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Hack-O-Lantern

Hack-O-Lantern

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Hack-O-Lantern

"The power is in the blood."

1988

1h 36m

5.0(60 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Overview

When Tommy was a boy, he saw his grandpa, the leader of a vicious satanic cult, murder his father in a brutal ritual on Halloween night. Now he is 18, and grandpa is ready to indoctrinate him into the ways of the black arts.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Hy Pyke

Hy Pyke

Grandpa Drindle

Gregory Scott Cummins

Gregory Scott Cummins

Tommy Drindle

Katina Garner

Amanda

Carla Baron

Vera Drindle

Jeff Brown

Roger

Michael Potts

Bill

Patricia Christie

Beth

Larry Coven

Brian

Bryson Gerard

Young Tommy Drindle

Heidi Lepucki

Young Vera Drindle

Creative team

Directed by: Jag Mundhra
Written by: Dave Eisenstark
Carla Robinson
Produced by: Raj Mehrotra

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