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In Taft, California, 1981, Johnny (Fred Meyers) is a unassuming baseball hopeful who turned against his stern and demanding father (Joe Estevez) and beat him to death with a baseball bat on a baseball diamond field. 17 years later, Johnny is released from the local insane asylum and begins a killing spree, with his father's ghost as an umpire.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 36GoodWatch 37
IMDb3.6
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 horror movies, −15 min on the typical 95
typical 9580Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Released
1998
January 1, 1998
28 years ago
Genre
HorrorLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
14 of 14
David HeavenerDavid J. Walker
Monique ParentTerry Mitchell
Joe EstevezFather / Umpire
Sean J. DillinghamCarl- LGLeslie GarretBeth
- PMPaul MoncriefBilly Taylor
- JPJames PattersonRed Foster
- MKMike KeppleHowie
- WCWendy CrawfordPhyllis
Fred MeyersYoung Johnny- NMNick MooreTyrone
- DRDenice RamageLinda
- STStephen T. VanderbeckFrost
- JZJared ZobelPaperboy
Directing · 2
- Yvette Hoffman Director, Producer
- Guy Crawford Director, Producer
Production · 2
- Toni Zobel Producer
- Darrin Ramage Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- Paul DeGruccio Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Steven D. White Editor
Sound · 1
- Paul Amorosi Original Music Composer
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