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Home Sweet Home (also known as Slasher in the House) is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Nettie Peña, and written by Thomas Bush. It stars Jake Steinfeld, Peter De Paula, and Vinessa Shaw in her film debut, and the plot focuses on a PCP-addicted killer who terrorizes a family in their remote home on Thanksgiving. Along with Blood Rage and the faux Thanksgiving trailer from Grindhouse), it is one of the few slasher films centered on the Thanksgiving holiday, and one of the few to be directed by a woman.
While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic.
Original Release
01/01/1981
US Release
01/01/1981
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jake Steinfeld | Jay Jones / Killer |
Vinessa Shaw | Angel Bradley |
Peter De Paula | Mistake Bradley |
Charles Hoyes | Wayne |
David Mielke | Scott |
Leia Naron | Gail |
Lisa Antille | Maria |
Colette Trygg | Jennifer |
Sallee Young | Linda |
J. Kelly | Cop #1 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jake Steinfeld | Jay Jones / Killer |
Vinessa Shaw | Angel Bradley |
Peter De Paula | Mistake Bradley |
Charles Hoyes | Wayne |
David Mielke | Scott |
Leia Naron | Gail |
Lisa Antille | Maria |
Colette Trygg | Jennifer |
Sallee Young | Linda |
J. Kelly | Cop #1 |
R. Fouts | Cop #2 |
Victor Paddock | First Victim |
Rochelle Constanten | Old Woman |
Anne Cribbs | Witness |
Don Edmonds | Harold Bradley |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Alex Rebar | Executive Producer |
Rick Whitfield | Executive Producer |
Don Edmonds | Producer |
Jack Petty | Producer |
Michael Saquella | Producer |