isaak Show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, L.A. Law, The Love Boat, Remington Steele, Second City TV,The Ray Bradbury Theater, Instant Star, Traders, Blue Murder, Total Recall 2070, NCIS, and The Outer Limits.
Shawn Adam Levy (born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor, and founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. He has worked across genres and is perhaps best known as the director of the Night at the Museum film franchise and the primary producer of the Netflix series Stranger Things.
Following early work as a television director, Levy gained recognition in the 2000s for directing comedy films like Big Fat Liar and Just Married before directing Cheaper by the Dozen, The Pink Panther, and Night at the Museum film franchises. In the early 2010s, he directed films including Date Night and Real Steel, developed several comedy television pilots, and executive produced the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing. Levy was a producer on the 2016 sci-fi film Arrival, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
Since 2016, Levy has been an executive producer on the Netflix original series Stranger Things. He has directed the third and fourth episodes of each of the show's four seasons. He also directed the Netflix limited series All the Light We Cannot See. Most recently, he has collaborated with Ryan Reynolds by directing Free Guy (2021), The Adam Project (2022), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
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Born in Czechoslovakia. After graduating in 1945 from the Conservatory of Music in Prague, Jan Rubes went on to join the Prague Opera House as their youngest basso singer. He also performed at the Pilsen Opera House in leading roles in his early years. By 1948, he was chosen to represent Czechoslovakia at the International Music Festival held in Geneva and won first prize in his category. He emigrated to Canada on New Year's Eve 1948 with hopes of creating a greater musical career. As a member of the Canadian Opera Company, he achieved recognition for his roles, as Boris in "Boris Godunov", Schigolch in "Lulu" and as Mephisto in "Faust". As well, he served as the company's director of touring and program development. Branching out into radio and, eventually, TV, he wrote and hosted from 1975-83 TVOntario's "Guess What?" and acted in many TV dramas, later receiving the Earle Grey Award for lifetime work in Canadian television.
Richard M. Dumont (born in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian voice actor, writer and director who has worked in both Canada and the United States. One of the well known voice over work he has done include Menator, the aging leader of the Olmecs in The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Grognard in Night Hood, Iron Nose in Iron Nose: The Mysterious Knight, King in The World of David the Gnome, Petronella's henpecked husband A.D. in Bobobobs, Mr. Besser in the Canadian dubbed version of The Kids from Room 402, the laid-back hipster and musician member of the Suntots Cool in The Smoggies, Dr. Hirsch and Al in later episodes of Arthur, Froggy Ball in the English version of Charlie Strap and Froggy Ball Flying High, Mr. Murdstone's partner Mr. Grimby in the 1993 animated adaptation of David Copperfield, Maya's nervous, worried and very scared best friend Willi in the English version of Maya the Bee, Hamlet in Gofrette, Theo Sturgeon inFred's Head, a weasel in Merry Christmas Little Moonky, Prince Lothar in the Saban version of The Little Mermaid, Captain Buzz Cheeply in a cartoon short created for the hit Cartoon Network TV series The What-A-Cartoon! Show, Principal Malcolm in Creepschool and Scarecrow in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Dumont is also best known for playing the main character Sardo who owned a magic shop called Sardo's Magic Mansion in many episodes of the Canadian horror fantasy-themed anthology television series for Nickelodeon Are You Afraid of the Dark?. Dumont served as voice director for various films, TV shows, video games and features such as Avatar: The Game,Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, The Little Lulu Show, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Milo, Papa Beaver's Storytime, the Cinelume dubbed version of Winx Club, The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog, Robinson Sucroe, Iron Nose: The Mysterious Knight, the English versions of the Hugo movies, Wimzie's House, Evolution Worlds, The Big Garage andRotten Ralph. Dumont studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, later studying theater-acting at Ryerson University from 1977 to 1979 before joining The Second City.
Tyrone Benskin has been a significant presence in theatre, film, television and music for over 30 years. As part of the Canadian and International cultural landscape Tyrone has amassed an impressive resume and acclaim for a significant and varied body of work;, from no-nonsense cop to caring and devoted father, from ancient warrior to the characters showing the darkness of human nature. His numerous theatre credits include appearances on many of the celebrated stages across Canada.
His over 100 film and television credits include co-starring with Tori Spelling in the TV movie "Mind over Murder", the new Christmas classic "The Christmas Choir", "The Wool Cap" and the civil rights drama "Deacons for Defense" opposite Forrest Whitaker and Mr. Ossie Davis. Mr. Benskin also appeared in the NBC mini-series 10.5: Apocalypse and starred as Karl Lubinsky in the cult science fiction series "Charlie Jade" which aired in Canada, the US and internationally including South Africa, France, England and Japan. Feature films include the blockbuster hit "300", Bob Dylan bio-pic "I'm not There" and acclaimed independent films "Peepers" and "Adam's Wall."
For over 5 years, Mr. Benskin served as Artistic Director of Black Theatre Workshop, Canada's oldest Black theatre company. He served President of the Board of Creations Etc., a youth arts and outreach organization as well as serving on the board several community based non-profit organizations. Mr. Benskin was twice elected to the post of National Vice President of ACTRA, Canada's national film and television actors union.
On May 2nd, 2011 Mr. Benskin was elected to the 41st Parliament of Canada as the Member for the diverse riding of Jeanne-Le Ber. Mr. Benskin was subsequently appointed to the post of "Official Opposition Critic for Canadian Heritage" by the Honorable Jack Layton. Mr. Benskin also serves as Deputy Critic for Official Languages and served on the Sub-Committee for International Human Rights. Benskin served as a Member of Canada's House of Commons for four and a half years returning to the big screen in 2016 in Bad Santa 2 and the small screen as recurring character Rev. Wardell Cobb in season 2 of The Art of More opposite Denis Quaid.
Vlasta Vrana is a Canadian actor of Czech descent. His surname means "crow" in Czech. Vrana was born to Czech parents in Norway but moved to Canada at the age of four. He has appeared on many television shows and films such as The New Avengers, The Littlest Hobo, Choices, Spearfield's Daughter, The Kiss, War of the Worlds, After Amy, All Souls, Friday the 13th: the Series, Windsor Protocol, Lobby, Highlander III: The Sorcerer, Sirens, All Souls, Mom P.I., The Hitchhiker, Press Run, Waking the Dead and The Blue Man. He was awarded the 2005 Award of Excellence by ACTRA Montreal, and the Richard Kind Award for best actor at the 2005 Trenton Film Festival. He also played Fire Chief Wickersham in Secret Window and Booker (MPC) in The Day After Tomorrow. His work as a voice actor includes Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell, Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal 2000, and The Mysterious Cities of Gold, as well as documentaries and thousands of radio and television commercials. He also narrated Canada Vignettes films and several other films for The National Film Board of Canada.