Executive Produced & Directed by: John Hough Written by: John Hough & Terry Lens Story by: Michael Vines & Burt Wetanson Starring: Rod Steiger .... Pa Yvonne DeCarlo .... Ma Sarah Torgov .... Cynthia Janet Wright .... Fanny Michael J. Pollard .... Woody William Hootkins .... Teddy Mark Ericksen .... Jeff Caroline Barclay .... Terri Mark Lindsay Chapman .... Rob Fiona Hutchinson .... Lynn Stephen Shellen .... Paul Release Date: Supposed Theatrical: June 3, 1988 Rating:

Cynthia (Sarah Torgov) is released from the mental institute to her husband who tells her psychiatrist they would both like to have another baby.
She needs some love and time. They plan to go to the small islands island off of Seattle with their friends on their own seaplane where they spent their honeymoon but their plane crashes on a deserted coastal island.
Cynthia keeps having flashback of what happened to her baby when there is an incident happening.
They run into an elderly couple named Pa (Rod Steiger) and Ma (Yvonne DeCarlo) and are invited to their lodge for shelter and food.
They also meet their so-called kids whom are full grown adult's dressed and acting like children. One of them is Fanny (Janet Wright) who is told by her Ma that she is 12 years old and she plays with her dolls.
When everyone heads to bed Pa says that there will be no devil's play.
The next day they these middle aged adults whom are living the lifestyles of kids are killing these people one by one plus Fanny shows Cynthia her main baby doll which is a corpse. Suddenly all but Cynthia is murdered and Cynthia goes crazy again and becomes one of Ma and Pa's children.
Then Fanny shows Cynthia her new "dollies" which are the corpses of her friends.

This was well made but very twisted and a little too much. Made on quite a fair budget though.
It's disturbing to see a lady who is trying to gain her sanity starts to lose it again in the end.

The acting is good. I enjoyed Rod Steiger's role as the demented Pa as he's been around for a long time doing films and a household name too which helps this film no doubt.
I also enjoyed Sarah Torgov and Janet Wright's performances too since they had good timing.
Of course we get to see Michael J. Pollard play one of the whacky type roles as one of the children of Pa and Ma but he is usually typecast playing these kinds of roles cause he's usually so good at playing them.

There is some gore in it as people are getting killed and used as corpses but it's been a while since I've seen this film to remember the details.

The directing by John Hough is also well done he certainly knew what he wanted out of the actors and pursued his career as a director in many other films as well as TV shows.

The music was composed by Alan Parker whom has composed other music for film & TV.

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