
"Everyone ends up in the same damned place."
In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.
Arvin Russell

Reverend Preston Teagardin

Willard Russell

Sandy Henderson

Carl Henderson

Deputy Lee Bodecker

Charlotte Russell

Roy Laferty

Lenora Laferty

Helen Hatton

Leroy Brown

Emma

Theodore

Narrator (voice)

Arvin At 9

Baby Arvin
Earskell

Poacher #1
Poacher #2
BoBo McDaniels

Henry Dunlap

Hank

Marine #1
Bus Driver

Wooden Spoon Manager

Reverend Albert Sykes

Cynthia Teagardin

Pamela Sue Reaster

Church Member #1

Church Member #2
Priest

Florence

Social Worker

Orville Buckman

Gene Dinwoodie

Tommy Matson

Butcher

Lenora At 7
Susie Cox

Sheriff Thompson

Juanita

Tecumseh Bouncer
White Cow Waitress
Gary Matthew Bryson

Deputy Howser

Hippie
Doctor

Jim Lacey
Jasper Taps
Dispatcher

Skinned Soldier

Evangelist

AM Radio DJ

Newscaster

Calvin Claytor (uncredited)

Arresting Police Officer (uncredited)

Beth Ann Reaster (uncredited)

Alma Reaster (uncredited)
Meat Processor (uncredited)

Teacher (uncredited)

Diner Patron (uncredited)
Shop Patron (uncredited)

1965 High School Student (uncredited)

1966 High School Student (uncredited)
Necking Guy (uncredited)
1945 Diner Patron (uncredited)
1945 Diner Patron / Church Goer (uncredited)
Church Goer (uncredited)
Necking Girl (uncredited)
Church Goer (uncredited)

1965 Cheerleader (uncredited)
1965 Vietnam Soldier (uncredited)
Diner Patron / Church Goer (uncredited)
Bull Pen Patron (uncredited)
Local Pool Player (uncredited)

Cody Hamilton