Directed by Wes Craven Written by Wes Craven   Cast Mitch Pileggi ... Horace Pinker John Tesh ... TV Newscaster Heather Langenkamp ... Victim Peter Berg ... Jonathan Parker Jessica Craven ... Counterperson Camille Cooper ... Alison (as Cami Cooper) Richard Brooks ... Rhino Sam Scarber ... Cooper Ted Raimi ... Pac Man (as Theodore Raimi) Keith Anthony-Lubow-Bellamy ... Football Player Virginia Morris ... Diane Emily Samuel ... Sally Michael Murphy ... Lt. Don Parker Peter Tilden ... Reporter Bingham Ray ... Bartender Sue Ann Harris ... Waitress Eugene Chadbourne ... Man in Bar Jack Hoar ... Sergeant Stephen Held ... Rookie Richard Gasparian ... Cop #1 (as Richard J. Gasparian) Joyce Guy ... Cop #2 Joseph Roy O'Flynn ... Priest #2 Linda Kaye ... Woman at Stairs Vincent Guastaferro ... Pastori Janne Peters ... Doctor (as Janne K. Peters) Bruce Wagner ... Executioner Marvin Elkins ... Guard #1 Christopher Kriesa ... Guard #2 Bob Swain ... Priest #1 (as Bobby Lee Swain) Michael C. Matthews ... Evil Mouth (as Michael Matthews) Ricardo Gutiérrez ... Guard Sergeant (as Ricardo Gutierrez) Ernie Lively ... Warden John Mueller ... Fireman Jonathan Craven ... Jogger (as Jonathan Christian Craven) Lindsay Parker ... Little Girl Dendrie Taylor ... Young Mother (as Dendrie Allyn Taylor) Kane Roberts ... Road Worker Stephen R. Hudis ... Officer Robinson Gary Davies ... Cameraman (as Gary Michael Davies) Christopher Keyes ... Bruno Timothy Leary ... TV Evangelist (as Dr. Timothy Leary) Marji Martin ... Woman Couch Potato Ray Bickel ... Man Couch Potato Mark Slama ... Kid with Crow Bar Karl Vincent ... Kid with Mask Wes Craven ... Man Neighbor Holly Kaplan ... Woman Neighbor Uncredited Cast Alice Cooper ... Self (archive footage) Boris Karloff ... The Monster (archive footage) Fred Moon ... Doctor Brent Spiner ... Talkshow Guest Produced by Warren Chadwick   Wes Craven   Robert Engelman   Peter Foster   Shep Gordon   Barin Kumar   Marianne Maddalena   Original Music by William Goldstein

Additional Info Premiere: October 27, 1989 DVD Release: March 16, 1999 Blu-ray Release: September 08, 2015 Country: Distributor: Scream Factory Websites: Production Companies Alive Films (presents) Universal City Studios (copyright holder) (as Universal City Studios, Inc.) Carolco International N.V. (copyright holder) Distributors Universal Pictures   (1989) (USA) (theatrical) MCA Home Video   (1990) (USA) (VHS) MCA/Universal Home Video   (1990) (USA) (VHS) MCA/Universal Home Video   (1998) (USA) (DVD) MCA/Universal Home Video   (USA) (all media) (laserdisc) Scream Factory   (2015) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Scream Factory   (2015) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Shout! Factory   (2015) (USA) (DVD) TGG Direct   (2013) (USA) (DVD) USA Network   (1997) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.1 / 10 Our Rating 4.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.4 / 10 Female Users 5.8 / 10 Site Ranking #3,807 / 20,725 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Almost Perfect 2 total ratings Average 5 total ratings Mediocre 2 total ratings Crap 2 total ratings Site Ranking #3,803 Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (2014) #3,804 Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) #3,805 Raising Cain (1992) #3,806 Paradise Hills (2019) #3,807 Shocker (1989) #3,808 Bride Of Re-Animator (1990) #3,809 Chopping Mall (1986) #3,810 Frozen Fever (2015) #3,811 Gunfight At The O.K. Corral (1957)