Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Michael_Elliott American Gothic (1987) ** 1/2 (out of 4)Six friends take off in a plane for a weekend getaway but they're forced to land on a small island where they set up camp. Before long they stumble onto the home of Pa (Rod Steiger) and Ma (Yvonne De Carlo) and their three children (Janet Wright, Michael J. Pollard, William Hootkins). At first this family just seem extremely weird but before long their evil side comes out.AMERICAN GOTHIC is a horror film that got quite a bit of press when it was originally released or at least it did within the horror magazine world. The poster of the film became somewhat of a classic right off the bat as people enjoyed the two elderly farmers and and it made you think of a classic slasher. The actual film itself isn't what one would consider a slasher and in all honesty I'm really shocked that the film got a R-rating. Is the film a compelte success? No, there are way too many flaws for that but with that said there are some interesting ideas here.What's the most interesting thing is the fact that they released this movie during the era of the slasher and that's not what happens here. The idea of young people running into a homicidal family seems like THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE reborn and I think it's fair to say that this film borrows from it but this film decides to not go for gore or scares. I'm really not sure what they were trying to go for other than to show a very weird family but outside of their killing, strange clothes and weird religious rants, there's really not much to them.I give the film credit for trying to do something different but in the end I just don't think the film did enough to really stand out. The lack of scares and gore can be understood had the film done something else with the material but there's just nothing here. The six teen characters are only slightly interesting and the entire backstory of one dealing with trauma does eventually pay off. The twist in the film works in its own strange way and the film at least keeps you interested in what's going on.Of course, one of the big reasons the film managed to get press is the fact that Steiger was a part of it. Yes, the man who was in ON THE WATERFRONT made an apperance playing a weird old religious man and he's certainly the best thing about the picture. De Carlo is also very good as the mother and Wright steals the picture as the troubled daughter. Fans of BONNIE AND CLYDE will enjoy seeing Pollard here as well.When all is said and done, AMERICAN GOTHIC is a mildly interesting movie that deserves credit for doing something different but at the same time it needed to do more.

pabald9480 This film is much clearer on DVD. Infamous director John Hough-of a few weird Disney movies from the late seventies, created this horror gem. Centered around Cynthia, who recently lost her infant child is now being released from a mental institution. Her husband decides to take her and a few friends on a trip to sooth her trauma. But the trip is cut short by plane troubles and they are forced to land on a remote island. Before long, they meet Ma and Pa(Yvonne DeCarlo and Rod Steiger)at the only house on the island who seem nice and hospitable, at first. Agreeing to spend the night, the friends soon start disappearing and inexplicably end up dead, some more brutally than others. I give this movie 8 out of 10 stars because the description on the back case reveals a little too much, making the film a little too easy to predict. Welcome to American Gothic, but no "Devil's Play" is allowed! John Hough is known for Escape to/Return from Witch Mountain and Watcher in the Woods, and took a big leap with this, it was a little unsettling at times too.

trashgang We have seen the storyline a million times before. So it had to have something special, but it failed. okay, it's old school horror but you can tell that it was made at the end of the slashers era. horror wasn't the thing anymore and the glory days were over. Here they tried to make a kind of early Wrong Turn or those other don't go there movies. The acting is okay but somehow the story failed to give you the creeps. The best thing is the flashbacks of one of the victims. The effects are cheap and the blood flows but not enough. Some parts are way too long, and sometimes you can see it coming from miles away that the victim will die. Over here in Europe the movie isn't available that easy so you will have to catch it in Germany or the US. It's watchable on a Saturday afternoon just before the family arrives. Could have been better...

Woodyanders Six vacationing young adults who include the troubled Cynthia (well played by Sarah Torgov) are forced to land their plane on a remote sylvan island. They not only encounter the strict Pa (a gloriously hammy performance by Rod Steiger) and the equally stern Ma (a delightfully batty, yet understated portrayal by Yvonne De Carlo), but also the oddball religious fanatics' deranged and murderous "adult" children: infantile Fanny (the extremely unnerving Janet Wright), brutish Teddy (an excellent William Hootkins), and whiny Woody (the ever-weird Michael J. Pollard). Capably directed by John Hough, with crisp cinematography by Harvey Harrison, a creepy tone, an eerie, harmonic down-home score by Alan Parker, a chilling conclusion, and such dark themes as incest, infanticide and necrophilia, this genuinely twisted little number really hits the pleasingly warped spot. Better still, the sharp script by Burt Wetanson and Michael Vines offers a wickedly nasty satire on traditional conservative old-fashioned family values. Steiger and De Carlo have a field day with their colorfully kooky roles; Wright, Hootkins and Pollard are all likewise marvelously grotesque as their crazed offspring. Quirky and often quite funny in an admittedly off-center sort of way, this nifty little rural psycho romp is well worth checking out.