Death Valley (1982 film)


Death Valley is a 1982 American slasher film starring Paul Le Mat, Catherine Hicks, Stephen McHattie, Wilford Brimley, Peter Billingsley and Edward Herrmann.
It was directed by Dick Richards and written by Richard Rothstein.
It centered on a divorcee and her child being stalked by a serial killer after the boy picks up an object that can help tie the killer to his crimes.

Plot

Paul Stanton has talked his son Billy into being sent to California to join his mother, Sally, and her old high school sweetheart Mike who are going into Arizona. Passing through Death Valley, they discover it is the new territory of a cowboy serial killer and his equally demented twin. Both have just done away with a teenage couple at an abandoned gold mine. Billy, stretching his legs, stumbles across their camper. Somehow overlooking the carnage, he comes across a frog pendant, which he steals. Its owner returns to find his trinket gone and pursues.

Cast

On December 11, 2012, Shout! Factory released a retail Blu-ray/DVD combo pack of the film.