Lucas Black, Gary Cole, and Paige Turco in American Gothic (1995)

American Gothic

TV Series#4600ā–¼271995• TV-PG• 1h
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⭐ 8.1 / 10(5,257)

A quiet, seemingly-quaint small town is ruled over by its charming yet evil sheriff who uses his demonic powers to remove anyone who dares to stand in his way. The only one he fears is a young boy he fathered through rape.

Rated
TV-PG
Runtime
1h
Released
1995
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1995

Storyline

A quiet, seemingly-quaint small town is ruled over by its charming yet evil sheriff who uses his demonic powers to remove anyone who dares to stand in his way. The only one he fears is a young boy he fathered through rape.

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Cast
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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• The writer of American Gothic is Shaun Cassidy. Cassidy played the part of Joe Hardy in the 1977-1979 series The Hardy Boys Mysteries. In American Gothic, Sheriff Lucas Buck quips "Well, if it ain't the Hardy Boys".

• According to "The Sci-Fi Channel Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction" by Roger Fulton & John Betancourt, there were 2 episodes that were originally not aired. They are "Echo of Your Last Goodbye" and "Strangler". "Potato Boy" and "Ring of Fire" were aired out of sequence.

• In a list appearing Spectrum issue #22, dated April 2000 of the best TV series of the 1990s, Craig Miller ranked this show as #3.

Episodes

26 episodes – 2 seasons

User reviews

⭐ 9/10

An absolutely amazing dark fantasy horror series that was killed by CBS

šŸ‘ 30 Ā· 8/26/2020
⭐ 8/10

An impressive chiller that is still worth watching over twenty years on

šŸ‘ 21 Ā· 7/6/2017
⭐ 9/10

There's someone at the door

šŸ‘ 17 Ā· 4/13/2006

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby
Aspect ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Color
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