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ERA
Did you know
37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Damned River
"A dream vacation...becomes a grim nightmare."
1989 1h 35m EN
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5.7
MID
★5.7TMDB · 6
ActionThriller
Synopsis
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A group hires a guide to take them whitewater rafting down the Zambezi River in Africa, but what they don't know is that the guide is actually a deranged psychotic killer.
“A dream vacation...becomes a grim nightmare.”
Cast
Stephen Shellen
Ray
Lisa Aliff
Anne
John Terlesky
Carl
Marc Poppel
Luke
Bradford Bancroft
Jerry
Louis Van Niekerk
Von Hoenigen
Leslie Mongezi
Mavuso
Moses Ncube
Young Boy
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Michael Schroeder
- Writers
- John Crowther, Bayard Johnson
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Fun facts 🍿
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CRAFT
Did you know
Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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CAST
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Stephen Shellen and Lisa Aliff and John Terlesky carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "A dream vacation...becomes a grim nightmare.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0097146 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
Did you know
Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Michael Schroeder directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 137 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Stephen Shellen and Lisa Aliff and John Terlesky carry the top of the cast.
- 4Marketing tagline: "A dream vacation...becomes a grim nightmare.".
- 5IMDB entry: tt0097146 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 95 min · 1h 35m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Michael Schroeder
Production companies
Who made it
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US
- SI
Silver Lion Films
US
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1989-10-13R
