The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Most of the 489 1990s horror movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
In 1957, Evan Rendell flees after his father is lynched for killing multiple patients in his effort to find a replacement heart for his ailing wife. After 35 years, Evan escapes from a mental institution and returns to town for revenge, killing off residents one by one. When Jennifer and her friends break into the Rendell house out of morbid curiosity, Evan notices Jennifer has a heart condition similar to his mother and decides to make her his final victim.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes23%
Metacritic39/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
182 audience votes
Key crew
- Manny CotoDirector
- Manny CotoWriter
- Graeme WhiflerWriter
- Brian MayOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Larry DrakeDr. Evan Rendell
- Holly Marie CombsJennifer Campbell
- Cliff DeYoungTom Campbell
- Glenn QuinnMax Anderson
- Keith DiamondOfficer Joe Reitz
- Richard BradfordOfficer Hank Magruder
- Michelle JohnsonTamara
- Nancy FishElaine Henderson
- Sara MelsonCoreen
- Zoe TrillingNormi
- Darin HeamesStu
- Deborah TuckerDianne
