"When the lights go out, the terror begins."

1982

1h 33m

5.8(152 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Overview

A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.

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Cast & Crew

33 members

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Jack Palance

Frank Hawkes

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Donald Pleasence

Leo Bain

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Martin Landau

Byron "Preacher" Sutcliff

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Dwight Schultz

Dan Potter

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Erland van Lidth

Ronald "Fatty" Elster

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Deborah Hedwall

Nell Potter

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Lee Taylor-Allan

Toni Potter

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Phillip Clark

Tom Smith / Skaggs

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Elizabeth Ward

Lyla Potter

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Brent Jennings

Ray Curtis

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Gordon Watkins

Detective Burnett

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Carol Levy

Bunky

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Keith Reddin

Billy

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Annie Korzen

Marissa Hall

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Lin Shaye

Receptionist at Haven

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Dorothy Dorian James

Mom

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John Weissman

Bicycle Messenger

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Jana Schneider

Spaced-out Girl at Club

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Robert Pastner

Customer in Diner

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Larry Pine

Harry Merton

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Frederick Coffin

Jim Gable

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Mallory Millet-Jones

Anchorwoman

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Laura Esterman

Woman Voyager

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Michael Earl Reid

Cursing Voyager

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Paula Raflo

Voyager

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Steve Dash

Dr. Barkin

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Michael Medeiros

Club Manager

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E.D. Phillips

Jailer

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Norman Beim

Cop at Haven

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Ken Burns

Cop at House

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Ralph Corrado Jr.

Looter

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Snooky

Singer

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Tish

Singer

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