"Death Valley"
Credits: Director
Starring: Paul LeMat, Catherine Hicks, Wilford Brimley, Peter Billingsley
Studio: Universal
Release: 1982
Paul Stanton sends his son Billy (Billingsley) to join his mother Sally (Hicks) and her new boyfriend Mike (LeMat) in California. While passing through Death Valley, they encounter a cowboy serial killer and his twin. When young Billy steals a piece of jewelry from a crime scene, the killers pursue the family...
Richards dives headlong into horror with "Death Valley"
Not even a scream escapes...
Even though this slasher horror flick was largely overlooked domestically, it played to large audiences throughout the Asia. The film also marked the beginning of a longtime collaboration between Richards and Brimley.
