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John Cassavetes, Kerrie Keane, Helen Hughes, Erin Flannery, Duncan McIntosh ... see more see more... , John Ireland , Harvey Atkin

A series of brutal rapes and murders have begun occurring in a small town. Teenager, Tim (Duncan McIntosh), has had horrible dreams and fears he is the murderer, especially since many of his friends h... read more read more...ave been victims. The town doctor, Sam Cordell (John Cassavetes), and the sheriff, Hank (John Ireland), discover the community has a dark past involving Satanism. ~ Linda Rasmussen, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: John Hough

Release Date: September 3, 1982

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  • kenstachnik
    March 12, 2008
    kenstachnik
    Ridiculously over directed, but not without some really nice moments. Cinematography was unusually rich and creative.

    The story is total rubbish, and everyone outside of Cassavetes is as well.
  • jrmcm
    December 12, 2009
    jrmcm
    Cassavetes had to finance his own films somehow. Call him a sellout if you will, but if acting in this film gave him the money/power/time to make "Love Streams" in 1984, I've got absolutely no complaints. That said, "The Incubus" is an ineptly scripted, poorly handled pastiche of... read more horror/thriller clichés with some hilariously shameless expository dialogue. At least they had Schlitz at the bar and a cop named Clem. Best line: "I brought you a Coca~Cola."

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
March 3, 2007
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

[A] dreadful, mirthless film. Full Review

James Kendrick
August 25, 2002
James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk

it forces you to constantly wonder whether it's so disturbing because it was meant to be ... or if it because of ineptitude on the filmmaker's part.

Christopher Null
August 20, 2002
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

underscored, underedited, and underacted Full Review

Vincent Canby
August 30, 2004
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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Cole Smithey
July 24, 2006
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

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Michael Szymanski
June 1, 2005
Michael Szymanski, International Press Academy

No review available.

Brian J. Arthurs
October 9, 2003
Brian J. Arthurs, Beach Reporter (Southern California)

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Philip Martin
October 30, 2002
Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Marjorie Baumgarten
October 26, 2006
Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle

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February 9, 2006
Time Out

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