In a small Tennessee town, a historian relates four horror stories to a reporter.In a small Tennessee town, a historian relates four horror stories to a reporter.In a small Tennessee town, a historian relates four horror stories to a reporter.
Thomas Nowell
- Andrew (segment "Four Soldiers")
- (as Tommy Nowell)
Terence Knox
- Burt (segment "Stanley")
- (as Terry Knox)
C. Jay Cox
- Pike (segment "Four Soldiers")
- (as C.J. Cox)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaVincent Price later expressed a strong dislike for the film in a letter written to German actor and puppeteer Gerd J. Pohl. Price said that his agent misrepresented it and Price was trapped in it.
- GoofsWhen Stanley pours the champagne for himself and Grace at the funeral home, he is seen draining his glass. The next shot of the glass shows it filled again, and he never refilled it.
- Quotes
Julian White: One thing I've learned, my dear, is that one is never too old for nightmares.
- Crazy creditsNear the end of the credits, we are told "WHEN IN TENNESSEE VISIT OLDFIELD". Oldfield is not a real town.
- Alternate versionsThe 1987 UK video release was cut by 1 min 45 secs by the BBFC with extensive cuts to scenes depicting violence or gore in front of children. Among the edits were stabbing and strangling scenes, and shots of children playing with severed human limbs.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Unauthorized Hagiography of Vincent Price (2014)
- SoundtracksClass Tramp
Written by Jimmer Podrasky (as James Podrasky) and Michael Kaniecki (as M. Kaniecki)
Performed by The Rave-Ups
Courtesy Fun Stuff Records
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Anthology film with more hits than misses
Next to the British TALES FROM THE CRYPT and Corman's TALES OF TERROR, THE OFFSPRING is one my favorite horror anthology film. It makes CAT'S EYE and CREEPSHOW 2 look pitiful by comparison.
The thing I liked the best about THE OFFSPRING(aside form Vincent Price being in it, of course) was that each story ran as long as it had to. If I recall correctly, there are four stories, and with the tie-in sequences, that makes for a fast-paced viewing. The film focuses on the gruesome incidents involving a semingly cursed town, and the people who had passed through it. Price is perfectly creepy as the town's "caretaker" as he unravels one story after another of strange occurrences.
The sequence with Clu Gulager is simply disgusting, the cheap effects almost ruining the ending.
The story about voodoo is good, as is the Civil war sequence.
I like THE OFFSPRING a lot, mostly because it has more balls and imagination that most of the films that pretend to be horror films nowadays. And it is the last starring appearance of the late-great Vincent Price, reason enough to check it out.
The thing I liked the best about THE OFFSPRING(aside form Vincent Price being in it, of course) was that each story ran as long as it had to. If I recall correctly, there are four stories, and with the tie-in sequences, that makes for a fast-paced viewing. The film focuses on the gruesome incidents involving a semingly cursed town, and the people who had passed through it. Price is perfectly creepy as the town's "caretaker" as he unravels one story after another of strange occurrences.
The sequence with Clu Gulager is simply disgusting, the cheap effects almost ruining the ending.
The story about voodoo is good, as is the Civil war sequence.
I like THE OFFSPRING a lot, mostly because it has more balls and imagination that most of the films that pretend to be horror films nowadays. And it is the last starring appearance of the late-great Vincent Price, reason enough to check it out.
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- May 27, 2000
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,100,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,355,728
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $154,991
- Sep 7, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $1,355,728
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