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Tight 35-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Desert Spirits
"Two Men. A Barren Desert. A Bag of Peyote..."
1994 0h 35m EN
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6.7
SOLID
★6.7TMDB · 3
WesternHorrorFantasy
Synopsis
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Chris and Gordon, temporarily stranded in the desert when their car breaks down, decide to take peyote to kill some time. Unbeknownst to them, the cactus buttons they consume are tickets into another world where lizards talk and demonic forces seek prey.
“Two Men. A Barren Desert. A Bag of Peyote...”
Cast
Brian McGuinn
Rancher
Henry McGuinn
Chris
Edward Montoya Jr.
Gordon
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Patrick McGuinn
- Countries
- United States of America
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The take
Patrick McGuinn directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 35-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 232 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Brian McGuinn and Henry McGuinn and Edward Montoya Jr. carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "Two Men. A Barren Desert. A Bag of Peyote...".
- 6IMDB entry: tt0391061 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 35 min · 0h 35m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Patrick McGuinn
Production companies
Who made it
- WI
Willing Suspension Films
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)1994-06-21· Anthology Film Archives, NYC
- Theatrical1994-10-14· Albany Film Festival
- Theatrical1995-04-19· Arizona International Film Festival
