Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.
- small town
- insanity
- paranoia
- diner
- new hampshire
- disappearance
- author
- church
- gothic
- crucifix
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- John Glover — Saperstein
- Bernie Casey — Robinson
- Peter Jason — Mr. Paul
- Charlton Heston — Jackson Harglow
- Frances Bay — Mrs. Pickman
- Wilhelm von Homburg — Simon
- Kevin Rushton — Guard #1
- Gene Mack — Guard #2
- Conrad Bergschneider — Axe Maniac
- Marvin Scott — Reporter
- Katherine Ashby — Receptionist
- Directed
- John Carpenter
- Written
- Michael De Luca
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 1,986 ratings
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
