USA, 1989
98m
35mm film, colour
“recorded in Ultra Stereo”, English
An American horror film directed by Tucker Johnston.
Plot Summary
A deranged backwoods preacher kidnaps people from the highway and harvests their organs. When one potential victim fights back his scheme comes under threat.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Tucker Johnston
© 1989 Blood Salvage, Inc.
A Ken C. Sanders production in association with High Five Productions
Executive Producers: Ken Sanders, Evander Holyfield
Produced by: Martin J. Fischer, Ken Sanders, Evander Holyfield
Associate Producer: Bret Wolcott
Written by: Tucker Johnston, Ken C. Sanders
Director of Photography: Michael Karp
Editor: Jacqui Freeman Ross
Music Composed and Conducted by: Tim Temple
Recordist: Alan Selk
Costume Designer: D. Jean Hester
Makeup and Hair: Maritza Rodriquez
Special Makeup Effects by: Bill Johnson
Additional Makeup Effects Designed and Created by: Might Effects, Tony Gardner, Chet Zar, Todd
Chaney, Andrew Kenworthy, Christian Wabschall, Larry Hamlin, Carlos Cuccerelli
Mechanical Props Designer: Tim Dolph
Effects Coordinator: Dick Cross
Production Designer: Robert Sissman
Casting by: Annette Stilwell and Associates
Cast
Danny Nelson (Jake)
Christian Hesler (Hiram)
Ralph Pruitt Vaughn (Roy)
Lori Birdsong (April Evans)
Ray Walston (Mr Stone)
Laura Whyte (Pat Evans)
John Saxon (Clifford Evans)
Evander Holyfield (boxer)
Andy Greenway (Bobby Evans)
Dan Albright (Sheriff Reynolds)
Gil Roper (emcee)
Lonnie Smith (policeman)
Byron Cherry (newlywed man)
P.J. Shinall (newlywed woman)
Lou Duva (trainer)
Ken Sanders (boxing spectator)
Frank Kube (sparring partner)
Suzanne Ventulett (Tina Matthews)
Alternative Titles
Jake, o dolofonos tis leoforou – Greece (video)
Mad Jake – No Caminho da Morte – Brazil
Mad Jake – Canada (French), France, Germany (video), Italy (video)
Őrült Jake – Hungary
Sangre salvaje – Spain
Szalony Jake – Poland
Безумный Джек – Russia
Links
See also
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
References
Periodicals
- Cinefantastique vol.21 no.5 (April 1991) p.54 – review (by David Wilt)
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.305 no.29 (20 December 1988) p.24 – credits
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.314 no.12 (13 September 1990) pp.5, 16 – credits, review
- Variety 22 August 1990 p.75 – review
Books
- The Films of the Nineties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography of Over 3000 Feature-Length English Language Films, Theatrical and Video-Only, Released Between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999 by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn L. Nowlan p.64
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis pp.52-53
- Horror Films of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir pp.60-61
- Serial Killer Cinema: An Analytical Filmography by Robert Cetti p.65
