"So frightening you'll never recover."

1982

1h 45m

5.5(109 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Overview

A deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.

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Cast & Crew

55 members

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Michael Ironside

Colt Hawker

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Lee Grant

Deborah Ballin

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Linda Purl

Sheila Munroe

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William Shatner

Gary Baylor

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Lenore Zann

Lisa

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Harvey Atkin

Vinnie Bradshaw

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Michael J. Reynolds

Porter Halstrom

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Kirsten Bishop

Denise

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Neil Affleck

Police Officer

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Walker Boone

Elevator Policeman

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Domenico Fiore

Policeman 2

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Lorena Gale

Nurse 1

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Helen Hughes

Louise Shepherd

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Deborah Kirshenbaum

Connie Wexler

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Elizabeth Leigh-Milne

Patricia Ellis

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Maureen McRae

Elizabeth Hawker

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Dustin Waln

Mr. Hawker

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Damir Andrei

Paramedic

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Dorothy Barker

Sally Flavin

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Steve Bettcher

Anesthetist

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Richard Rebiere

Entrance Policeman

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Terrance P. Coady

Ent. Security Officer

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Richard Comar

Emergency Doctor 2

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Dora Dainton

Mrs. Corrigan

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Sylvie Desbois

Main Desk Nurse

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Yvan Ducharme

Policeman 1

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Sarita Elman

T.V. Director

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Kathleen Fee

Emergency Nurse

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Tali Fischer

Bridget

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Richer Francoeur

Anesthetist

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Costume & Make-Up

Angela Gallagher

Desk Nurse

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Judith Gay

Script Assistant

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Isadore Goldberg

Old Man (Cataracts)

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Dean Hagopian

Journalist 1

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Victor Knight

Hospital Administrator

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Sheena Larkin

Officious Nurse

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Sylvia Lennick

Fay Marcus

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Frances March

Florie

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Steve Michaels

Plainclothesman 1

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Kimberly McKeever

Radiologist

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Bob McKeowan

Floor Director

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Malcolm Nelthorpe

Entrance Security Officer

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Roland Nincheri

Emergency Doctor

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Mary Rathbone

Mrs. Marsh

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Ron Robbins

Hair Dresser

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Crew

Robby Robinson

Matthew

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Danielle Schneider

Donna Maloney

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Lisa Schwartz

Young Trainee

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Danny Silverman

Young Colt

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Marty Starr

Sally's Boyfriend

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Jérôme Tiberghien

Grant

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Katherine Trowell

Journalist 2

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Len Watt

Clement Pine

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George E. Zeeman

Emergency 2

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Charles Dennis

Doctor (uncredited)

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