The Hearse (1980)
The Barrier Between Life and Death is no Greater than the Thickness of a Door...and now that Door is Open!
A schoolteacher moves into her deceased aunt’s house in a small Californian town, and is harassed by unfriendly locals and a mysterious hearse.
- Date of release
- 1980-06-01
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (59)
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Drama
- Director
- George Bowers
Casting
- Trish Van Devere — Jane Hardy
- Joseph Cotten — Walter Prichard
- David Gautreaux — Tom Sullivan
- Donald Hotton — Reverend Winston
- Med Flory — Sheriff Denton
- Donald Petrie — Luke
- Christopher McDonald — Pete
- Perry Lang — Paul Gordon
- Frederic Franklyn — Mr. Gordon
- Olive Dunbar — Mrs. Gordon
- Al Hansen — Bo Rehnquist
- Dominic Barto — The Driver
Interesting facts
The Hearse is a 1980 American supernatural horror film directed by George Bowers and starring Trish Van Devere and Joseph Cotten. It follows a schoolteacher from San Francisco who relocates to a small town in northern California to spend the summer in a house she inherited from her deceased aunt, only to uncover her aunt's past as a devil worshipper, which seems to trigger a series of supernatural occurrences. This is the first credited role for Christopher McDonald.
Production
Principal photography took place in San Francisco and Bradbury, California, beginning October 29, 1979. Filming was completed by January 1980.
Two 1952 Packard Funeral Coaches, converted by Henney Motor Company, were used in the film. One of them is prominently featured on the film's poster.
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