
Kidulthood(2006)
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.


“The kids learned three things about southern hospitality, blood, sweat and terror.”
A brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population.

Lori Loughlin
Abby MacWilliams

Jean De Baer
Mary Beth MacWilliams

James Spader
Eddie Dutra
Paige Price
Karen Goodsell

John Philbin
Gideon Walters

Vince Grant
JoeBob

Margaret Welsh
Friend

Brian Wimmer
Student

Eddie Jones
Charlie MacWilliams

Eric Stoltz
Mark Warfield
The New Kids is a drama, crime, horror film released in 1985 exploring themes of high school, street gang, bullying, bully, decapitation, redneck. Directed by Sean S. Cunningham, it stars Lori Loughlin, Jean De Baer, James Spader. A brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population.
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