Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- 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
Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
- resurrection
- spontaneous combustion
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
John Terry
John March
Jane Sibbett
Claire Ward
Chris Sarandon
Charles Dexter Ward / Joseph Curwen
Robert Romanus
Lonnie Peck
- Laurie Briscoe — Holly Tender
- Ken Camroux-Taylor — Captain Ben Szandor
- Patrick Pon — Raymond
- Bernard Cuffling — Dr. Waite
- Megan Leitch — Eliza
- Charles K. Pitts — Ezra Ward
- Philip Maurice Hayes — Uniform Cop
- Paul Jarrett — Town Father #1
- Eric Newton — Lucius Fenner
- Lee Matheson — Town Father #2 / Town Father
- Directed
- Dan O'Bannon
- Written
- Brent V. Friedman
Production
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 · 136 ratings
- Studio
- Euro Brothers Pictures, Scotti Brothers Pictures (I), Borde/Raich
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.
