The residents of Tarker's Mill ignore and explain away a series of violent deaths until a little boy is torn to pieces while flying his kite after dark. At that point, the men gang up and go into the fog-shrouded woods to hunt down whatever slasher is out there. The most they achieve is the sighting of one hairy arm and a few more sacrificial victims. But life goes on, and when the summer fireworks show is cancelled because people have deduced it might be fatal to stay out after dark, the wheelchair-bound Marty goes coasting off to the bridge to shoot his own fireworks. The hairy killer beast lurking there gets shot in the eyeball by one of Marty's rockets. Even when a respected town bigwig starts wearing an eye patch, no one really takes notice. Gary Busey is loyal to the end as beer-guzzling Uncle Red.
Release Date: 1985
Run Time: 94 minutes
Rating: R
Starring: Corey Haim, Gary Busey, Megan Follows, Everett McGill, Robin Groves, Leon Russom, Terry O'Quinn, Bill Smitrovich, Kent Broadhurst, Lawrence Tierney
Director: Daniel Attias
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