The worst of everything in the slasher subgenre consolidated into 89 endless minutes.
Uncle Sam (1996)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:4
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Deceased Desert Storm hero Sam Harper returns from the dead to wreak vengeance on hometown residents harboring anti-American sentiment, callously slaying dissenters. Depending on how you look at... Deceased Desert Storm hero Sam Harper returns from the dead to wreak vengeance on hometown residents harboring anti-American sentiment, callously slaying dissenters. Depending on how you look at it, this zealous undead soldier is either America's ultimate patriotic crusader, or a maniacal, jingoistic stars-and-stripes-clad vigilante. [More]
Starring: Bo Hopkins, Timothy Bottoms, Isaac Hayes, Robert Forster
Starring: Bo Hopkins, Timothy Bottoms, Isaac Hayes, Robert Forster, William Smith, David Fralick, P.J. Soles
Director: William Lustig
Director: William Lustig
Composer: Mark Governor
Screenwriter: Larry Cohen
Producer: George G. Braunstein
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Reviews for Uncle Sam
Reinvigorates stale horror clichés via both tongue-in-cheek social commentary and an unironic, unbridled love for blood-and-guts mayhem.
Lustig's surprisingly evocative widescreen compositions are peppered with an absurd parade of Americana.
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