Directed by Jack Sholder Written by Jack Sholder   Robert Shaye   Michael Harrpster   Cast Jack Palance ... Frank Hawkes Donald Pleasence ... Dr. Leo Bain Martin Landau ... Byron 'Preacher' Sutcliff Dwight Schultz ... Dr. Dan Potter Erland van Lidth ... Ronald 'Fatty' Elster Deborah Hedwall ... Nell Potter Lee Taylor-Allan ... Toni Potter Phillip Clark ... Tom Smith / Skaggs Elizabeth Ward ... Lyla Potter Brent Jennings ... Ray Curtis Gordon Watkins ... Detective Burnett Carol Levy ... Bunky Keith Reddin ... Billy Annie Korzen ... Marissa Hall Lin Shaye ... Receptionist at Haven Dorothy Dorian James ... Mom John Weissman ... Bicycle Messenger Jana Schneider ... Spaced-out Girl at Club Robert Pastner ... Customer in Diner Larry Pine ... Dr. Harry Merton Frederick Coffin ... Jim Gable Mallory Millett ... Anchorwoman (as Mallory Jones) Laura Esterman ... Woman Voyager Michael Earl Reid ... Cursing Voyager (as Earl Michael Reid) Paula Raflo ... Voyager Steve Dash ... Dr. Barkin (as Steven Daskawisz) Michael Medeiros ... Club Manager (as Michael Medieros) E.D. Phillips ... Jailer Norman Beim ... Cop at Haven Ken Burns ... Cop at House Ralph Corrado Jr. ... Looter The Sic Fucks ... Themselves (as The Sic F*cks) Snooky ... Self (as The Sic F*cks) Tish ... Self (as The Sic F*cks) Uncredited Cast James Arcuri ... Voyager Pamela Joya Arcuri ... Dancer Produced by Benni Korzen   Sara Risher   Robert Shaye   Original Music by Renato Serio

Additional Info Premiere: August 20, 1982 Theatrical Release: November 12, 1982 DVD Release: September 13, 2005 Blu-ray Release: September 14, 2021 Country: Distributor: Scream Factory Websites: Production Companies Masada Productions (copyright holder) New Line Cinema Distributors New Line Cinema   (1982) (USA) (theatrical) Home Box Office (HBO)   (1984) (USA) (TV) (pay television) Image Entertainment   (2005) (USA) (DVD) RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs   (1983) (USA) (video) (CED VideoDisc) RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video   (1983) (USA) (VHS) Scream Factory   (2021) (USA) (Blu-ray) Turner Home Entertainment   (1995) (USA) (VHS) USA Network   (1986) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere) Viacom   (1990) (USA) (TV) (syndication) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.0 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,214 / 20,886 Site Ranking #5,210 Slaughter High (1986) #5,211 Daughters Of Darkness (1971) #5,212 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) #5,213 Lux Æterna (2019) #5,214 Alone In The Dark (1982) #5,215 Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart At The River Styx (1972) #5,216 Necronomicon: Book Of The Dead (1993) #5,217 Madhouse (2004) #5,218 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)