1993/04/23 (US) | Mystery, Horror
There are very good reasons to be afraid of the dark.
Thad Beaumont is the author of a highly successful series of violent pulp thrillers written under the pseudonym of ‘George Stark’, but when he decides to ‘kill-off’ his alter-ego in a mock ceremony, it precipitates a string of sadistic murders matching those in his pulp novels, which are soon discovered to be the work of Stark himself. Looking like a maniacal version of his counterpart, Stark is not so willing to quit the writing game – even if it means coming after Thad's wife and their baby.
George A. Romero
Director
George A. Romero
Screenplay
Timothy Hutton
Thad Beaumont / George Stark
Amy Madigan
Liz Beaumont
Michael Rooker
Sheriff Alan Pangborn
Julie Harris
Reggie DeLesseps
Robert Joy
Fred Clawson
Kent Broadhurst
Mike Donaldson
Beth Grant
Shayla Beaumont
$ 15,000,000
$ 10,611,160
Released
Christopher Young
Original Music Composer
Declan Baldwin
Producer
Pasquale Buba
Editor
Terry Liebling
Casting
Barbara Anderson
Costume Design
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Director of Photography