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Synopsis

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.

Year1993
CountryUnited States
DirectorJoe Dante
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B-movies · Cuban Missile Crisis · showmanship · small-town cinema · Cold War hysteria

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