Grotesque
Grotesque is a 1988 American horror film by Joe Tornatore, and starring Linda Blair, Tab Hunter, and Donna Wilkes. Blair also served as associate producer. It follows a deformed son, the titular "Grotesque" who avenges the brutal murder of his family members by a gang of punks, which took place at the family's vacation home. It was filmed at Big Bear Lake, California.
Plot
Film special effects artist Orville Kruger brings his daughter, Lisa, and her friend, Kathy, to the family's remote country house in the San Bernardino Mountains. En route, Lisa and Kathy are harassed by a gang of punks driving a Volkswagen van, led by Scratch, who is planning to rob the Krugers' home. Scratch and his group are on the run after committing a robbery and mass murder of a family in Nevada.
More details
| author | Joe Tornatore Mikel Angel |
|---|---|
| director | Joe Tornatore |
| editor | Bob Nielsen |
| genre | horror |
| keywords | abandon adopted brother attack blood clot country house deformed man derange drive family hostage feature film gang member hidden room kill lock mass murder nevada on the run operating room plan plastic surgeon plastic surgery rape attempt san bernardino mountains screening room special effects suffer test screening volkswagen |
| musicBy | William Loose |
| producer | Chuck Morrell Mike Lane |
| productionCompany | British Film Institute |
| publisher | Empire International Pictures |
| theme | slasher |