Through the Fire is a 1988 horror film

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 Gary Marcum (as G.D. Marcum), starring Tamara Hext

Tamara Hext

Tamara Hext is a beauty queen from Texas who has competed at Miss America.Hext won the title Miss Texas 1984, after competing in that pageant as Miss Arlington. She went on to become a finalist in the nationally televised Miss America pageant that same year, and finished as the 4th runner...

, Tom Campitelli, and Randy Strickland.

Plot

A few mysterious disappearances happen in Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

. The sister of one the victims hires a cop to investigate her disappearance. The young woman (Tamara Hext

Tamara Hext

Tamara Hext is a beauty queen from Texas who has competed at Miss America.Hext won the title Miss Texas 1984, after competing in that pageant as Miss Arlington. She went on to become a finalist in the nationally televised Miss America pageant that same year, and finished as the 4th runner...

) and the cop (Tom Campitelli) discover that an evil cult is envolved. They find a medallion, sought after by some worshipers of demon Moloch

Moloch

Moloch — also rendered as Molech, Molekh, Molok, Molek, Molock, or Moloc — is the name of an ancient Semitic god...

, a beast that may be invoked and wreaks havoc, but can only be stopped with the amulet.

Cast

(In credits order)

• Tamara Hext
  Tamara Hext
  Tamara Hext is a beauty queen from Texas who has competed at Miss America.Hext won the title Miss Texas 1984, after competing in that pageant as Miss Arlington. She went on to become a finalist in the nationally televised Miss America pageant that same year, and finished as the 4th runner...
  
   as Sandra Curtis
• Tom Campitelli as Nick Berkley
• Randy Strickland as Randy Sternman
• Billie Carroll as P.J.
• Dan Shackelford as Gary
• John Davies
  John S. Davies
  John S. Davies is an American actor, director, and teacher of college level actors.Davies was born in Regensburg, Germany, the son of lifelong American diplomat Richard Townsend Davies, who was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Poland in the Nixon Administration. He grew up in American embassies all...
  
  as Oscar
• Wendy Wade as Janet
• Terry Wegner as Al
• Martin Smith as Harry
• Lourdes Regala as Rita
• Dan Robbins as Ian
• Britt Scarborough as Mr. Skippy
• Danny Hulsey as Security Guard
• Cindy Able as Conni
• Tracy Baldwin as Marilyn Curtis
• Stacy Schronk as Landlord
• Beverly Brown as Mrs. Thompson
• Jane Sanson as Barney Mom
• Joel Kirkpatrick as Barney
• Joe Jenkins as Allen
• Peggy Preston as Girl in Nick's Bed
• Sue Ellen Enright as Girl in Parking Lot
• Judy Keith as Woman in Housecoat
• Todd Marcum as Greeseball
• Anne Newton as Woman in Car
• Allan Saxe as Man in Car
• Brad Potter as Bartender
• Becky Miller as First Bar Waitress
• Linda Tatum as Second Bar Waitress
• John Raskopf as Climber#1
• Barry Marcum as Climber#2
• Greg Cagle as Delivery Boy
• Jim Thompson as Machete Man