Summary
A prank that starts with a group of college students creating a fictitious person so they can get a credit card develops into a plot that leaves three of them dead.
Good for
- Friends night
- Binge-friendly
- Thought-provoking
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 46GoodWatch 51
IMDb5.8
Audience score33%
Running time
1 h 15 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 sci-fi movies, −24 min on the typical 99
typical 9975Half of all sci-fi movies run 90–112 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1971
November 12, 1971
55 years ago
Genres
Science FictionDramaMysteryTV MovieThrillerHorrorLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 9 more17 people
- Dean StockwellAvery Jensen
- Stefanie PowersKaren McMillan
- James StacyJerry
- Tina ChenLisa
- Elliott StreetJoel Fisher
- James OlsonArt Fletcher
- Jason WingreenDoctor
- Dan BartonElectronics Expert
Robert PattenFather- STSuzanne TaylorMother
- JSJohnny Scott LeeAvery - as a Boy
- LWLen WaylandExecutive
Dean HarensBureaucrat- BGBob GoldenDeputy
Marcy LaffertySecretary- CGCraig GuentherFederal Agent
Ross ElliottSheriff
Directing · 1
- Walter Grauman Director, Executive Producer
Writing · 3
- James D. Buchanan Writer
- Ronald Austin Writer
- Anthony Wilson Story, Producer
Production · 1
- David Silver Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- Jack Woolf Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- John McSweeney Jr. Editor
Sound · 1
- Duane Tatro Original Music Composer
Art · 4
- Jack Martin Smith Art Direction
- Rodger Maus Art Direction
- Walter M. Scott Set Decoration
- Jerry Wunderlich Set Decoration
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