Don't Go Near the Park
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Don't Go Near the Park is a 1981 American horror film
directed by Lawrence D. Foldes
. The film gained notoriety when it was successfully prosecuted in the UK and placed on the video nasty
list.
on young people, killing and eating them in order to stay young
. They try to lift a curse on them by finding a virgin's soul they can sacrifice, with the brother fathering a daughter
for that purpose.
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
directed by Lawrence D. Foldes
Lawrence D. Foldes
Lawrence D. Foldes is a director and producer. He is separated from producer Victoria Paige Meyerink.He has directed Don't Go Near the Park, Finding Home, Young Warriors, Social Suicide, Nightforce, and The Great Skycopter Rescue...
. The film gained notoriety when it was successfully prosecuted in the UK and placed on the video nasty
Video nasty
"Video nasty" was a colloquial term coined in the United Kingdom by 1982 which originally applied to a number of films distributed on video cassette that were criticized for their violent content by the press, commentators such as Mary Whitehouse and various religious organizations.While violence...
list.
Synopsis
A brother and sister couple preyPredation
In ecology, predation describes a biological interaction where a predator feeds on its prey . Predators may or may not kill their prey prior to feeding on them, but the act of predation always results in the death of its prey and the eventual absorption of the prey's tissue through consumption...
on young people, killing and eating them in order to stay young
Cannibalism
Cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh of other human beings. It is also called anthropophagy...
. They try to lift a curse on them by finding a virgin's soul they can sacrifice, with the brother fathering a daughter
Daughter
A daughter is a female offspring; a girl, woman, or female animal in relation to her parents. The male equivalent is a son. Analogously the name is used on several areas to show relations between groups or elements.-Etymology:...
for that purpose.
Cast
- Aldo RayAldo RayAldo Ray was an American actor.-Life and career:Ray was born in Pen Argyl, PA, to an Italian family of five brothers and one sister. His brother Mario lettered in football at USC in the years 1952-54...
as Taft - Meeno PeluceMeeno PeluceMeeno Peluce is an American photographer and former child actor.Peluce was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the son of Sondra N. , a personal manager and caterer, and Floyd N. Peluce, a certified public accountant...
as Nick - Tamara Taylor as Bondi
- Barbara Monker as Patty / Tra / Griffith's Wife / Petranella
- Crackers Phinn as Mark / Gar
- Linnea QuigleyLinnea QuigleyLinnea Barbara Quigley is an American scream queen, B movie actress, and film producer.-Early life:Quigley was born in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of Dorothy and W. Heath Quigley, a chiropractor and psychologist. She moved to Los Angeles in the late 1970s to pursue her dreams of acting...
as Bondi's Mother - Chris Riley as Cowboy